Español En El Mundo Real Spanish 3

¿Sabías que…? The US is home to the world’s 5th largest Spanish speaking community. Spanish is spoken by more than 31 million US citizens at home. That is about 12% of the population. Spanish is the most widely taught non-English language in secondary schools and universities.

About 5.8 percent of the people who use the Internet speak Spanish, making it the No. 4 language in the Internet community. 1. English (51.3 percent) 2. Japanese (8.1 percent) 3. German (5.9 percent) 4. Spanish (5.8 percent) 5.Chinese (5.4 percent) 6. French (3.9 percent)

A majority of the 300,000 ATM’s nationwide are multilingual. 90% offer Spanish and English. This is an increase of 58% between 1990 and 2000.

Many fast food restaurants are beginning to cater to the Spanish-speaking community. Burger King now carries a Spanish-language menu.

Can you name the top 5 television network channels (no particular order)? ABC NBC CBS FOX Univision

What do the NFL teams Arizona, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, San Diego, Tampa Bay, and NY Jets have in common? They all broadcast games in Spanish on the radio.

ABC’s Monday Night Football was the 2nd most watched show in Hispanic homes last year. What was number 1?

The Simpson’s

Project Overview Find 10 every-day items that have Spanish on them. These items can be anything from the directions on a macaroni and cheese box to a warning on a mouthwash bottle. The whole idea is to find things that we use that have both Spanish and English on them.

You will arrange all 10 items on a poster board with the title “Español En El Mundo Real.” With this project, you will also write a reaction paper.

Reaction Paper Overview The reaction paper should address the following questions: 1.What did you expect to find from this project? 2.Was it easier or harder than you expected? 3. From your findings and the facts that we just discussed, what is the impact or influence of the Spanish language and culture on our society today? 4. What, if any, impact will it have on our future?

Your paper must be… 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced with Times New Roman 12 font 1 inch margins Header will include: Name Class: Spanish 3 Date Title Centered, Times New Roman 14 font: Español En El Mundo Real