Benefits of Learning Spanish‍

Last Updated On: July 4, 2022 by The Migration Translators

It’s one of the best languages to learn for traveling!

In 2016, there were 437 million people who spoke Spanish around the world. That’s in fact 17 percent of the entire world’s population.  Also, Spanish is the official language or national language of twenty-one countries. In North and South America, 418 million people speak Spanish; in the EU 8% speak Spanish as a 1st language, while 7% say it as their 2nd language. From these facts, there cannot be a better reason to learn Spanish and you will be able to talk about a language that is spoken by some of the most beautiful countries in the world. 

Which countries speak Spanish?

These countries speak Spanish:

Spain (of course!) and:

• Argentina;
• Bolivia;
• Chile;
• Colombia;
• Costa Rica;
• Dominican Republic;
• El Salvador;
• Guatemala;
• Mexico;
• Nicaragua;
• Panama;
• Peru;
• Puerto Rico;
• Venezuela;

Advantages of learning Spanish

1. Learning Spanish offers employment opportunities

Because Spanish is one of the 6 official languages of the UN, and the 3rd most spoken language in media learning it offers many job opportunities. Spanish is also an important business language too. According to an article in The Economist, learning Spanish nets an extra $51,000 throughout life.

2. It will maintain a sharp mind

Alzheimer’s Today has revealed that speaking more than 1 language seems to help the brain being affected by the disease‍.

3. You will end up a better person

Learning Spanish doesn’t only boost your ability to concentrate, but it also helps you to better understand cultures that are the same as your own. 

4. An additional world of literature, art, and beauty will be available to you

A major benefit of learning Spanish is that you will be able to watch classic movies, such as Pan’s Labyrinth, in its original language which is much better than using subtitles.‍‍

5. It will not take you too long to learn

The American Council of Teaching Foreign Language (ACTFL), languages are divides languages into 2 classes which are:

Group I: French, Spanish, and Portuguese,

Group IV: Japanese, Arabic, Korean and Chinese.

Languages in Group I such as Spanish, take about 480 hours of learning to gain some level of advanced fluency. Spanish is generally regarded as an easy language to learn.‍

6. More opportunities to fall in love

A well-known benefit of learning Spanish is that you will open up your pool of potential partners because it gives you the chance to meet people you have never had the chance to communicate with before. 

Spanish as a business language

A business wanting to expand overseas will benefit greatly from learning Spanish as the language is spoken in not so many countries around the world. There are new markets for the growth in wealth that is taking place in central and South America so they can be no better time for expanding into these markets and learning Spanish at the same time.

Business travel is easier and more enjoyable

Once you have established business ties abroad the next step is to learn Spanish as this gives you the window of opportunity to communicate effectively with your trading partners in the Spanish-speaking countries you have aimed to target. As soon as you disembark from your plane communication becomes much easier than if you hadn’t bothered to learn Spanish. You can understand all the language you see written around you and communicate with not only your business partners but ordinary people too.

Improve your customer service skills

All businesses require contact with their customers and there is little doubt the best way to go about this is by communicating in the language of your customers. This is just another great reason for learning Spanish today. Your customers will praise you for speaking their language.

New professional connections

Once you have become competent in speaking Spanish doors will open for you and you will quickly get new professional connections.

Hire professional services for any type of language translation including Spanish after you have set up a branch of your business overseas.