There is a correlation between language study and higher scores on

the SAT and ACT Tests.

Cooper, T. C. (1987). Foreign language study and SAT-verbal scores. Modern Language Journal,
71(4), 381-387. from ERIC database.

Comparison of verbal Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and California Achievement Test (CAT)
scores of high school students who had or had not taken at least one year of foreign language
study supported the conclusion that length of foreign language study was positively related to high
SAT verbal scores.

Olsen, S.A., Brown, L.K. (1992). The relation between high school study of foreign languages and
ACT English and mathematics performance. ADFL Bulletin, 23(3), from ERIC database.

Analysis of the American College Test (ACT) scores of 17,451 students applying for college
admission between 1981 and 1985 found that high school students who studied a foreign
language consistently scored higher on ACT English and mathematics components than did
students who did not study a foreign language in high school.

The correlation between language study and higher SAT scores is

not affected by a differences in economic background.
Cooper, T. C. (1987). Foreign Language Study and SAT-Verbal Scores. The
Modern Language Journal, 71/4, 381-387.

Data from the College Board’s Admission Testing Program revealed that SAT-verbal scores of
students who had taken four or five years of any other subject. A large-scale study conducted by
Eddy in 1981 concluded that students who study foreign languages for longer periods of time did
better on various SAT sub-tests and on the test as a whole that students who studied less foreign
language, even when the variable of verbal giftedness was controlled. Cooper’s own study of 23
metropolitan high schools in the southeast revealed that students who take a foreign language in
high school scored significantly higher on the verbal portion of the SAT than those who do not.
Economic background, which was measured by the number of students receiving free and reduced
lunches, did not affect students’ performance. Even those who came from lower socio- economic
backgrounds, but took foreign language, performed “basically just as well as their more fortunate
peers.”

There is a correlation between high school foreign language study

and higher academic performance at the college level.
Wiley, P. D. (1985). High school foreign language study and college academic performance.
Classical Outlook, 62(2), 33-36. from ERIC database.

Examines the correlation between high school foreign language study and success in college.
Found that those who studied Latin, French, German, or Spanish in high school may be expected
to perform better academically in college than students of equal academic ability who do not take a
foreign language.

The world is changing. America is changing. Knowing Spanish will

help you be a leader in this change.
Genesee, F. and N. Cloud. (1998). Multilingualism is Basic. Educational
Leadership, March, 62-65.

Genesee and Cloud argue that basic education in the new millennium must include second
and third languages if the United States is to cope with the unprecedented growth in diversity
within its borders and also continue to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Research
indicates that foreign language study provides both cognitive and sociocultural benefits. Cloud and
Genesee conclude, “Linguistic and cultural competence will be the mark of the well-educated
citizen of the 21st century.”

To be competitive on a global scale, the business world of tomorrow

needs individuals with strong skills in a second language who can
work within a culturally diverse environment.
* Each year, 200,000 Americans lose out on jobs with business because they do not know another language
(The Tongue Tied American).
* One third of all the corporations in the U.S. are either owned or based abroad.
* One out of every six production jobs in the U.S. depends on foreign trade.
* One half of the top profit making companies on Fortune magazine's "500" list are foreign controlled.
* Four out of five new jobs in the United States are created as a result of foreign trade.
• Twenty million foreigners travel annually the to the U.S. and expect foreign language skills from
Americans. They spend $8 billion in the U.S.
* The U.S. is the third largest Spanish speaking country in the world.
* Fifty percent of all the jobs for the 21st century have not been created yet. What is known is that
communication will be central to the majority of these jobs.
.* According to the Kiplinger Washington Editors (1996), the Hispanic share of the workforce will increase by
25 percent by 2010. The Asian share will increase by 50 percent. Minorities will keep moving up the corporate
ladder in the next 15 years. Managers who know how to deal with a diverse workforce will have an advantage.
* "The workplace of tomorrow is a world of many cultures and languages ...with new forms of global commerce
we can't even imagine today" (Kiplinger Washington Editors, 1996).

Own your learning of Spanish!!

Make yourself that competitive job applicant.
Make yourself a strong college candidate by improving your SAT
scores.
Make yourself be able to communicate with people from different
cultures and ultimately better understand your own.
 REACH YOUR LIFE GOALS.
LET SPANISH BE A TOOL TO GET THERE.