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Why learn German??

Why learn German??. Die ewige Frage ! The eternal question!. Germany is a major economic force in the world. It is the 5 th strongest economy (following the US, China, Japan, and India) It is the largest export nation in the world after China

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Why learn German??

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  1. Why learn German??

    Die ewigeFrage! The eternal question!
  2. Germany is a major economic force in the world. It is the 5th strongest economy (following the US, China, Japan, and India) It is the largest export nation in the world after China Speaking German leads to employment advantages. German companies account for 700,000 jobs in the United States, and US companies have created approximately the same number of jobs in Germany. There are many German companies right here in the Bay Area. In the high-tech industry, Germany is the second most important region in the world – the Bay Area is the first. German is an important business language
  3. German is the national language of four countries in Europe Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein It is an official language of Belgium and Luxembourg It is spoken regionally in many other countries Russia France Poland Romania Hungary Czech Republic Denmark Slovakia German is spoken widely in Europe & around the world
  4. Arnold Schwarzenegger (native of Austria) Sandra Bullock (her mom is German) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz3hKaGh1xo&feature=related Leonardo diCaprio (his grandma is German) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzZZ3r7qfsY&feature=related Bill & Chelsea Clinton, Kim Cattrall, Natalie Portman, The Pope, Renee Zellweger, Roger Federer, Sigourney Weaver, Ted Koppell, Heidi Klum, Vladimir Putin, Lucy Lawless, and many more! Germanis spoken by many well-known personalities
  5. Small class sizes High pass rate on the AP German exam year over year High scores on the National German Exam every year The NGE looks great on college applications! Foothill has maintained an exchange with a high school in Eastern Germany since 1992. FHS German students will spend 4 weeks in Germany in June 2011! German classes at FHS celebrate culture! Oktoberfest, St. Nikolaus Day, Christmas, Carnival, and Easter. German class parties include tasty and authentic German food! German @FHS
  6. 32% of Europeans can converse fluently in German German is the second most common language in the Internet – English is the first! German helps you with English! German and English are closely related languages This makes German vocabulary easy to learn, and learning German grammar helps you understand English grammar better! The German Academic Exchange Service offers many scholarships for university study in Germany, and Germany is a great place to spend a semester or a year abroad! Great for future engineers, musicians, chemists, businesspeople, archeologists, physicists, lawyers, doctors, teachers, historians… Germanfun facts
  7. Albert Einstein Ludwig van Beethoven Sigmund Freud Steffi Graf Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Günter Grass Rammstein The Scorpions Xavier Naidoo Famous people
  8. http://www.economywatch.com/economies-in-top/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports http://german.about.com/od/culture/a/germanspoken.htm http://german.about.com/od/culture/a/germanspoken.htm http://www.studyabroad.com/ http://www.early-advantage.com/Articles/Bilingualcelebs.aspx Sources
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