República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria

Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Superior de Oriente

El Tigre- Estado Anzoátegui.

Reasons why our language degree is not a waste of time

The T.S.U. Idiomas mención Inglés is the equivalent of an associative degree that is obtained
after two years of studying. As an associative degree, it is the first step or the first goal we can
achieve in our linguistic professional journey. Of course, whether you want to become in a
proficient professional you will need to acquire highest degree to get better work options, with
this first step you are becoming in professional capable of getting jobs in many areas, either
privates and public companies or starting a business by yourself as a freelancer.

With the T.S.U. Idiomas mención inglés, you are able of working in at least four big sectors.

The first is the most common one: education. You will have knowledge about how a language
works, even you are able to use it. According to this, you are prepared to be a teacher. In this
way you can get a job in schools, institutes or colleges, or as a freelancer in your community or
on the internet.

The second way is in transnationality or hotel industries. They always will need personal
multilingual to the objective of communicate to customers, clients, or superiors. It is pretty
important for that counting with certificated professionals.
The third one is the entertainment industry. It could be weird or curious, however, media is
translating movies, books, and series every day. It is not only a matter of just translating word
per word, phrase per phase, they need to apply context, semantics, and even reformulate jokes
and situations to the cultural target. Connecting to these areas, translating is always require, it
does not care whether AIs are growing, or there are more and more translations apps, we well
need always a person who get the job.

And the last one is to be a researcher. Languages are changing every day. As a linguistic, you
can study or to be part to this field to discover what are the changes and how they are affecting
our communication and culture.

And extra point, the world is connected, and all the disciplines are interrelated. Machine learning
and AI requires linguistic professional. In fac, linguistics formed part of the first team of AI
developers. If you are a creative person, you can use your degree to reach your passion. You only
have to continue studying and being curious.

This degree makes a person confident in subjects like North America and British culture ;
linguistic, oratory, translation, grammar, and the most important, it makes the person capable of writing a
large number of texts in a foreign language.

In United States, a linguistic can earn more than 89,000 $ in a year, depending of his
specialization. Computational and therapist linguistics are very needed.

To complement the information, below you can find other advantages of studying this career:

Advantages at a personal level:

1. Your brain trains.

Learning another language makes your brain stay healthy because it is exercised, which increases

your memory and makes you more efficient in performing different actions.

2. Broaden your social circle

Taking an online or face-to-face course can be a great opportunity to make new friends. English
classes usually have people from all over the world with whom you can make great friends. In

addition, knowing how to speak another language allows you to socialize more easily when you

travel.

3. Openness to new things

Studying a language is not only about grammar and vocabulary, but also about other customs and

behaviors that enrich your mind and your experiences. This will undoubtedly make you look at
the

world with different eyes and be more open and tolerant.

Advantages at the professional level.

4. Increased job opportunities

In the globalized world in which we live, there is no doubt that knowing English is a value
highly

demanded by companies. Knowing the language will increase your competitiveness in the
market

and increase your chances of getting a job.

5. Professional growth

Studying English allows you not to stagnate at work. In this way, knowing English is a
fundamental

tool for you to be able to carry out other types of activities, and thus get better jobs.

6. Possibility of working abroad

Being able to communicate in English in a professional manner is an excellent benefit for job
opportunities abroad.

7. Greater access to information

When looking for information we find that most of it is in English. Thus, knowing the language
will

allow you to access these materials and perform better in the workplace.