WHY MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE SPANISH AS THEIR NEW FOREIGN LANGUAGE?
BECAUSE THE WORLD
IS SPEAKING SPANISH!
I was asking this same question to some Irish friends a few years ago.
The answer was simple: Spanish is the language everybody will want to speak in
the future.
I was first surprised about the amount of people interested in learning
the language and one of my first questions every time I meet a new student is
that one: Why do you choose to learn Spanish among other languages?
Think about it!!
These few facts remark the importance of the Spanish language in the
world:
1. At the end of the 19th century, 60 million people were Spanish
speakers. Today, nearly 500 million people across the world speak Spanish!
2. Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in
21 countries (Mexico: 95 million, Spain: 40 million, Argentina: 38 million,
Colombia: 35 million…).
3. Spanish is the second most used language in international
communication.
4. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
5. In 1999, Spanish had approximately the same number of native speakers
as English (leading English slightly 332 million people to 322 million people).
Do you need more reasons?
1. In the New York City area, the newscast on the Spanish-language
Noticias 41 and Noticiero Univision, often have higher ratings than news shows
on CBS, NBC and ABC.
2. Approximately 5.8% of Internet users speak Spanish, making it the 4th
most common language among the Internet community, after English, Japanese, and
German.
3. A recent study of 25 metro markets in the U.S. found that
Spanish-language programming was the sixth most popular format.
We'd love to hear your
opinion!
Why would you choose to learn Spanish as a
second language?
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