Employment growth reflects increasing globalization and a more diverse U.S. population, which is expected to require more interpreters and translators.
Spanish predated English in arriving in what is now the United States. For 400 years, the two languages have co-existed; today’s immigrants continue to bring variation.
Is Spanglish considered a language? Will it become a language? Spanglish is a unique language that represents the completeness of both English and Spanish. The transition flows from a combination to a continuation of the first language. In this multi-cultural talk, Alondra Posada enhances the art and traditions Spanglish has to offer and how hispanics have learned to embrace it as a language.
The benefits of bilingual education are enormous. Local dual-immersion programs help develop more empathetic citizens and improve the world. Bilingual education allows communities to produce citizens who can leverage language as the tool to transcend linguistic and cultural barriers. Bilingual education also offers great cognitive benefits the earlier it is begun.
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