WORLD LANGUAGE

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Ms. Roseceil Rader & Ms. Charmaine Wright

WHICH LANGUAGE SHOULD I TAKE---FRENCH OR SPANISH?

WORLD LANGUAGES AT SWIFT MIDDLE SCHOOL

WORLD LANGUAGES OFFERED ARE SPANISH AND FRENCH.

WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS:

CHARMAINE WRIGHT, GRADE 7 SPANISH

ROSECEIL RADER, GRADE 8 SPANISH AND FRENCH

WE ARE EXCITED THAT SPANISH IS OFFERED IN GRADE 7 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR 2021-2022.

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT FRENCH WILL ALSO BE OFFERED IN GRADE 7, BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, 2022.

BOTH SPANISH AND FRENCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED IN GRADE 8.

LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND CULTURE HELPS IN THE APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY AS WELL AS BECOMING A MORE BALANCED INDIVIDUAL. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE MORE EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

ACCORDING TO “FORBES,” IN MAY, 2021, “SPANISH IS SPOKEN BY MORE THAN 559 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY.” APPROXIMATELY 460 MILLION PEOPLE ARE NATIVE SPEAKERS OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. SPANISH NOT ONLY HAS THE 2ND LARGEST POPULATION OF NATIVE SPEAKERS IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES ALSO HAS THE 2ND LARGEST POPULATION OF SPANISH SPEAKERS IN THE WORLD. ABOUT 13% OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASE IN SPANISH SPEAKERS, MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR BILINGUAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WHAT BETTER WAY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE THAN BEGINNING THE STUDY OF A LANGUAGE AND CULTURE THAT WILL OPEN UP MANY OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT ONE’S LIFE.

WHILE STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR LANGUAGE COURSES AT THIS GRADE LEVEL THIS YEAR, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THEY WILL FIND MANY INTERESTING ASPECTS OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER AND BUILD ON OVER TIME.

WHY FRENCH IS AWESOME!

A.WHO IS SPEAKING AND LEARNING FRENCH?

FRENCH IS SPOKEN BY OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ON ALL CONTINENTS:

IN WESTERN EUROPE, IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, ASIA AND OCEANIA.

FRENCH IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH THAT IS TAUGHT AND SPOKEN ON ALL CONTINENTS.

FRENCH IS AMONG THE 6 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

BY 2060, THE WORLD’S FRENCH-SPEAKING POPULATION WILL RISE DRAMATICALLY TO 767,000,000 PEOPLE.

B.IS FRENCH EASY TO LEARN? YES!

FRENCH IS ONE OF THE EASIEST LANGUAGES FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKERS TO MASTER.

FRENCH IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE ROMANCE LANGUAGE MOST SIMILAR TO ENGLISH.

50% OF ALL ENGLISH WORDS CAN BE TRACED TO FRENCH, SO LEARNING FRENCH WILL IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SKILLS TOO.

C.FRENCH IS USEFUL FOR BUSINESS AND CAREERS

AFTER ENGLISH, FRENCH IS THE 2ND BUSINESS LANGUAGE GLOBALLY AND 2ND MOST USEFUL DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE.

ONLINE JOB LISTINGS SEEKING BILINGUALISM WITH FRENCH TRIPLED FROM 2010 TO 2015.

D.IS FRANCE A WORLD LEADER? YES!

FRANCE IS A LEADER IN ELECTRICITY, NUCLEAR POWER, AEROSPACE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND GENETICS.

FRENCH IS THE MOST TRANSLATED LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD, AFTER ENGLISH.

E.IS FRANCE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE OR VISIT? YES!

FRANCE HAS BEEN VOTED “THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD” BY INTERNATIONAL LIVING MAGAZINE.

FRANCE HAS BEEN THE WORLD’S TOP TOURIST DESTINATION AND PARIS IS THE MOST VISITED TOURIST CITY IN THE WORLD.

VIVE LE FRANCAIS! LONG LIVE THE FRENCH LANGUAGE!

IF YOU WANT “SOMETHING DIFFERENT”--

IF YOU’RE NOT A “CROWD--FOLLOWER”—

IF YOU WANT A CHALLENGING,REWARDING, GLAMOROUS, FUN EXPERIENCE LEARNING A WORLD LANGUAGE, THEN FRENCH IS FOR YOU!!!