You recently learned words for many important issues facing the societies of the world today. Problems like drugs, poverty, war, unemployment, illeteracy, and others are difficult to eliminate.

There are many who choose to tackle these problems. Some of them are social workers. They study problems like this and work to solve them for people in communities around the world.

Many of the difficulties we see happening today affect people who only speak Spanish. It can be difficult to counsel and help people who don't speak the same language. This is just one of the many great benefits that learning another language can have for people in their careers.

Write a two to three paragraph short essay in Spanish to students in Social Studies to let them know the advantages of knowing Spanish in a career in social work. You can tell them about what to expect from taking a Spanish class, and share experiences that have made you want to study Spanish.

The essay is below:

Cuando una persona de habla inglesa toma una clase para aprender español demuestra algo invaluable: un claro interés en las personas de habla hispana, e interés en dichas personas es lo que más necesita un trabajador social, puesto que dicha acción está muy asociada a la empatía, es decir, la capacidad de ponerse en los zapatos de otro con el fin de entender sus problemas.

Desde mi punto de vista, aprender español y otros idiomas es algo sumamente provechoso para alguien con un perfil de trabajador social: me hago entender más fácilmente de las personas latinas u otras de habla hispana, puedo acordar con ellos planes, estrategias o proyectos a seguir para alcanzar metas claras a corto plazo y puedo ayudar a las personas de una forma más eficiente.

Les recomiendo profundamente aprovechar la clase de español, les aseguro que una vez que hayan visto todos los beneficios que obtendrán en su labor social, optarán por aprender otros idiomas, con el fin de ayudar cada vez a más y más personas, lo cual es, sin lugar a dudas, un objetivo loable para un trabajador social.

Explanation:

The translation of the essay is:

When an English-speaking person takes a class to learn Spanish, it shows something invaluable: a clear interest in Spanish-speaking people, and an interest in such people is what a social worker needs most, since such action is closely associated with empathy that is, the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes in order to understand their problems.

From my point of view, learning Spanish and other languages ​​is something extremely beneficial for someone with a social worker profile: I make myself more easily understood by Latinos or other Spanish-speaking people, I can agree with them on plans, strategies or projects to follow to achieve clear short-term goals and I can help people more efficiently.

I highly recommend taking advantage of the Spanish class, I assure you that once they have seen all the benefits that they will obtain in their social work, they will choose to learn other languages, in order to help more and more people, which is, without a doubt, a laudable goal for a social worker.

In the three paragraphs, I mentioned some things that could be useful for a person that learns Spanish, giving some experiences and calling everyone to take advantage of a Spanish class and next take other languages classes.