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S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

Dec 22, 2015

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Page 1: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

S2 Spanish Awareness

Clydebank High School

Page 2: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

Spanish in a Global Context

• Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today

• 1st language in 21 countries – Spain, most of South America, parts of Africa and Asia Pacific

• 2nd most widely spoken language in USA

* Wikipedia & Ministerio de Educación y Ciencias

• Spain has Europe’s highest economic growth rate

• Over 50,000 British people have holiday homes in Spain

Page 4: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

Why S1 pupils choose Spanish….

• had heard it was quite easy to learn!

• go to Spain on holiday and wanted to learn Spanish

• really enjoy studying languages

• holidays to Spain so understand a bit already

• future job prospects, university

• it will be useful for when I travel round the world

• my aunt has a holiday home in Spain

• want to continue studying Higher in the future

Page 5: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

Comments pupils have made about Spanish…

If you like languages,

you’ll enjoy Spanish

Only choose it if you want to, but it’s a fun language

It’s a fun, easy and enjoyable language

to learn!

It’ll help if you go tocountries that speak Spanish on holiday

It’s easier than French!

If you pick it, stick atit as it could help you in the future

It’s quite

challenging to

start with but good

in the long run

I want to be a lawyer in Spain when I’m older

French has

helped me work

out the Spanish

meanings

Page 7: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

1) Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in: 

a) 1992

b) 1994

c) 1996

Page 8: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

2) Spanish is an official language in:

 a)15 countries

b) 21 countries

c) 30 countries

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3) In which of these Latin American countries is Spanish not spoken? a)Peru

b) Venezuela

c) Brasil

Page 10: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

4) Rafael Nadal is a famous…: a)singer

b) politician

c) tennis player

Page 11: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

5) The Spanish word ‘fiesta’ means: a)a party

b) a wee sleep

c) a car

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6) Spanish is spoken by approximately how many people round the world? a)45 million

b) 400 million

c) 140 million

Page 13: S2 Spanish Awareness Clydebank High School. Spanish in a Global Context Approximately 365 million native Spanish speakers in the world today 1 st language.

7) Antonio Banderas (actor) is: a)Spanish

b) Mexican

c) Cuban

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8) Which of the following is not from Spain? a)paella

b) mayonnaise

c) fajitas

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Finalmente…

Spain is THE most visited country in the world!

Spanish is the language of Mexico City – the largest city in the world!

PUPILS ENJOY SPANISH!!! Motivated pupils enjoy learning when the subject interests them and tend to perform better in exams!