STORY BY AIDEN EISEL, STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY JASON GREEN, STAFF WRITER
Cypress College professors and counselors. hosted an event on Tuesday, March 5, to help celebrate language in education in Humanities Room 217.
The event taught students, professors, and faculty members about different languages and how finding jobs that require a different language, can be considered highly beneficial due to pay and experience.
They provided food for the people who attended, which included pizza, bottled sodas, and desserts.
Four of the women who ran the event, Spanish and French professor Karen Le Cornet, Japanese professor, Mihoko Luther, Spanish professor Samanta de Frutos Garcia, and adjunct career counselor, Lucy Vu, gave their opinions and perspectives about their jobs and why they decided it was the right career path for them.
Le Cornet, Luther, and de Frutos Garcia said that English wasn’t their first language and that they migrated to the United States before going to college.
After years of learning English, it can be a difficult language for learners to grasp. Japanese professor, Mihoko Luther, said, “I still haven’t learned [English], I don’t understand what’s on the T.V. and movies, it’s hard for me.”
In regards to why language is important in academics, Spanish professor, Samanta de Frutos Garcia said, “It has benefits in your personal and professional life, and becoming aware of people’s traditions and cultures, and give us a different perspective of life.” She also noted you are likely to see an increase in pay if you were to pursue a career knowing multiple languages.
French and Spanish professor Karen Le Cornet added, “You learn a new language, it’s like you learn to express yourself and think about yourself in different ways.” She continued, “Culture is such an integral part of learning a language that we don’t even know how to think about how the two are connected.”
During the event statistics regarding jobs that include using another language were included. Indeed.com showed 4,038 Chinese-speaking jobs, 720 French-speaking jobs, 852 Japanese-speaking jobs, and 42,664 Spanish-speaking jobs.
Many of the Language Arts Clubs are holding their events to help promote their clubs to the campus. The Japanese program is holding a monthly Japanese and Cultural Night where they’re showing “Demon Slayer Mugen Train” and a cosplay fashion show. The event is taking place at 5:30 p.m. on March 15 in room 216 on the 2nd floor of the Humanities building. Fliers will be posted on bulletin boards outside the Humanities building and inside the building itself.
The school is also planning on hosting the Career Fair on Tues., April 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gateway Plaza, where students have the opportunity to meet with local employers and learn about possible opportunities for internships in their field of study.
