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TAMARI JENKINS: Hi, I'm Tamari
Jenkins, known by my students

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as Profesora Jenkins.

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And I'm super excited to talk
to you about studying Spanish

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at Chaffey College.

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It's important to
consider studying Spanish

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because it's a
language of opportunity

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as far as opening
doors of communication.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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The US is currently the fifth
largest Spanish-speaking country

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in the world.

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But the predictions state
that by the year 2050,

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we will be the
number one largest.

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So for practical reasons alone,
the choice to study Spanish

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would be an excellent choice.

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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We have our traditional
track, which

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is for your typical Spanish as a
second language learner student.

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But we also have a
heritage speaker track,

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which is for our students
who come to us already

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with a level of Spanish that
they speak and understand.

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There are opportunities
for our Spanish majors

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to study abroad to get that
language immersion, which

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is a really important step for
gaining fluency and cultural

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competency.

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HULON PARKER: The
program was amazing.

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I studied abroad in
Guanajuato, Mexico,

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and I was there for a month.

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And it's one of the greatest
experiences of my life.

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Now I love to travel
because of that experience.

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I feel more connected to
the world and something

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I'll always remember.

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I've been teaching Spanish
now for eight years.

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I know how Spanish
has affected my life

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and how it's opened my
eyes to different cultures.

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And it's always good to pass
that along to someone else.

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TAMARI JENKINS:
There are a plethora

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of careers that someone with
a Spanish degree can pursue.

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I know the thought
is just becoming

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a Spanish teacher like myself,
but there is that and so

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much more.

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You can pursue interpretation
and translation,

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the health care professions.

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You can go into
travel and tourism,

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or hotel and hospitality
management, business,

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real estate, law.

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I could really go on and on.

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JOYCELIN TRUJEQUE: I received
a degree here in Spanish.

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And I knew that I wanted to
pursue a career in health care.

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And I also understood
how important

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it was to be able to speak
Spanish in that industry.

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Currently now, I am a
consultant at Kaiser Permanente.

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Majoring in Spanish at
Chaffey College, not only

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helped to improve my
own personal fluency

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with the language, but it
allowed me to better serve

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the Spanish-speaking community.

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And I was able to be involved
in things like community health

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fairs.

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And those experiences helped
propel me into the career

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that I have now at
Kaiser Permanente.

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TAMARI JENKINS: Having a Spanish
degree or being bilingual

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can make a student so much
more marketable in their career

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outlook.

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JOYCELIN TRUJEQUE: You're not
only increasing your fluency

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and getting a new
skill, you're also

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opening the door to so many
different possibilities

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and career paths
that you can have.

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You are not limited by
majoring in Spanish.

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And having this degree can
only be an asset to you.

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