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How important is it to know Spanish for a degree in social work?

I'm wondering if I should just take classes in college or actually become fluent. #work #social

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Jenn’s Answer

I think learning a language is a great skill and offers you the ability to get jobs over others. Spanish is great for the U.S. but you might want to think about other languages as well. There are online tools and apps that help you learn languages like DuoLingo. It's an app for your phone and makes it fun and free or a small app fee. I suggest you definitely set to conquer one language and then move on to another.....the more languages the better! Gooooo for it!
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Simeon’s Answer

It's only important to know Spanish for social work if you plan on working with predominately Spanish populations as part of your social work. It's a useful language to have in general, but even here in Houston, there is a strong need for social workers who know Vietnamese as well as the languages/cultures of any number of refugee groups that have settled here in the city. There isn't a bad chance you'll use Spanish, so go ahead and learn it, but don't necessarily expect it to be what you use for most social work, either.
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