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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.