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WHY SPANISH?
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- At the end of the 19th century, 60 million people were Spanish speakers. Today, nearly 500 million people across the world speak Spanish!
- Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries (Mexico: 95 million, Spain: 40 million, Argentina: 35 million, Colombia: 35 million, Venezuela: 25 million, Peru: 20 million...).
- Spanish is the second most used language in international communication.
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- The Hispanic population in the United States has grown by 60 per cent in just one decade. At present there are 35,5 million Hispanics, representing 12,5 per cent of the total population.
- Due to this increase there is a growing demand for the media to be in Spanish: radio, television, newspaper, magazines,...
- The Latin American countries are experiencing strong economic growth and they are becoming important commercial partners.
- The creation of MERCOSUR and many other free trade agreements between South American countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean Community, CACM, NAFTA, G3) which already exist in order to improve the economies of these countries, making them more efficient and competitive.
- Spanish is the second world language as a vehicle of international communication and the third as an international language of politics, economics and culture.
- The demand for Spanish courses has doubled worldwide in ten years.
- In the United States 13% of the population speak Spanish as their first language.
- In the United States and Canada, Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn.
- Spain has become 3rd most desirable country to live based on standard of living, health and economy.
- Spain has one of Europe’s fastest growing property markets (largely due to outside investment)
- Analysing Inter-European trade British, French and German companies cited language and cultural barriers as the main barrier to trade, with companies in those countries ranking Spanish high as a necessary language and culture to learn. http://www.interactint.com/elucidate/english.htm
Sources:
Instituto Cervantes, Anuario Español en el Mundo 1999-2001.
http://cvc.cervantes.es/
La Vanguardia http://www.lavanguardia.es/
The Economist http://www.economist.com/
Latin Culture has made a great contribution to the world’s art and literature. You must surely listen and dance to Latin rhythms, watch films with Latin actors and enjoy the paintings of famous Latin artists...
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- Dance: Salsa, Merengue, Flamenco, Tango, Rumba, Pasodoble, Sevillanas…
- Music: Julio y Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer López…
- Actors: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Andy García, Martin Sheen…
- Painters: Picasso, Velázquez, Dalí, Botero…
- Literature: Cervantes, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende…
- Architecture: Gaudí, Aníbal González, César Manrique…
- Sports: Sergio García, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Pau Gasol, Miguel Indurain…
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