WHY STUDY SPANISH?

Señora GROEB

TOP TEN REASONS TO STUDY SPANISH LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE! JOBS/EMPLOYMENT COLLEGE ADMISSION HIGH SCHOOL REQUIREMENT TRAVEL EXPERIENCES / STUDY

ABROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD APPRECIATION OF OTHER CULTURES EXPAND VOCABULARY BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH INCREASES YOUR INTELLIGENCE!

LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE! SPANISH’S 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 COUNTRIES CLAIM SPANISH AS THEIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. IT IS SPOKEN BY ALMOST 400 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE!

50%- 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.

21 Spanish Speaking Countries

Europe-Spain - Central America-Guatemala - Honduras - El Salvador - Nicaragua Costa Rica - Panama –

CaribeanCuba -Dominican Republic - Puerto Rico –  North AmericaMexico -

South AmericaVenezuela - Colombia - Ecuador -Peru - Bolivia - Paraguay - Chile - Argentina -Uruguay – AND…. The US.

SPANISH-SPEAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES

According to the 2012 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, Spanish is

the primary language spoken at home by 38.3 million people in the US

Eight states that have the largest percentage of Spanish Speakers in the US-California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, and Colorado.

SPANISH CAN BE AN INCREDIBLY MARKETABLE SKILL AND ASSET THAT CAN GIVE YOU A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE OVER THE COMPETITION IN OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY.

DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING POPULATION IN THE U.S., KNOWING BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE AND MORE VALUABLE IN THE JOB MARKET.

INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BILINGUAL HAVE MORE CAREER CHOICES AND CAN MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT

LEARNING SPANISH CAN HELP YOU TO ACQUIRE PROMOTIONS AT YOUR JOB OR CAN PAVE THE WAY FOR YOU TO MOVE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO OTHER CAREER PATHS.

JOBS FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

WHAT KINDS OF JOBS CAN YOU GET

IF YOU SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE?

TRANSLATOR INTERPRETERTEACHER REPORTER TOUR GUIDE FLIGHT ATTENDANTBUSINESSMAN LAWYERDOCTOR SOCIAL WORKER…. AND MANY MORE!

DUNDEE REQUIRES AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND COLLEGE ADMISSION

NOT ONLY IS PROFICIENCY IN SPANISH IMPORTANT FOR GRADUATION, IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

INCREASING NUMBERS OF COLLEGES ARE REQUIRING 2 TO 4 YEARS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR ADMISSION.

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

KNOWING A SECOND LANGUAGE SUCH AS SPANISH INCREASES THE

OPPORTUNITY TO IMMERSE ONESELF IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

STUDYING ABROAD ALLOWS YOU TO DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE

LANGUAGE WITH MORE SPEED THAN IN THE CLASSROOM, AND BROADEN YOUR LIFE PERSPECTIVE WHILE DISCOVERING AND APPRECIATING THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE AND THE DIFFERENCES IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

TRAVEL EXPERIENCES & STUDY ABROAD

LEARNING ABOUT RESPECT, TOLERANCE, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY ARE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING BENEFITS FROM STUDYING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

STUDYING ABROAD ALSO GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS, MUSIC, RELIGIONS, AND BELIEFS IN GENERAL – AND RESPECT FOR THESE DIFFERENT VIEW MAKES YOU A MORE WORLDLY, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND WELL-EDUCATED CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.

UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

EXPAND & IMPROVE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

LEARNING SPANISH ACTUALLY HELPS TO INCREASE, EXPAND, AND IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? THERE ARE MANY WORDS THAT LOOK, SOUND, AND MEAN THE 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.