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Learn a Second Language
• A mouse saved her young from a ferocious cat by barking ‘bow bow’. After the cat ran away, the mouse said to her offspring ‘See, children, it pays to know a second language’.
After Efstathiadis, 93.
What do YOU think are the benefits of learning
another language?
When you speak two languages,
you are worth for two people.
Why learn another language?
The WORLD is in YOUR hands
DISCOVER the WORLD through languages
Learn about other cultures and countries
Meet more people around the world!
Get higher grades in MATH, social studies and
Science.
What happens to your brain?
Think FASTER!
Your MEMORY skills increases
Learning another language reduces the risk of memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer
Process more information in less
time
What parts of my brain do I use when I learn another
language?
Ways of Communication:
BODY LANGUAGE
ORAL LANGUAGE
WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Communicating
What is a Language?
A system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar, or the system of communication used by the people of a particular country or profession.
Cambridge Dictionary
A Monolingual person...
Speaks, reads and writes only ONE language.
A Bilingual person...
Speaks, reads and writes TWO languages.
A Trilingual person...
Speaks, reads and writes THREE languages.
A Multingual person...
Speaks, reads and writes MANY languages.
Who do you think can see better?
Spanish Language is all around you
Think of your future with more
languages...
You can get more job opportunities being
bilingualWho do you think will get this job?
MONOlingual?
Bilingual?
Multilingual?
What fish do you want to be?
“If I speak only one language, I can help my
country as only one man. If I can use two languages, I
can help as two men. But if I can use all nine
languages, then I can work as nine men.”
Village Elder, Elitrea.
“The more languages you know, the more of a
person you are.”
The European Comission.
References
• ACTFL American Counsil for the Teaching of Foreign Languages http://www.actfl.org
• CAL Center for Applied Linguistics http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/ncrcds04.html
• AP Psychology http://www.rhsmpsychology.com/Handouts/brain_and_language.htm
• Cambridge Dictionary Online
• Quotations on Second Language Adquisition http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/SLAQuotes.htm
• All Images taken from Google Images
By Gaida Jonaitis and Gaspar Navarro
Konnoak Elementary SchoolWSFCS