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- L'Espagnol est la deuxième langue la plus parlée dans le monde avec plus de 350 millions de personnes qui parlent l'espagnol en tant que langue maternelle.
- La demande pour apprendre l'espagnol a doublé pendant ces dernières années. Dans 15 ans il y aura dans le monde 500 millions d'hispanophones, ce qui représente le 8% de la population mondiale.
- Actuellement, il y a plus de 30 millions de personnes aux Etats-Unis qui parlent espagnol.
- Chaque année plus de 55 millions de touristes visitent l'Espagne. Le fait de parler espagnol est un avantage pour mieux profiter de toutes les opportunités que le pays offre.
- It is also one of the most frequent languages used to do business and is one of the most important languages in international political meetings.
- C'est l'une des langues les plus importantes dans les rencontres internationales L'Espagnol est une des langues officielles de l'UE, UNESCO, ONU, GATT, ONUDI, UIT.
- Latin American countries are experiencing strong economic growth and becoming important global commercial partners. Newly created MERCOSUR and the existing free trade agreements between Hispanic countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean Community, CACM, NAFTA, G3), are expected to bring further growth to Latin American economies.
- Due to this increase there is a growing demand for the media to be in Spanish: radio, television, newspaper, magazines, etc.
- The Latin American countries are experiencing strong economic growth and they are becoming important commercial partners.
- Spanish is the second world language as a vehicle of international communication and the third as an international language of politics, economics and culture.
- The demand for Spanish courses has doubled worldwide in ten years.
- In the United States 13% of the population speak Spanish as their first language.
- In the United States and Canada, Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn.
- Spain has become 3rd most desirable country to live based on standard of living, health and economy.
- Spain has one of Europe's fastest growing property markets (largely due to outside investment)
- Analysing Inter-European trade British, French and German companies cited language and cultural barriers as the main barrier to trade, with companies in those countries ranking Spanish high as a necessary language and culture to learn.
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