State of Connecticut World Language Frameworks

10 good reasons why you should learn a world language
Did you know that research indicates that knowing and using two languages reduces your chances of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease?


Why Spanish?
-Spanish is rapidly becoming a business necessity.
-There are 35 million Spanish speakers in the United States.
-The Hispanic population of the US will approach 50 million by the year 2015.
- In Europe, Spanish is the second most popular second language, after English.
-Spanish is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world. Only Mandarin, English and Hindi have more speakers.
-Spanish is an official language on four continents and is the mother tongue in 21 countries.
-Learning to speak Spanish will put you in a postion where you can help both Spanish speakers who don't speak English and English speakers who don't speak Spanish.
-Most importanly.....learning Spanish is fun!