A group of fourth year French and German students from Braidhurst High School attended an event organised by the Scottish Association of Languages in Glasgow last week.   They were accompanied by Mrs Eleanor Magowan, Principal Teacher of Modern Languages, Mrs Joyce Dalzell, Classroom assistant and Miss Imke Reitenbach, the German assistant at Braidhurst High School.   The pupils met with students from other schools throughout Scotland and commenced the day with a tasty breakfast prepared by the event organisers.

They were then given the opportunity to engage first-hand with business leaders who view language skills as key to the growth and success of their organisations.   More importantly, the young people were able to take part in workshops and to ask questions to find out more about a variety of careers and employment opportunities that are open to people who can demonstrate language skills on their CV.   Career input ranged from The Open University,  Engineering,  Scottish Business Enterprise to The Scottish Football Association.

All pupils thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the possibilities of a career with languages and the importance of learning a language in today’s society.   They will hopefully be inspired to take their study of French and German further in the future.