Council Rock World Languages

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Council Rock World Languages

• Choosing a Language for Study
• National Year of Languages
• 2005

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Why Should I study French?

• 1. French is the first or second language in more
  than 43 countries
• ..it is spoken by 125 million people around the
  world

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Words Words Words

• 40 to 50 of English vocabulary comes from
  French
• Learning French can help you improve your
  knowledge and use of English

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French is.

• The second most frequently taught language
  worldwide after English

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Job Opportunities

• International Business
• Travel and Tourism
• Cuisine-Cooking
• Government Service
• Post Office
• Teaching/Translation
• ..and hundreds more..!

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Worlds Most Visited City

• .is in France
• ..PARIS!
• 60 million tourists visit per year
• The capital of the world for quality of life

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Question 1

• How much of the vocabulary of English comes from
  French???
• Answer 40-50

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French is

• The official language of Canada
• Montreal is the 2nd largest French-speaking city
  in the world

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..And Canada is

• The major trading partner of the United States
• A country that requires all products to be
  labeled in French

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French is

• The official working language of
• The United Nations
• The Olympic Committee
• The International Red Cross

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France leads the world in production of

• Luxury goods
• Television sets (HDTV was invented there)
• Civilian and military helicopters and aircraft

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Last, but not least,France

• Leads the world in medical research
• The AIDS virus was first found by French doctors
• The Human Genome Project is in France

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Question 2

• French is the official working language of which
  organization?
• The United Nations, the Olympic Committee, the
  International Red Cross (and many others)

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French Words Used in English

• Cuisine
• Kitchen, a type of food or food preparation

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• Encore
• Again
• (In English, it refers to an additional
  performance to an audience)

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• Cul-de-sac
• Bottom-of-bag (dead end street)

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• Du jour
• Of the day (Such as the Soup of the Day)

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• Hors doeuvre
• Outside of work (Or, with meals, outside of the
  main course) An appetizer!

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• RSVP
• Respond please
• (Stands for Répondez, sil vous plait)

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• Souvenir
• Memory, keepsake

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• Touché
• Touched
• (From fencing now it means you got me)

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• Sauté
• Fried over high heat

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• Vis-à-vis
• Face to face
• (In English in relation to)

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Why should I study German?

• Possibly your own heritage!- More than 60 million
  US citizens are at least partly of German
  heritage
• In Bucks County, more than 40 of us have German
  heritage

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German is

• The most widely-spoken language in Europe- The
  first or second language in 11 countries!
• Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland,
  Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia,
  Belgium, Luxembourg

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Study German and

• Work in Germany!
• Hundreds of US college graduates are hired to
  work there each year
• Germany has the highest paid workers in the
  world!

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German is

• More closely related to English than French or
  Spanish
• German-speaking countries are very popular
  destinations for US tourists

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Question 3

• How many European countries use German as their
  first or second language?
• Answer
• 11

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Trade and Business

• More than 750 US companies do business in Germany
• Over 1000 German companies have offices here in
  the United States

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Bucks County Connection!

• 15 international companies working in Bucks
  county are owned by Germany or Austria

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Learn German to..

• Become a Scientist!
• The majority of the worlds scientists have come
  from or studied in Germany
• New research may only be available in German

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German is the language of

• Internationally famous writers and musicians
• Beethoven, Goethe, Wagner, Schiller, Freud,
  Nietzsche
• And scientists
• (such as Albert Einstein)

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Germany in Sports

• In the History of the World Cup of Soccer,
  Germany has reached the finals more often than
  any other country.
• Germans also excel in tennis and skiing

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Question 4

• More than what number of German companies have
  offices in the United States
• Answer
• More than 1000

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English words from German

• Noodle
• Pasta made from thin dough

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• Rucksack
• A backpack

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• Poltergeist
• A Ghost

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• Schlep
• (Really schleppen in German)
• To drag or haul

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• Kindergarten
• Infant School

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• Dachschund
• Little dog

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• Verboten!
• Forbidden!

