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THE SPANISH LANGUAGE
& SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Use this button to access information about
Spain, Hispanic countries, their peoples, history, culture, etc.
Why Study Spanish?
Language Facts
- Spanish is spoken by approximately 377,600,000 people all over the world.
- There are twenty-five countries in the world who speak Spanish either as an official language or as a primary language.
- The U.S. is the third largest Spanish speaking country in the world. According to the 1990 Census Bureau, Spanish is the language most often spoken at home after English. It comes ahead of German, Chinese, Italian, and French.
- The 1990 Census Bureau reported more than 100,000 Hispanics living in North Carolina. Numbers are estimated to have doubled since that time.
- There are approximately 15,000 students in North Carolina who are limited English-proficient. Spanish speaking students form the largest group.
Academic Facts
- The study of Spanish helps with the understanding of English grammar.
- Studying Spanish helps students expand their vocabulary.
- Students enrolled in the study of languages including Spanish have higher SAT scores for each year of language studied than students who do not study a foreign language.
- Learning a new language increases problem-solving skills and improves memory, self-discipline, and self-esteem.
- Spanish is the language of many masterpieces which can be accessed in the original version by speakers of Spanish.
Business Facts
- In North Carolina, police officers, judges, lawyers,
nurses, hospital staff, social workers, and others are enrolling in Spanish classes to be more effective in their jobs.
- South America represents a growing market for American companies.
- The NAFTA treaty with Mexico, Canada and the United States opened the doors for additional trade and communication among these countries.
- South America is one of the favorite destinations of American tourists.
- According to the Kiplinger Washington Editors, the Hispanic share of the workforce will increase 25 percent by 2010.
Information is taken from:
http://eleaston.com/why.html#ws
WEBQUESTS
The following are activities called "WebQuests" which are designed to lead students on searches around the Web and other sources of information about certain topics.
-Bullfighting Author: Mrs. Zasada of Manteno Community Unit School District #5 250 N. Poplar St. Manteno, Illinois
-Cinco de Mayo from CincodeMayoWebQuest.html
-El Día de los Muertos Webquest is from geocities.com
-Bienvenidos a Madrid Webquest is from www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/madrid/madrid.html
-Cocina Latina Webquest is from www.slc.k12.ut.us/ww2/rickj/cocina.htm
-Spanish Countries Webquest is from www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/Spancountries/index.html
-Our Hispanic World Webquest is from www.slc.k12.ut.us/ww2/barbc/hworld.htm
-Spain, Fun in the Sun Webquest is from www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/spain/index.html
-Spain, United or Divided? Webquest is from www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webquests/spain/cgspaintourist.htm
-Road Adventures Webquest is from www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/enviro_sp/index.html
-Multicultural and Global Foods Choose a country to research, locate cultural information, recipes, create apresentation and cookbook. Webquest is from www.howard.k12.md.us/mhms/homeec/globalfoodswebquest.s.html
-Teen Travel Experts Discover amazing facts about Spanish-speaking countries and evaluate them as destinations. Webquest is from http://www.nevada.edu/~brunelle/travelexperts.html
-Eva Duarte de Perón Eva Duarte de Perón, is her 50 anniversary of her death worthy of celebration?
Examine Evita's life from multiple perspectives and come to consensus on how the 50th anniversary of her death should be commemorated. Webquest is from www.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/projects/webquests/argentina/index.htm
-Newscast about Ecuador Create a newscast about the country. Analyze differences between Ecuadorian and American newscasts. Webquest is from www.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/projects/webquests/ecuador/jwmupdateon.htm
-A Trip to Spain Antonio Banderas has given you and your three friends a trip to Spain to be taken two months from today. As a group, you will be given $8000 US. Your stay will be a minimum of 6 days, and you can stay a maximum of one month. During your trip, you will have to visit at least 3 cities and stay in each one for 2 nights. Given this information, how long could you and your group stay in beautiful Spain? Authors: Sherry Bradley & Kim-Kathie Knudsen Hershey M.S. Palmyra Area H.S., http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/x/jxz8/Student_Webquests/Bradley_Knudsen/WEBQUEST.HTML
-Where would you move? Students take the role of different family members and make a decision to move to a city Puerto Rico, Mexico, or Spain. Requires students to converse and write final project in Spanish. Webquest is from www.trilink.k12.wi.us/Ccsd/highschool/Academics/Spanish/WEBQUEST/firstpage.html
-A List of Webquests for Spanish List is from the Virginia Commonwealth University for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/sbranch.htm
-List of Quests for Spanish List provided by www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/6676/quests.html
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