About Spanish?

Question

Why do we need ro learn Spanish? Are there so many people who speaks Spanish? If there is which countries do speak Spanish?

Answer 1

A new study shows that there are more American college students in Spanish courses than any other foreign language.

The survey published by the U.S. Modern Language Association (MLA) shows that despite the anti-immigrant movement of recent years and the increase in the number of university students who enroll in Arabic, Chinese and Korean courses, Spanish remains by far the most studied language in universities.

Spanish is still the No. 1 foreign language. Nearly 50% of university enrollment for foreign language courses focuses on Spanish lessons.

About 850,000 students are enrolled in Spanish courses, followed by 210,000 in French, 198,000 in German, 74,000 in Japanese and 61,000 in Chinese.

That's because you have to still deal with the fact. - camorra, Apr 21, 2012

Unless you have a specific plan to work in Arab countries, China, France, Germany or Japan, I don´t understand why people study those languages. On a daily basis, you are more likely to run into someone who speaks Spanish than any of those above languages - missy8888, Apr 26, 2012

Answer 2

I like to learn Spanish because it's one of the most spoken languages in the world. It's the official language of Spain and most of the countries of Latin America like Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina.....

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thak you ma'am ;) - krc_93, Apr 21, 2012

you're welcome. - shama807, Apr 21, 2012

It might as well be the co-official language in Texas! I love it!!! - slkey, Apr 22, 2012

Answer 3

El español es la segunda lengua más hablada del mundo y el aprendizaje del español incrementa las probabilidades de conseguir un buen empleo

*Segunda más hablada entre NATIVOS. Si cuentas a los no-nativos, es la tercera más hablada. - slkey, Apr 21, 2012

I found this information in my textbook, but after checking it in internet i have to say you are absolutely right. - Madelleine, Apr 21, 2012

1) Chinese 2) English - camorra, Apr 21, 2012

Answer 4

There are more native speakers of Spanish than there are of English, and much of the world has influences from Spanish-speaking countries. :D

There are two times the number of English speakers than Spanish... and Arabic speaking countries greatly increased Spanish speaking countries. - camorra, Apr 21, 2012

I´m only talking about native speakers of English versus native speakers of Spanish. According to the Modern Language Association´s last count, there are about 400 million Spanish natives and only 350 million English natives. - slkey, Apr 22, 2012

Answer 5

It ranks as one of the worlds most spoken languages and is spoken in about 23 countries.

Answer 6

es muy interesante a aprender espanol

Answer 7

Which countries speak it, could you tell please?

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_español - Madelleine, Apr 21, 2012