1. 7 Reasons Why You Should Study a Foreign Language

2. 1. Enhances academic skills –studied a foreign language in elementary have higher scores on standardized tests –are taking a foreign language outperform other students –have studied a foreign language have better listening skills and memory –take a foreign language have better thinking skills and teaches how to learn –exposes you to a different way of thinking

3. 2. Increase language skills in your native language

4. 3. Raises SAT scores

5. 4. Helps prepare students for careers –business to competitive in a global market – have to understand the culture, can make mistakes –service industry, publishers an journalism, entertainment industry, medicine, law, general government work –gives you a competitive edge

6. 5. national security -- do not have enough speakers of other languages to meet the needs for translators in the military, and the federal government

7. 6. Cultural understanding –different holidays and traditions in some Spanish speaking countries –not every country does things the same as we do in the U.S. –appreciate art, literature, and movies from other countries

8. 7. makes travel easier and more enjoyable

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