Spanish

Why learn Spanish?

Spanish has more native speakers than any language other than Mandarin Chinese, with 442 million speakers. It is an official language in 20 countries, including Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Argentina. It is also by the second most widely spoken language in the United States after English with almost 40 million speakers.

A global language

Three of the 21 largest economies in the world are Spanish speaking: Spain, Mexico and Argentina.

Spanish is one of the official languages of the United Nations and World Trade Organisation.

It’s easy to learn

Spanish is one of the easiest languages for English native speakers to learn due to a large amount of common vocabulary, although some elements of grammar and pronunciation are difficult.

 

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Impressive literature traditions

Spain and Latin America have one of the world’s great literary traditions. Spanish speaking writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature 11 times, including Chile’s Pablo Neruda and Colombia’s Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Miguel de Cervantes’ 1615 book “Don Quixote” is widely considered one of the greatest novels in world literature.

Inspired cinema

Spanish speaking cinema is also among the world’s richest with notable directors including Spain’s Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel and Chile’s Alejandro Amenabar. Mexican directors won the Oscar for best director in four of the five years to 2017.

Great gastronomy

The Spanish-speaking world – particularly Spain, Mexico and Argentina – boast some of the world’s most distinctive culinary traditions. Spain, Chile and Argentina are known around the world for their wines.

 

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Did you
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Only 6.5%
of the world’s population are native English speakers