DANIEL MINOT

EDU 542 – FOREIGN LANGUAGE II

LANGUAGE LEARNING ADVOCACY
PROJECT
 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!
 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!

 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 THE

UNITED STATES HAS SKYROCKETED IN
RECENT YEARS, MAKING PROFICIENCY IN THE
LANGUAGE ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT!
 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SPANISH-
SPEAKERS IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
▪ IN 20O8, OVER 13,000 PRINCE GEORGE’S
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 GEORGE’S COUNTY, OVER 130,000
RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT SPANISH WAS THE
PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THEIR HOMES.
 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.
 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. JUST HAVING A REFERENCE ON
YOUR RESUME THAT YOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH CAN
OFTEN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR
RESUME WINDING UP IN THE TRASH OR ACQUIRING
THE CRUCIAL INTERVIEW!

WHAT KINDS OF JOBS CAN YOU GET

IF YOU SPEAK A SECOND
LANGUAGE?
TRANSLATOR INTERPRETER
TEACHER REPORTER
TOUR GUIDE FLIGHT
ATTENDANT
BUSINESSMAN LAWYER
DOCTOR SOCIAL WORKER
 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY REQUIRES
AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR
GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

 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.
“IN CHILE, I EXPERIENCED LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY, WITNESSED SOCIAL CLASS
DIVISIONS FIRST-HAND, AND CHALLENGED MYSELF IN WAYS I HAD NEVER IMAGINED. I LIVED WITH A HOST
FAMILY THAT KNEW NOT A WORD OF ENGLISH, AND EACH DAY I GREW MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH
THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. I TOOK ON AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS COURSE LOAD AND TOOK CLASSES WITH
BOTH CHILEANS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS. I TAUGHT ENGLISH TO CHILEAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS,
TRAVELED ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DEVELOPED A RESPECT, APPRECIATION, AND
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN CULTURES AND WAYS OF LIFE. I FEEL INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY, LEARN, AND LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, AND I WILL CARRY MY
EXPERIENCE WITH ME FOREVER.”
 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.
 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.