-to attract English-speaking students,
-to improve communication with students’ parents, and/or
-to arm teachers with the ability to modify curriculum or materials for students, in the students’ languages.
-your ESL students to feel comfortable in your class,
-to provide already-translated material in the language your students understand, and/or
-documents to help you communicate with your parents in their native language.
-to communicate confidently in Spanish and/or French with native speakers,
-to travel to Spanish and/or French-speaking countries and get around with ease, and/or
-to recall what you learned and read, and be able to talk about it.