To speak with over 330 million people around the globe who speak Spanish

To enjoy traveling throughout Mexico, Spain, & Latin America

Because bilingual people are more marketable and have more career choices

Because learning Spanish is fun! It's a chance to experience new music, food, movies, & much more
To help you develop better critical thinking skills - being bilingual means seeing the world through more than eye; a skill that can help you in many areas

To make new friends who don't speak English - imagine all of the friendships you are missing out on!

To develop your creativity - language stimulates the imagination

To give yourself more job security: why not stack the deck in your favor by having a valuable skill?

To improve efficiency in your work environment. Do you really think that your ONE Spanish speaking employee wants to be used as a translator half the day? 
Because Spanish will bring new sensations and maybe even some added happiness into your life - try learning with a friend, loved one or potential loved ones!

Spanish is the second world language as a vehicle of international communication and the third as an international language of politics, economics and culture ⁽¹⁾.
 About 330 million people in the world speak Spanish as their first language ⁽²⁾. 
The demand for Spanish courses has doubled worldwide in ten years ⁽³⁾. 
Spanish is the official language in 21 countries ⁽⁴⁾. 
Approximately another 100 million people speak Spanish as second language. 
In the United States 13% of the population speak Spanish as their first language ⁽⁵⁾. 
In the year 2000, over 40% of the population growth in the United States was among the Hispanic people! 
The USA has the 5th largest Spanish-speaking population in the world with over 33 million Spanish speakers in the United States. Spanish speakers are growing at a faster rate than English speakers!

In the United States and Canada, Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn ⁽⁶⁾.  
The Latin-American countries are experiencing constant economic growth and because of that, are becoming more important as trading partners. 

 

(1, 2, 3, 4) Source: Instituto Cervantes.
(5, 6) Source: La Vanguardia.