Languages

Teachers

Mr D. Meir (Head of MFL)
Ms. L. Hafford
Mrs L.C. Hughes
Ms. C. Lopez

The Travel and Tourism and Spanish Departments have been delighted to welcome Mr García from the IES Hurtado de Mendoza School, in Granada, southern Spain. Mr García is at Childwall School until the summer as part of a European Union Exchange programme for teachers. He has already made a great impact within the departments. Mr García has been holding Spanish conversation classes for Spanish GCSE, NVQ and A Level students and has delivered lessons on the future trends of the Spanish tourism industry in A Level Travel and Tourism lessons. Mr García is impressed with the City of Liverpool. He describes the people as warm, welcoming and chatty! He is impressed with how helpful people are. Mr García has commented on the amount of opportunities available to our students. He plans to travel around the UK during his time with us.

Spanish - Why Study Spanish ?

Spanish is spoken in 23 countries
Spanish is the fastest growing language in the world
There are more than 300 million native speakers throughout the world
Spanish is one of the official languages of the European Community and the United Nations
Along with English Spanish is the most spoken language in the world
Spanish is the second most important language in international communication
Spanish is the fastest growing language in the world
High powered jobs and professions will require Spanish in the future
420 million people speak Spanish

Around 330 million people speak Spanish as their first language, making it one of the largest markets for business and one of the most useful languages in the world for travel. Approximately another 100 million speak Spanish as a second language. Spanish is expected to become the first language of 50% of the population of the United States within 50 years. Due to its Latin roots, similar alphabet and pronunciation, Spanish is one of the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn.

A career in the following industries can be enhanced by having the knowledge of a foreign language: