NYSAFLT Rochester Regional Conference Think Globally, Act Locally Rochester Regional Committee Lucy Ferruzza & Ida Wilder, Co-Chairs Candace Black Marie Campanaro Birgit Dier Dr.
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NYSAFLT
Rochester Regional Conference
Think Globally, Act Locally
Rochester Regional Committee
Lucy Ferruzza & Ida Wilder, Co-Chairs
Candace Black
Marie Campanaro
Birgit Dier
Dr. William Hopkins
Barbara Kruger
Anne Lutkus
Karen Moretti
March 8, 2008 - Nazareth College
Slide 2
Not so long ago, Karl Fisch, a
teacher from Arapahoe High
School in Colorado, put together a
presentation called “Shift Happens”
to demonstrate how globalization is
changing the face of education.
Slide 3
Here are some of his thoughts as
well as some of my own...
Slide 4
Did you know?
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 5
In 1750 there were about 800
million people in the world.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 6
In 1850 there were a billion
more, and by 1950, another
billion.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 7
Then it took just 50 years to double to
6 billion.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 8
If you are one in a million in India…
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 9
…there are 1,300 people just like
you.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 10
What does this mean for
US?
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 11
The 25% of the population in China
with the highest I.Q.’s…
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 12
…is greater than the total population of
North America.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 13
The average computer programmer in
the U.S. makes $70,000.
Now work is being outsourced to India,
where English-speaking programmers
earn only $15,000 annually.
This is 25 times what the average
Indian earns.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 14
Today in the United States,
drivers
there are morelicensed
cars than
___________.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 15
trashon
bags
The US spends more
_________ than ninety other
countries spend on everything.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 16
Last year, consumers
purchased about $4 billion
ring___________.
tones
worth of
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 17
Amidst this excessive
spending, the world still
faces very grave problems.
Slide 18
In 2004, Icaro Doria, a reporter for
the Brazilian magazine “Grande
Reportagem”, created a flag
campaign entitled “Meet Your
World” designed to illustrate the
problems our world faces, giving
new meaning to the colors of the
flags used.
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 19
The European Union
Consumption of
oil in Europe
Production of oil
in Europe
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 20
Angola
People infected
with HIV
People infected
with Malaria
People with
access to
medical care
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 21
Brazil
People living on
less than
$10/month
People living on
$11-$100/month
People living on
$101-$1,000/month
People living on
more than
$100,000/month
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 22
Burkina Faso
Children who die
before the age of 1
Children who die
between the age of 1
and 3
Children who make it
to adulthood
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 23
China
14-year olds who
work full-time
14-year olds who
study full-time
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 24
Colombia
Export of Bananas
Export of coffee
Export of cocaine
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 25
Somalia
Women suffering
genital mutilation
Women not
suffering genital
mutilation
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 26
United States
Americans in favor of
the war in Iraq
Americans against
the war in Iraq
Americans who don’t
know where Iraq is
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 27
Here’s the good news…
Education is major part of the
solution to every one of those
problems!
Slide 28
# of internet devices in 1984:
1,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 29
# of internet devices in 1992:
1,000,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 30
# of internet devices in 2006:
600,000,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 31
The number of text
messages sent and received
every day exceeds the total
population
the planet.of
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 32
There are over
300 million
registered users of MySpace
(as of February 3, 2008).
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 33
This number has TRIPLED in just
18 months, averaging 230,000 new
registrations per day
and 30 billion page views per
month.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 34
In addition to the global
Myspace.com, there are beta
versions of MySpace in 18 foreign
nations including France, Italy,
Japan, Russia and Spain as well as
MySpace USA in Spanish and
MySpace Canada in French!
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 35
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak French?)
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 36
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Spanish?
Slide 37
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Italian?)
Slide 38
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak German?
Slide 39
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Russian?
Slide 40
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Chinese?
Slide 41
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Japanese
Slide 42
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Latin?)
Slide 43
Computers have “tremendous
mathematical abilities,” says
Rosalind Picard of MIT, “but when it
comes to interacting with people,
they are autistic.”
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 44
What one thing does all of
this new technology (videoconferencing, text
messaging, emailing)
require?
It all requires languages.
Slide 45
In 2006, there were...
1.1 million college graduates in the
U.S.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 46
In 2006, there were...
3.1 million college graduates in
India.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 47
How many of those college
graduates in India speak English?
100%
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 48
How many of those college
graduates in the U.S. speak a
language other than English?
You don’t want to know.
