Resources & Foreign Language Learning in the News

Wondering which language you or your child should learn next?
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Partnership for Learning - Foreign Language

Foreign Language Play Helps Babies Learn

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U.S. babies finding early voice through sign language

Untying US Tongues

President Bush Brings Languages Front & Center

US Army helps Officers Learn Arabic, International Business

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Languages are No Joke

Pentagon to Bolster Foreign Language Skills

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Raising Children Bilingually

Russian Immersion in Alaskan public schools

Linguistically diverse students enrich PSD

Why Learn Spanish?

Most commonly used foreign language spoken by US neighbors and many new immigrants
Dominant language spoken in 21 countries on five continents
Fifth most widely spoken in the world, used by 300 million people
Approximately 17.5 million people (10% of the US population) speak Spanish
By the year 2020, it is predicted that 51 million people will speak Spanish in the US, including many more in the Northwest
The 4th largest Spanish-speaking city in the world is Los Angeles
US companies are well-established in all Spanish-speaking countries (e.g.,there are 24 US banks in Mexico City alone)
Necessary for tourists to Mexico and much of South America
Especially useful for people who plan to live and work in areas with a large Spanish-speaking population, such as California, Nevada, the Southwest,Florida, and New York

SPANISH IS USEFUL FOR MAJORS OR CAREERS IN:
agriculture, banking, business, communications, construction, criminal justice, emergency services, employment and welfare offices, journalism, law enforcement, manufacturing, medicine, military, social work, teaching, travel industry, US Customs