• If you like to travel to Spanish speaking countries, you must have realized that it is perfectly possible to visit Mexico, Spain or Costa Rica without speaking a word of Spanish, but it isn't nearly half as much fun!
  
• One of the advantages of learning Spanish is that it is almost each letter has only one phoneme: you can look at practically any Spanish word and you can tell how it is pronounced. 
  
• Spanish offers a wealth of literature, both modern and traditional.  Renowned artists include (Cervantes, García Márquez, Borges (Literature); Gaudí, Botero (Painting); Julio Iglesias, Shakira, Ricky Martin (Music); etc) 
  
• If you can learn Spanish, you'll have a head start in learning the other Latin-based languages such as French and Italian!
  
• Much of the vocabulary of English has Latin origins, much of which came to English by way of French. Since Spanish is also a Latin language, you will find as you study Spanish that you have a better understanding of your native vocabulary. Similarly, both Spanish and English share Indo-European roots, so their grammars are similar. 
  
• You will find that your professional opportunities will expand by knowing Spanish.
  
  

Quick facts:

• Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries around the world as their native tongue.
• Spanish is the second most used language in international communication.
• The Hispanic population in the United States has grown by 60 per cent in just one decade, representing 12,5 per cent of the total population.