Spanish I

Homework

                                                                        11/20/08 - Review fot the test next week. Bring all your notes.

                                                6th grade 

Homework 

            11/20/2008 (A day ) - Complete worksheet about definite and indefinite articles.

            11/21/2008 (B day ) - Complete worksheet about definite and indefinite articles.

                                                8th grade

                                                                             Homework 

           11/20/2008 (A day) - Complete worksheet about " Las capitales del mundo hispano."

    11/21/2008 (B day) - Complete worksheet about " Las capitales del mundo hispano."       

 Why learn Spanish?

• Improves analyzing and critical thinking skills
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• Enhances memory
• Improves quality of English writing and reading skills
• Promotes cultural awareness and self-concept
• Has a positive effect on intellectual growth and enriches and enhances a child's mental development
• Leaves students with more flexibility in thinking, greater sensitivity to language, and Improves a child's understanding of his/her native language
• Gives a student a head start in language requirements for college
• Increases job opportunities in many careers where knowing another language is a real asset
• Spanish is the second world language as a vehicle of international communication and the third as an international language of politics, economics and culture
• About 330 million people in the world speak Spanish as their first language 
• Spanish is the official language in 21 countries
• Approximately another 100 million people speak Spanish as a second language
• Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn in America and Europe
• The Spanish language is used world-wide