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Going up in the world?
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• What do these have in common?
• Having a mobile phone contract with O2
• Shopping at Zara
• Flying from Luton or Belfast airports
• Having an account with Abbey

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Theyre all customers of Spanish companies
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• Economic facts
• Spanish-speaking countries represent 6 of world
  GDP
• Spain is one of the UKs major trading partners
• The value of trade between Spain and the UK is
  about 21 billion per year
• The value of trade between the UK and
  Spanish-speaking Latin America is about 5.65
  billion

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Spanish is growing in economic importance in
Latin America and the US David GraddolEnglish
Next, 2006
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The sheer size of the Spanish-speaking
population worldwide, the communications
revolution and the emergence of the global
economy mean that there are more opportunities to
use the language, and more economic
incentives Dr Max Castro University of Miami
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• No basta con el inglés
• 430 million Spanish speakers worldwide
• Same number of native speakers as English
• Growing at a million a year in the US
• An official language from Mexico to Tierra del
  Fuego

How many countries can you name where Spanish is
spoken?
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• Spanish in the USA
• 12 speak Spanish at home
• Up to 99 in some towns
• More than 500 Spanish newspapers
• Emergence of big Spanish TV networks

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Tourism facts
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• Spain is the most likely country to be visited
  by UK tourists
• 16.5 million of us visit Spain every year
• 34.5 million air journeys between Spain and UK
• Many Spanish-speaking people visit Britain, too

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Move over!
The Spanish lifestyle suits my relaxed
nature Stuart
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Learning the language will help you integrate
more and also help you avoid language barriers
opening bank accounts, communicating with local
builders, and so on. JarmalSpanish property firm
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If someone comes in asking about an apartment
I can deal with them and talk about how many
bathrooms, bed- rooms and the rest of
it JohnSpanish resident
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Con un poco de español, puedes conseguir mucho
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El español mejora la calidad de tu vida
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La hora del café.
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Spanish skills
www.languageswork.org.uk
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He was really thrown in at the deep end
because no-one spoke English so he had to
learn