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Why Spanish? ¿Why learn Spanish? ¿Why speak Spanish?

To study Spanish will help you when traveling around many countries. You will be able to enjoy the culture and the places that you visit, being able to communicate with the local people in their own language.
Additionally it is good for your professional career because most companies value employees with a knowledge of Spanish for they maintain business relations in South America and Spain.
And for many reasons more:

Spanish language and people

More than 266 million people speak Spanish as a native language.

It is the official language in 22 countries:

• Spanish in Spain
• Spanish in Latin America

Nowadays more and more people speak Spanish as a second language. Spanish for business, Spanish for traveling, Spanish for international communication (U.E, UNESCO, U.N.O, GATT, ONUDI & UNIT).

The Spanish speaking population in the United States of America is growing and so is the Spanish media: TV., radio, magazines, newspapers, Internet…

Spanish and Latin-American culture

• Spanish Literature: Cervantes (Don Quijote de la Mancha), Federico García Lorca, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Vargas Llosa...
• Spanish Cinema: Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Amenábar...
• Spanish Architecture (artists and monuments): Gaudí (Sagrada Familia), Juan Herrera (El Escorial), Alhambra, La Mezquita
• Spanish Painting: Picasso, Goya, Velásquez, Dalí, Miró…
• Spanish Music: Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Ricky Martín, Juanes...
• Spanish Fashion: Custo Barcelona
• Flamenco: Paco de Lucía, Joaquín Cortés, Rafael Amargo, Sara Varas, Ojo de Brujo...
• Spanish fiestas and folklore: Carnaval, San Fermín, Tomatina…