Students learn to dance Salsa and Merengue during the Foreign Language Week Extravaganza.
 

Choosing a World Language
Which One is Right for You?
7 Major Career Areas
Languages Associated with Careers and Interests
The Difficulty Myth
Core 40 and Indiana Honors Diploma

Which one is Right for You?

French
Latin
German
Spanish

World Language Learning...

...Provides Career Advantages

  • Bilingual employees are in demand, and will only become more important to our ever "shrinking" global political, technological and economic community.

...Broadens the Human Mind and Human Experience

  • Affords insights into the nature of language and the human mind.
  • Fosters a sense of shared humanity.
  • Expands and enhances the pleasures of travel, of good literature, of the arts, of history, and of social interaction.
  • Breaks down ignorance, stereotypes and prejudices through exposure to other cultures.
  • Improves the knowledge, vocabulary and usage of English.
  • Develops critical and creative thinking skills.
  • Improves verbal SAT scores.

Prepared by the CLHS World Language Department, Fort Wayne, IN
Acknowledged Sources: IFLTA, Georgia Olsen, Lafayette, IN; SUNY Career Development; DePaul University

Last updated Thursday, January 31, 2008

 
Students participate in the Tour de Concordia during Foreign Language Week.