why study spanish - student investment

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DANIEL MINOT

EDU 542 FOREIGN LANGUAGE II

LANGUAGE LEARNING ADVOCACY

PROJECT


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SPANISHS INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED

STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD IS

LITERALLY GROWING EACH AND

EVERYDAY.

SPANISH IS THE 4TH MOST SPOKEN

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD AND 21

COUNTRIESCLAIM SPANISH AS THEIR

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. IT IS SPOKEN BY

ALMOST 400 MILLION PEOPLE

WORLDWIDE!

HALF OF THE POPULATION IN THE

WESTERN HEMISPHERE SPEAKS SPANISH,

MAKING IT THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE FOR

AS MANY PEOPLE AS ENGLISH IN THIS

REGION OF THE WORLD.

THE SPANISH-SPEAKING POPULATION IN


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IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SPANISH-

SPEAKERS IN PRINCE GEORGES

COUNTY IN 20O8, OVER 13,000 PRINCE GEORGES

COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE

CLASSIFIED AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE

LEARNERS.

IN 2007, MORE THAN 34 MILLION U.S.

CITIZENS SPOKE SPANISH AS THEIR

PRIMARY LANGUAGE. IN PRINCE GEORGES


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SPANISH CAN BE AN INCREDIBLY

MARKETABLE SKILL AND ASSET THAT

CAN GIVE YOU A SIGNIFICANT

ADVANTAGE OVER THE COMPETITIONIN OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY.

DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE SPANISH-

SPEAKING POPULATION IN THE U.S.,

KNOWING BOTH ENGLISH ANDSPANISH WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME

MORE AND MORE VALUABLE IN THE

JOB MARKET.

INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BILINGUALHAVE MORE CAREER CHOICES AND


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LEARNING SPANISH CAN HELP YOU TOACQUIRE PROMOTIONS AT YOUR JOB OR CANPAVE THE WAY FOR YOU TO MOVE ABOVE ANDBEYOND TO OTHER CAREER PATHS. JUSTHAVING A REFERENCE ON YOUR RESUME THATYOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH CAN OFTEN MEAN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR RESUMEWINDING UP IN THE TRASH OR ACQUIRING THECRUCIAL INTERVIEW!WHAT KINDS OF JOBS CAN YOU GET

IF YOU SPEAK A SECOND

LANGUAGE?

TRANSLATOR INTERPRETERTEACHER REPORTER

TOUR GUIDE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

BUSINESSMAN LAWYER

DOCTOR SOCIAL WORKER

. AND MANY MORE!


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PRINCE GEORGES COUNTYREQUIRES AT LEAST TWO YEARS

OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS AREQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATIONFROM HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT ONLY IS PROFICIENCY IN SPANISHIMPORTANT FOR GRADUATION, IT IS ALSO

SIGNIFICANT FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGESACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

INCREASING NUMBERS OF COLLEGES AREREQUIRING 2 TO 4 YEARS OF FOREIGNLANGUAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A PRE-REQUISITEFOR ADMISSION.


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MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE WORLD OFFERSTUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ABROAD TO LIVE,TRAVEL, AND TAKE CLASSES IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR ASEMESTER OR EVEN A YEAR.

KNOWING A SECOND LANGUAGE SUCH AS SPANISH INCREASES THEOPPORTUNITY TO IMMERSE ONESELF IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANDCULTURE.

STUDYING ABROAD ALLOWS YOU TO DEEPEN YOUR

UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANGUAGE WITH MORE SPEED THAN INTHE CLASSROOM, AND BROADEN YOUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE WHILEDISCOVERING AND APPRECIATING THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE ANDTHE DIFFERENCES IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU.


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LEARNING ABOUT RESPECT,TOLERANCE, AND CULTURALDIVERSITY ARE SOME OF THEMOST SIGNIFICANT AND LASTINGBENEFITS FROM STUDYING IN AFOREIGN COUNTRY.

STUDYING ABROAD ALSO GIVESYOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO

BECOME EXPOSED TO DIFFERENTTYPES OF FOODS, MUSIC,RELIGIONS, AND BELIEFS INGENERAL AND RESPECT FORTHESE DIFFERENT VIEW MAKES

YOU A MOREW

ORLDLY,KNOWLEDGEABLE, ANDWELL-


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LEARNING SPANISHACTUALLY HELPS

TO INCREASE, EXPAND, AND IMPROVE

YOUR ENGLISHVOCABULARY.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?THERE ARE

MANY WORDS THAT LOOK, SOUND,

AND MEANTHE SAME THING IN

ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

THESE ARE CALLED COGNATES.

COGNATES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE

THEY ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR

VOCABULARY IN SPANISH AND MAKE

MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN

BOTH LANGUAGES.

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