WHY STUDY SPANISH?

If you speak Spanish, you can communicate with almost 500 million people worldwide! Think how many more employment options that gives you! And if you want to take a trip to Spain or Latin America, a little knowledge of Spanish will go a long way.

Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries and is the second most used language in international communication. 12% of the population in the USA speaks Spanish - a number that grows rapidly every year.

Latin culture has had a global influence on architecture, art and literature. Who hasn't heard of Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, the second most translated book in the world after the Bible? Or that the most expensive painting ever sold is a Picasso?

ECONOMIC INDICATORS The Hispanic population in the USA has grown by 60% in just one decade. The 39 million Hispanics currently living in the USA make up 12,5% of the total poulation. This population growth has increased demand for Spanish language media: radio, television, newspapers, magazines...

Latin American countries are showing strong economic growth, making them potentially major commercial partners. The newly created MERCOSUR, along with the existing free trade agreements between Hispanic countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean community, CACM, NAFTA, G3), aims to improve the economy of these countries by making them more efficient and competitive.