Slide 49
By 2016,
China
______ will become the
number one ENGLISH-speaking
country in the world.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 50
By 1998, nearly ALL pupils in Europe
studied at least one foreign language as
part of their education.
About half of the EU's primary school
pupils learn a foreign language.
93% of European children learn English.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 51
The European Commission’s “White
Paper on Education and Training”
(1995) emphasized the importance of
schoolchildren learning at least TWO
foreign languages BEFORE upper
secondary education.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 52
In 2004, a report by the Michel
Thomas Language Centre in Britain
suggested that speaking a second
language could increase an average
6,000more than $_____ a
worker's salary
300,000
year, or
almost $_______ in a
lifetime.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 53
How about US?
Slide 54
According to the Digest of
Education Statistics, 5.9 million
U.S. students in grades 9 through
12 were enrolled in foreign
language courses in 2000.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 55
That’s only 43.6 % of all 9th-12th
grade students.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 56
What are the other 56.4% doing?
Slide 57
Low as it seems, this represents a
38.6% increase over the last 15
years.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 58
We need a new state of mind.
Slide 59
…a New York state of mind.
Slide 60
Whether it feels like it or not…
Slide 61
New York teachers make 118%
of the national average teacher
salary.
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 62
Know who makes the highest?
Connecticut (123%)
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 63
If you worked in this state,
instead of making 118% of the
national average, you’d earn
only 71%.
South Dakota
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 64
In which state is the French
enrollment the highest in the
nation (124,000 students)?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 65
New York!
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 66
Where is Latin the most
popular?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 67
Texas!
(No kidding!)
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 68
But NY’s Latin enrollment is
nd
still 2 in the nation.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 69
How about Spanish?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 70
NY’s Spanish enrollment is
rd
3 in the nation after
California and Texas.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 71
Which state leads the
nation in Russian
enrollment?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 72
Da!
New York!
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 73
Combined with the next
highest state (AK), New York
represents almost 30% of the
total Russian enrollment in the
US.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 74
How about Italian?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 75
New York!
Not only is NY’s Italian enrollment the highest
in the nation (36,000), it is 10 times the next
highest state’s enrollment.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 76
Which state ranks #1 in the nation
for foreign language enrollment 712?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 77
Good old New York!
54% of 7-12 graders enrolled in a
foreign language class
(The national average is 34%.)
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 78
So let’s put the teachers to
the test…
Slide 79
What do all the dark blue states have in
common?
• They have all declared
English as their official
language!
• Four American states are
bilingual (officially or de
facto) .
• Can you guess which
ones they are?
– Hawaii (English & Hawaiian)
– Louisiana (English & French)
– New Mexico (English &
Spanish)
– Maine (English & French)
Slide 80
What in the world do you
know?
What is the only flag
that may fly above the
US flag on an
American flagpole?
The United Nations flag.
Slide 81
What in the world do you
know?
Where is the only place
where a flag flies all
day, never goes up or
comes down, never flies
at half-mast and does
not get saluted?
On the moon.
Slide 82
What in the world do you
know?
As of 2008, there is only
one country in the world
where all of the citizens
speak only one language.
(NO, it is not the U.S.!)
Somalia is the only country
in the world where all the
citizens speak one
language, Somali.
Slide 83
What in the world do you
know?
• How many languages are
spoken in the world?
a)
b)
c)
d)
70
700
1,700
2,700
d) There are over 2,700
different languages spoken
in the world, with more than
7,000 dialects.
Slide 84
What in the world do you
know?
• What is the most difficult
language to learn as a 2nd
language no matter what
your native language is?
Basque, which is spoken in
north-western Spain and
south-western France, is
classified as the most
difficult because it is not
related to any other
language in the world.
Slide 85
What in the world do you
know?
True or false?
Latin is a classical language
(as opposed to a modern
one) because it is not the
official language of any
nation.
False! Latin is the official
language in the smallest
country in the world, Vatican
City.
Slide 86
•
What in the world do you
know?
Name this country…
– The 4th most populous country in the world (216
million)
– 300 ethnic groups speaking 365 different languages
– 400 volcanoes of which 100 are active
– Largest archipelago in the world
Slide 87
What in the world do you
know?
• Name this country…
– The 3rd most populous country in the world (303 million)
– 337 languages used by the population, of which 176 are
indigenous to the area.
