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It is estimated that by the year 2045, Spanish will be the most widely spoken language in the world. Humberto Lopez Morales, the secretary of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, claimed that this is predicted by evaluating several factors. Perhaps the most prolific of these is that Spanish is the second most-learned language in the world (behind English). He also highlights the advantage of speaking another language in economic powerhouses such as the United States, where being bilingual opens the door to the labour market. This contributes to the number of people learning Spanish, and in the US almost 16% of the population are Spanish speaking.

There are currently more than 500,000,000 people in the world that speak Spanish; including native, bilingual and foreign-language speakers.  It is the third most widely spoken language in the world, and the second when referring to native speakers alone.  I can´t think of a better reason to start learning a language today!  Here are some courses to check out:

Expanish in Buenos Aires, Argentina, offer small group classes of 20 hours a week.  The average group size is 4 people,  and students can practice conversation, engage in group activities and improve sentence structure with their fellow classmates. Expanish believe the best approach to learning a language is to also learn about the culture and how the two intertwine. They organise a number of activities and workshops so that students can apply the Spanish that they have learned in the classroom to real life situations.

In Colombia the Spanish World Institute have Spanish courses for students to learn Spanish as a foreign language. Their academic programs look for a deeper understanding of the Colombian culture, through cross-cultural education, personalised attention and dynamic teaching methods in a professional and friendly atmosphere and they also offer voluntary programmes.

If you have an interest in a particular country I would recommend that you choose to study Spanish there, as most of the programs involve learning about the local culture and customs as well, which is an added bonus.  Suerte! (good luck!)

Reference: Wikipedia

Tags: Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, Expanish, Spanish, Spanish courses, Spanish World Institute