Spanish Language Facts - Learn Spanish in Spain
- Spanish is the second world language as a
vehicle of international communication and the third as an international
language of politics, economics and culture.
- About 330 million people in the world speak
Spanish as their first language.
- The demand for Spanish courses has doubled
world-wide in ten years.
- Spanish is the official language in 21
countries.
- Approximately another 100 million people speak
Spanish as a second language.
- Spanish is expected to be the first language
of 50% of the population of the United States within 50 years.
- Spanish is the most popular foreign language
to learn in America and Europe.
- Today Spanish is an official language of the
UN and its institutions, the European Union and other international organisations.
- The Spanish language is used world-wide on the
Internet.
- Latin American countries are experiencing
constant economic growth and because of that, are becoming more important as
trading partners:
- A number of large Latin-American countries are on the verge of
signing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), created by the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
- The setting-up of MERCOSUR and the imminent creation of a new free market
throughout the Americas.
Source: Instituto Cervantes.
Given the facts above you stand a better chance in the labour market if you
speak Spanish. There are, of course, many other reasons to learn Spanish.
Spanish culture has made a large contribution to architecture, the arts and to
world literature. What could be better than to be able to read Lorca, Vargas
Llosa, Cervantes or García Marquez in their own, rich language? Wouldn't
Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Goya and Velasquez be much more interesting if you were
familiar with their culture? And even if you just want to visit Spain or Latin
America as a holiday destination, a basic knowledge of Spanish will take you a
long way further.
Learn Spanish at Don Quijote Language Schools
Don Quijote language schools have become the leading specialist in the
teaching of Spanish in Spain and Latin America since they were formed in 1986.
They operate their own schools in Spain and Latin America which means they have
absolute control over the quality of the courses. The organisation has its
own information and enrolment offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom,
and two Promotion Offices in Salamanca - one for the US market and another for
the rest of the world. Their schools in Spain are located in Barcelona,
Granada, Madrid, Salamanca, Seville, Tenerife and Valencia.
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