Slide 88
Learning is not
compulsory...
neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming
Slide 89
Presentation by:
Candace R. Black
Eastridge High School
[email protected]
NYSAFLT Rochester Regional
March 2008
NYSAFLT
Rochester Regional Conference
Think Globally, Act Locally
Rochester Regional Committee
Lucy Ferruzza & Ida Wilder, Co-Chairs
Candace Black
Marie Campanaro
Birgit Dier
Dr. William Hopkins
Barbara Kruger
Anne Lutkus
Karen Moretti
March 8, 2008 - Nazareth College
Slide 2
Not so long ago, Karl Fisch, a
teacher from Arapahoe High
School in Colorado, put together a
presentation called “Shift Happens”
to demonstrate how globalization is
changing the face of education.
Slide 3
Here are some of his thoughts as
well as some of my own...
Slide 4
Did you know?
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 5
In 1750 there were about 800
million people in the world.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 6
In 1850 there were a billion
more, and by 1950, another
billion.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 7
Then it took just 50 years to double to
6 billion.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 8
If you are one in a million in India…
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 9
…there are 1,300 people just like
you.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 10
What does this mean for
US?
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 11
The 25% of the population in China
with the highest I.Q.’s…
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 12
…is greater than the total population of
North America.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 13
The average computer programmer in
the U.S. makes $70,000.
Now work is being outsourced to India,
where English-speaking programmers
earn only $15,000 annually.
This is 25 times what the average
Indian earns.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 14
Today in the United States,
drivers
there are morelicensed
cars than
___________.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 15
trashon
bags
The US spends more
_________ than ninety other
countries spend on everything.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 16
Last year, consumers
purchased about $4 billion
ring___________.
tones
worth of
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 17
Amidst this excessive
spending, the world still
faces very grave problems.
Slide 18
In 2004, Icaro Doria, a reporter for
the Brazilian magazine “Grande
Reportagem”, created a flag
campaign entitled “Meet Your
World” designed to illustrate the
problems our world faces, giving
new meaning to the colors of the
flags used.
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 19
The European Union
Consumption of
oil in Europe
Production of oil
in Europe
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 20
Angola
People infected
with HIV
People infected
with Malaria
People with
access to
medical care
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 21
Brazil
People living on
less than
$10/month
People living on
$11-$100/month
People living on
$101-$1,000/month
People living on
more than
$100,000/month
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 22
Burkina Faso
Children who die
before the age of 1
Children who die
between the age of 1
and 3
Children who make it
to adulthood
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 23
China
14-year olds who
work full-time
14-year olds who
study full-time
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 24
Colombia
Export of Bananas
Export of coffee
Export of cocaine
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 25
Somalia
Women suffering
genital mutilation
Women not
suffering genital
mutilation
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 26
United States
Americans in favor of
the war in Iraq
Americans against
the war in Iraq
Americans who don’t
know where Iraq is
•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande
Slide 27
Here’s the good news…
Education is major part of the
solution to every one of those
problems!
Slide 28
# of internet devices in 1984:
1,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 29
# of internet devices in 1992:
1,000,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 30
# of internet devices in 2006:
600,000,000
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 31
The number of text
messages sent and received
every day exceeds the total
population
the planet.of
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 32
There are over
300 million
registered users of MySpace
(as of February 3, 2008).
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 33
This number has TRIPLED in just
18 months, averaging 230,000 new
registrations per day
and 30 billion page views per
month.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 34
In addition to the global
Myspace.com, there are beta
versions of MySpace in 18 foreign
nations including France, Italy,
Japan, Russia and Spain as well as
MySpace USA in Spanish and
MySpace Canada in French!
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org
Slide 35
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak French?)
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 36
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Spanish?
Slide 37
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Italian?)
Slide 38
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak German?
Slide 39
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Russian?
Slide 40
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Chinese?
Slide 41
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Japanese
Slide 42
Predictions are that by 2013, a
supercomputer will be built that
exceeds the computational
capacity of the human brain.
(But will it ever be able to speak Latin?)
Slide 43
Computers have “tremendous
mathematical abilities,” says
Rosalind Picard of MIT, “but when it
comes to interacting with people,
they are autistic.”
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 44
What one thing does all of
this new technology (videoconferencing, text
messaging, emailing)
require?
It all requires languages.
Slide 45
In 2006, there were...
1.1 million college graduates in the
U.S.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 46
In 2006, there were...
3.1 million college graduates in
India.
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 47
How many of those college
graduates in India speak English?
100%
•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005
Slide 48
How many of those college
graduates in the U.S. speak a
language other than English?
You don’t want to know.
Slide 49
By 2016,
China
______ will become the
number one ENGLISH-speaking
country in the world.
