The value of foreign language education

Foreign Language Benefits Our State • To help Vermont companies grow in a global marketplace they need employees who understand and can operate in other cultures.. • Having a populace wi

The Value of Foreign Language Education

Foreign Language Benefits:

• Our World

• Our Nation

• Our State

• Our Community

• Our Students

Foreign Language Benefits Our

World

• Understanding other cultures leads to

respecting other cultures

• The global economy can prosper through mutually beneficial trade

• Foreign language study is vital to the

future economic welfare of the United

States in a growing international economy

• A shortfall of experts in foreign languages has seriously hampered information

gathering and analysis within the

American intelligence community

Foreign Language Benefits Our

Nation

Foreign Language Benefits Our

State

• To help Vermont companies grow in a

global marketplace they need employees who understand and can operate in other cultures

• Having a populace with foreign language expertise will help Vermont companies to grow in Vermont and will attract

companies to our state

Foreign Language Benefits Our

Community

• Schools with foreign language have higher test scores

• Communities with strong public schools

have higher property values

• A foreign language program in our school will involve the whole community in

learning about other cultures

Foreign Language Benefits Our

Students

• Has a positive effect on intellectual growth

• Enriches and enhances a child's mental development

• Leaves students with more flexibility in thinking, greater sensitivity to language,

and a better ear for listening

• Improves a child's understanding of his/her native language

• Gives a child the ability to communicate with people s/he would otherwise not

have the chance to know

• Opens the door to other cultures and helps a child understand and appreciate

people from other countries

• 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

Having a populace with knowledge

of foreign languages is vital for:

• Our Economy

– Understanding and being able to interact with U.S and Vermont trading partners establishes a solid foundation for successful economic

relationships;

• Job Opportunities

– American multinational corporations and nongovernmental

organizations need people with foreign language abilities and cultural exposure.

• Our Security

– People with foreign language expertise are needed to work on national security and foreign policy issues

What would a Foreign Language

Program look like?

• One elementary school in CESU has

Foreign Language instruction

• Two 20 minute blocks a week could be

dedicated to Foreign language

• Vermont and National Standards for

Foreign Language instruction exist

How much would it cost?

• Estimates range around $16,000 for JES

• Cost to JES taxpayers would be around a penny on the tax rate

How would we fit it in the school

day?

• Options include providing a foreign

language instructor with responsive

classroom training and conducting the

responsive classroom section of the

school day in a foreign language twice or three times a week

What steps are needed to make it

happen?

• Conversation with teachers, staff, parents and community members must occur

• A positive vote by the community to

include foreign language instruction must occur

• Hiring of a part time foreign language

teacher must occur

My hovercraft is full of eels

Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj

Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voll mit Aalen

םיחפולצב האלמ ילש תפחרה

Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal.

Hoverkraf saya penuh belut

Il mio hovercraft è pieno di anguille

私のホバークラフトは鰻で一杯です。のホバークラフトは鰻で一杯です。ホバークラフトは鰻で一杯です。は鰻で一杯です。鰻で一杯です。で一杯です。一杯です。で一杯です。す。

Mea navicula pendens anguillarum plena est

എന്റെ പറക്കും-പേപടകം നിറന്റെ വ്ളാങ്കുകളാണു

我的氣墊船充滿了鱔魚 [ 我的气垫船充满了鳝鱼 ] Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål

Min svävare är full av ålar.

O meu hovercraft está chio das enguias

Moje vozilo na zračni blazini je polno jegulj

Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod.

Min svävare är full av ålar.