Classroom Posters

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Downloadable Posters (PDF)

#LiveTheLanguage Why Learn Posters

**For optimal quality, print on 11"x17" paper

 

12 Ways to Live The Language

 

All the Places You'll Go!

Sources:

1. College – https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/total-group-2016.pdf, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002209651200166X

2. Career – https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china, http://www.calsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Value-of-Bilingualism-UCLA.pdf and https://www.aol.com/2009/01/26/why-it-pays-to-be-bilingual/

3. Travel and Study Abroad – https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/scholarship-advice/scholarships-study-abroad

4. Worldview – https://www.npr.org/2016/03/21/471316384/studies-suggest-multilingual-exposure-boosts-childrens-communication-skills

 

Learn a Critical Language!

Sources:

1. http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/language-difficulty

2. http://www.calsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Value-of-Bilingualism-UCLA.pdf

3. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/09/10/cb.industries.bilingual/

4. Johnson: What is a foreign language worth? The Economist, https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/03/language-study#sthash.EmnmbQNI.dpbs

5. Learning languages 'boosts brain'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3739690.stm

6. The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual. Cerebrum. 2012 Sep-Oct; 2012: 13.

7. New American Economy, Not Lost in Translation: The Growing Importance of Foreign Language Skills in the U.S. Job Market, March 2017, p.2.

 

Did You Know...?

Sources:

Spanish – SoloSeQueNoSeNada.com, via SpeakingLatino.com and Instituto Cervantes, via SpeakingLatino.com

French – Interesting Facts About the French Language

German – 9 Surprising Facts About the German Language , GermanVeryEasy.com and 30 Interesting Facts about Germany

Chinese – 30 Cool Facts About China

Arabic – 8 Fun Facts You Might Not Know About Arabic

Russian – Russia Facts for Kids

Japanese – Facts About the Japanese Language

Italian – 21 Mildly Interesting Facts About the Italian Language

 

Benefits of Learning Another Language 

Sources:

1. Viorica Marian – The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual 

2. Andrea Stocco – Bilingual brain training: A neurobiological framework of how bilingual experience improves executive function 

3. Peter A. Eddy – The Effect of Foreign Language Study in High School on Verbal Ability as Measured by the Scholastic Aptitude Test-Verbal

4. Bloomberg Institute 

5. https://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/size

6. https://today.yougov.com/news/2013/07/31/75-americans-have-no-second-language/

7. Eton Institute

8. Kaplan International