SECOND SEMESTER TOPIC COVERAGE SY 2023-2024 Trends, Networks, and Critical Th...
Spanish the-language-of-the-future
1. Spanish
A language for the
future
Aula, the Spanish language
Cyprus.
school in Paphos, Cyprus.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
2. Millions of people
think that Spanish
opens the doors to
the future.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
3. • Spanish is
spoken by more
than 450 million
people, as
native,
second or
foreign
language. www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
4. It is the second most
spoken native language
worldwide and the
second language of
international
communication.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
5. LANGUAGE MILLIONS OF SPEAKERS
• Chinese 1.213
• Spanish 329
• English 328
• Arabic 221
• Hindi 182
• Bengali 181
• Portuguese 178
• Russian 144
• Japanese 122
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
6. • In 2030, 7,5% of the
world’s population will
speak Spanish (535 million
people), percentage that
stands out above Russian
(2,2%), French (1,4%) and
German (1,2%).
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
7. If the tendency stays
the same, in three or
four generations,
10% of the world’ s
population will
communicate in
Spanish.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
8. • In 2050, the United States will be
the biggest Spanish speaking
country in the world. Hispanic
people will be 132,8 million in
2050, almost triple of the present
46,7 million. One American citizen
out of three will be Hispanic.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
9. • 16% of the EU citizens
consider Spanish one of the
most useful languages, apart
from their mother tongue.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
10. This perception of the usefulness
of the language has not changed
over the years. Since 1998, it is
always been equal or superior to
15%. This does not happen, for
instance, with French, the
perception of the usefulness of
which has decreased
considerabily from 2001.
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Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
11. • Some numbers about the
percentage of students of
Spanish in schools in the
European Union:
Denmark (27,9%)
France (62,4%)
Sweden (40,6%)
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Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
12. • Spain is the EU country that receives more
Erasmus students:
17% of the students
that apply for these
scholarships.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
13. Spanish is the third more
la used language in the
Internet after English and
Chinese.
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus
14. Aula School of Spanish ®
Spanish language school
Paphos -Cyprus
www.aulaschool.com
www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
Language School-Paphos, Cyprus