•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Slide 50
By 1998, nearly ALL pupils in Europe
studied at least one foreign language as
part of their education.
About half of the EU's primary school
pupils learn a foreign language.
93% of European children learn English.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 51
The European Commission’s “White
Paper on Education and Training”
(1995) emphasized the importance of
schoolchildren learning at least TWO
foreign languages BEFORE upper
secondary education.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 52
In 2004, a report by the Michel
Thomas Language Centre in Britain
suggested that speaking a second
language could increase an average
6,000more than $_____ a
worker's salary
300,000
year, or
almost $_______ in a
lifetime.
•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com
Slide 53
How about US?
Slide 54
According to the Digest of
Education Statistics, 5.9 million
U.S. students in grades 9 through
12 were enrolled in foreign
language courses in 2000.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 55
That’s only 43.6 % of all 9th-12th
grade students.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 56
What are the other 56.4% doing?
Slide 57
Low as it seems, this represents a
38.6% increase over the last 15
years.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 58
We need a new state of mind.
Slide 59
…a New York state of mind.
Slide 60
Whether it feels like it or not…
Slide 61
New York teachers make 118%
of the national average teacher
salary.
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 62
Know who makes the highest?
Connecticut (123%)
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 63
If you worked in this state,
instead of making 118% of the
national average, you’d earn
only 71%.
South Dakota
•Source: National Education Association, 2005
Slide 64
In which state is the French
enrollment the highest in the
nation (124,000 students)?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 65
New York!
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 66
Where is Latin the most
popular?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 67
Texas!
(No kidding!)
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 68
But NY’s Latin enrollment is
nd
still 2 in the nation.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 69
How about Spanish?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 70
NY’s Spanish enrollment is
rd
3 in the nation after
California and Texas.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 71
Which state leads the
nation in Russian
enrollment?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 72
Da!
New York!
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 73
Combined with the next
highest state (AK), New York
represents almost 30% of the
total Russian enrollment in the
US.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 74
How about Italian?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 75
New York!
Not only is NY’s Italian enrollment the highest
in the nation (36,000), it is 10 times the next
highest state’s enrollment.
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 76
Which state ranks #1 in the nation
for foreign language enrollment 712?
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 77
Good old New York!
54% of 7-12 graders enrolled in a
foreign language class
(The national average is 34%.)
•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics
Slide 78
So let’s put the teachers to
the test…
Slide 79
What do all the dark blue states have in
common?
• They have all declared
English as their official
language!
• Four American states are
bilingual (officially or de
facto) .
• Can you guess which
ones they are?
– Hawaii (English & Hawaiian)
– Louisiana (English & French)
– New Mexico (English &
Spanish)
– Maine (English & French)
Slide 80
What in the world do you
know?
What is the only flag
that may fly above the
US flag on an
American flagpole?
The United Nations flag.
Slide 81
What in the world do you
know?
Where is the only place
where a flag flies all
day, never goes up or
comes down, never flies
at half-mast and does
not get saluted?
On the moon.
Slide 82
What in the world do you
know?
As of 2008, there is only
one country in the world
where all of the citizens
speak only one language.
(NO, it is not the U.S.!)
Somalia is the only country
in the world where all the
citizens speak one
language, Somali.
Slide 83
What in the world do you
know?
• How many languages are
spoken in the world?
a)
b)
c)
d)
70
700
1,700
2,700
d) There are over 2,700
different languages spoken
in the world, with more than
7,000 dialects.
Slide 84
What in the world do you
know?
• What is the most difficult
language to learn as a 2nd
language no matter what
your native language is?
Basque, which is spoken in
north-western Spain and
south-western France, is
classified as the most
difficult because it is not
related to any other
language in the world.
Slide 85
What in the world do you
know?
True or false?
Latin is a classical language
(as opposed to a modern
one) because it is not the
official language of any
nation.
False! Latin is the official
language in the smallest
country in the world, Vatican
City.
Slide 86
•
What in the world do you
know?
Name this country…
– The 4th most populous country in the world (216
million)
– 300 ethnic groups speaking 365 different languages
– 400 volcanoes of which 100 are active
– Largest archipelago in the world
Slide 87
What in the world do you
know?
• Name this country…
– The 3rd most populous country in the world (303 million)
– 337 languages used by the population, of which 176 are
indigenous to the area.
Slide 88
Learning is not
compulsory...
neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming
Slide 89
Presentation by:
Candace R. Black
Eastridge High School
[email protected]
NYSAFLT Rochester Regional
March 2008