| THE SPANISH LANGUAGE STATISTICS AND FACTS | | | | 350 million persons in the year 2000. Current |
| It is significant to discern why you want to learn | | | | assessments account up to 500 million, making |
| Spanish. It might be because of your profession or | | | | Spanish the most broadly spoken and the most |
| your acquaintances. Maybe for the reason that you | | | | extensively studied romance language by far. |
| are going to reside in a Latin American country. It | | | | + Spanish is presumably the world's 3rd most spoken |
| could be for many other reasons. Here I want to | | | | language, after Mandarin Chinese and English, and |
| show you why in general people want to learn | | | | ranks second in terms of national speakers. |
| Spanish and why its speakers are increasing in | | | | + Spanish is the 2nd. most widely used language in |
| number all around the world. This language is spoken | | | | global communications, and a certified language of the |
| in many countries, so learning Spanish will help you | | | | United Nations and many organizations. |
| increase your probabilities of getting a job in a foreign | | | | + Spanish is the mother tongue of something like 350 |
| country, and in general in the global market. | | | | million people in twenty one countries, and is widely |
| The language is spoken by over 500 million people | | | | spoken as well in another twenty one countries |
| worldwide, which is motivation enough to learn it. But | | | | where it is an unofficial language. |
| it's even more persuasive when you realize that over | | | | + Hispanic clients are the fastest-increasing market |
| a half of the western hemisphere population speaks | | | | subdivision in the United States. Their population has |
| Spanish. This makes it the principal language for as | | | | grown by sixty percent in the last ten years. |
| many people as English does in this area of the | | | | + Learning Spanish helps you build up better |
| planet. | | | | significant thinking skills - being bilingual means |
| WHY LEARN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE | | | | considering the world through additional senses; a |
| There are various reasons why it is important to | | | | capacity that can lend you a hand in many areas. |
| learn Spanish, namely | | | | + Speaking Spanish will bring new vibrations and |
| + you will have more employment opportunities, | | | | maybe even some new happiness into your life: try |
| + you will make new acquaintances, | | | | learning with a loved one or a friend and you will see. |
| + you will be able to contact much more people, | | | | + You can learn more easily how to dance tango, |
| + it will help you understand French, Portuguese and | | | | rumba, merengue and other Latin music. And I tell |
| Italian, | | | | you one: the best part is that you will be more |
| + and you will be on familiar terms with other | | | | aware of the rhythm if you understand the lyrics. |
| people's culture. | | | | + You will be able to understand books from famous |
| YOU WANT MORE CONCRETE REASONS? | | | | writers like Vargas Llosa, Garcia Marquez, Isabel |
| + Spanish (espanol) or Castilian (castellano) is an | | | | Allende, Miguel de Cervantes, the poems of Gabriela |
| Iberian romance language. It was spoken by over | | | | Mistral, Pablo Neruda, and more. |