Spanish belongs to the Indo-European family of languages, significantly spoken by one-third of the total world’s population. It has around 330 million native speakers. Spanish is spoken in Spain and 22 other countries including: Andorra, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the USA and Venezuela.

Spanish is referred to as one of the most phonetic languages in the world. If you know how the word is spelled, you can almost know how it is pronounced. Spanish and English share a lot of their vocabulary and are connected as both the languages derive a lot of words from Latin and Arabic.

• Fluency in the language opens a wide range of job opportunities for an individual. One has options to apply from different careers such as Foreign Language Teaching, Traveling and Tourism, Translation, Interpretation, Foreign Service, International Business, Journalism.

• Proficiency in the language also enables an individual to apply for postsecondary teaching jobs, translators and interpreters, content writer, etc.

• Many companies in the IT sector, Export houses, Marketing, Retailing, Pharmaceutical sector are looking for individuals who can work with them as a Spanish Language expert.

• Many companies like TCS, Aditya Birla Group from India are expanding their business and have opened development centers across Latin America. Therefore, knowing the language puts the individual in a firm position.

• Expertise in the language gives an individual to model himself/herself as a global employee and increase the growth manifold.