Foreign+Language+Resources

Note - Use Close Captioning to see the words in the language you are studying!
 * Foreign Language Video Library:**

**French in Action** [] []
 * Workbooks/Worksheets:** []+

*Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish** [] [] online worksheets: []; []

**Nuevos Destinos** **(spanish - intermediate)

German Language Series: Fokus Deutsch (http://www.languagequest.com/home/product.php?prodCode=FDDVD&lang=Germanv) http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Humanities/ModernLanguages/German/German01_VOD.asp http://www.freeuniv.com/lect/gerdesc.htm []

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Spanish Love Song media type="custom" key="5133759" French Love Song media type="custom" key="5133777"

Love Will Find a Way (The Lion King) - German to English Subtitles media type="custom" key="5133819"

Find out how to say words in 6 different languages at the same time (see the word and hear the word):** [|**http://www.lcweblink.info/lcwmain.asp?l=e&p=Services&sm=Languages#sec-lan-qjdh**]

[|**http://www.amadeus.net/home/phrasebook/v1/index.htm**]
 * See words useful while traveling in 6 different languages:**

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 * Talkin' about Talk - Audio Essays about Languages:**
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 * Hello in different languages:**

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 * Nations of the World - Animaniacs**

According to the CIA World Fact Book, only 5.6 % of the world's total population speaks English as a primary language. That number doubles when people who speak English as a second or third language are counted. By conservative estimates, that means that well over four-fifths of the world's population does **not** speak English.

Saying Hello: []

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 * __Shift Happens Video__**

Read the brochure to find out why we should study foreign languages:
 * __Brochure__**

10 Good Reasons to Study Foreign Languages: [] []
 * __Resources__**

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Top 30 Languages: []

Languages Studied in the US: []

Why Learn English: []

__**Internet Usage Statistics**__ "There are approximately 172 million English speakers and 163 million non-English speakers online" [|(Global Reach)] "50.4% of Web Users speak a native language other than English" [|(Global Reach)] "Web users are up to four times more likely to purchase from a site that communicates in the customer's language" [|(www.idc.com)] "Site stickiness is doubled when a website is translated - visitors stay for twice as long" [|(Forrester Research)] "Almost one-third of websites are presented in a language other than English" [|(Messaging Online)] "37 million Americans do not speak English at home" [|(US Department of Health)] "Over 100 million people access the Internet in a language other than English" [|(Global Reach)] "By 2004, 50% of all-online sales are expected to occur outside the US" [|(Forrester Research)] (info is important to businesses and those involved in [|marketing])

The total population of Internet Users across the world is estimated to be about **1,400 million** in March 2008.

The top 10 languages that are used by the world internet users – **English at 30.3%**, **Chinese at 16.6%** & **Spanish at about 8.7%**. Of the European languages, **French has 4.7%** users, **German coming in second with about 4.5%** & **Italian coming in third with about 2.4%** users.


 * Statistics in the United States**

//**U.S. Census Population projections**//||~ ||~ //2008// ||~ //2050// || A report in August 2008[36] from the U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will no longer make up the majority of the population. This is a revision of earlier projections that this would occur in 2050. Today, non-Hispanic whites make up about 66% of the population. This is expected to fall to 46% in 2050. The report foresees the Hispanic population rising from 15% today to 30% by 2050. Today, African Americans make up 14% of the population, in 2050 they are projected to comprise 15%. Asian Americans make up 5% of the population and are expected to make up 9% in 2050. The U.S. has nearly 305 million people today, and is projected to reach 400 million by 2039 and 439 million in 2050.[37][38]
 * //**Non-Hispanic whites**// || //**66%**// || //**46%**// ||
 * //**Hispanic**// || //**15%**// || //**30%**// ||
 * //**African Americans**// || //**14%**// || //**15%**// ||
 * //**Asian American**// || //**5%**// || //**9%**// ||

//**2.5 million:**// The number of people 5 and older who speak Chinese at home. After Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country.

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