Languages

=**LANGUAGES** =     Why study languages?  To take advantage of opportunities in the world when travelling in the workforce and it can be lots of fun when you can hold a conversation with someone else in their mother tongue.   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">**Everyone speaks English, don't they**? <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">"Well, no. Actually only about 6.5% of the world's population speak it as a first language. Researchers calculate that another18.5% speak it as a second or foreign language which leaves 75% of humanity who don't understand a word. No-one would deny that English is now a global language, and that there has been a massive growth in English learning throughout the world - but that just means that the world is becoming more multilingual - and monolingual English speakers are being left behind." http://www.he.courses-careers.com/languages.htm

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">In Room 5 we are currently learning Maori and German once every week. We may not be able to speak fluently by the end of the year but we will attempt to learn the basics and have fun. Languages can give the students a small snippet of what they can do in the future.

Link Pages to: Maori German

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