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• Schnitzel
• A thin cut or slice of meat
• Wiener Schnitzel is a thin slice of veal

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Why Study Spanish?

• Spanish is spoken by almost 400 million people
  worldwide
• It is the dominant language spoken in 21
  countries on 5 continents

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In the United States

• Approximately 22 million people speak Spanish
• This is expected to grow to well over 50 million
  by the year 2020

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Los Angeles is.

• The 4th largest Spanish-speaking city in the
  world
• New York, San Antonio, Houston, Miami, Detroit,
  Chicago, Philadelphia have large Hispanic
  populations

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Spanish is

• Very essential for travel to Mexico, Central and
  almost all of South America
• Our neighbors to the South

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Question 5

• What city is the 4th largest Spanish speaking
  city in the world?
• Answer
• Los Angeles

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Study Spanish to..

• Better understand English, and its grammar
• Both languages have their roots in Latin,
  creating many vocabulary connections

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Study Spanish for jobs

• Here and abroad, in all fields
• Business, commerce, education, law, law
  enforcement, media, Department of Immigration,
  Red Cross, Social Sciences, FBI, International
  Business, Government, Travel and Tourism

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Learn Spanish to

• Better understand the works of great artists and
  authors such as---
• Velázquez, Goya, Picasso, el Greco, Dalí
• Cervantes, Unamuno and García Márquez

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And Spanish is..

• The 3rd most used language of the Internet
• 1 English
• 2 Japanese
• 3 Spanish

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Within the US..

• In areas of the South and Southwest, the ability
  to communicate in Spanish has become a necessity
  for all sorts of everyday transactions

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Question 6

• Where does Spanish rank today for use on the
  Internet?
• Answer
• Third

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Spanish Words used in English

• Mosquito
• Means little fly

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• Margarita
• Girls name meaning daisy

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• Plaza
• Town square

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• Siesta
• Nap during the
• day

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• Rancho
• Means ranch

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• Bronco
• Means wild or
• rough in Spanish

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• Vainilla
• Vanilla in English the flavor extracted from the
  vanilla bean

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• Barracuda
• A relatively small fish with very sharp teeth!

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Looking Ahead

• In 9th grade, you may study Latin
• Here are some of its benefits.

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Why study Latin?

• Latin gives you a better understanding of English
  vocabulary
• (As well as that of Spanish and French)

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Latin leads to

• Higher SAT scores
• In 2004, Latin students nationally scored an
  average of more than 50 points higher in English
• (Math scores were also higher!)

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Did you know that..

• All 206 bones in your body are Latin?
• Tibia, fibula, cranium, clavicle, patella, etc.
  etc.

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Latin is great for

• Learning common words used in medicine, law and
  pharmacy
• Understanding literature better-especially
  references to myths and classics

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Question 7

• What do the words tibia, fibula, and clavicle
  represent?
• Answer
• Bones of the body

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Become a great writer

• There is no better way to learn to write than to
  translate thoughts from Latin to English.
• You will become a master of analyzing words,
  which will help in ALL subjects

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You can study the Ancient Romans

• Why? What have they done for us?
• A few contributions
• Roads, system of government
• Sanitation, personal safety
• Language
• Culture, and rule of law

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Latin is Dead --- NOT!!

• Dead is the mind of the person who says this!
• Latin is no more dead than the US Constitution,
  or the deeds of the great men and women who built
  our civilization
• We live by its roots, and by their deeds and
  inspiration

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Question 8

• Which people contributed the concept of roads to
  our society?
• Answer
• The ancient Romans

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English Words from Latin

• Alibi
• Means elsewhere
• (You did not commit the crime if you were
  elsewhere)

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• Memento
• Remember!
• (An item that makes you remember)

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• R.I.P.
• Requiescat in pace
• (Rest in Peace)

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• Et cetera
• ..and the rest,
• and so forth

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• Ignoramus
• Means we do not know

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• Mile
• From mil or One thousand
• (it takes one thousand steps to walk a mile)

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• Versus
• Means toward
• (Englishagainst)
• The fight was David vs. Goliath

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