● Spanish is easy

Is it hard? Spanish is extremely accessible. It's easy to pronounce and, unlike the …., the Spanish have no hang-ups about importing English words.Clare Rudebeck, The Independent 27 February

2003

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● Spanish is cool

Jennifer López, Raul, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, A. Banderas, Ricky Martin, Reyes, Ronaldo, Casillas, Penélope Cruz, Morientes, Fernando Alonso, Ronaldinho, Cesc Fábregas

fiesta – siesta - paella – sangría – tortilla – amigo - salsa – tapas – flamenco – playa - agua – por favor

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● Spanish is cool

Which is the best country to spend a holiday with friends or family?

● SPAIN● FRANCE● GERMANY

● ITALY● CHINA● UK

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Which country you think you will visit in the next five years?

● SPAIN● FRANCE● GERMANY

● ITALY● CHINA● None

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Perceptions and Facts ● Spanish is cool

● Spanish is necessarySome 47,000 Britons, equivalent to the entire population of a town the size of Kettering or Hereford, signed on as new residents at Spanish town halls last year. That brought the registered British population in Spain to 274,000 - equivalent to a city the size of Bradford or Leicester. But experts estimate that up to three times as many Britons, about 750,000 people, spend a significant part of the year living in Spain Giles Tremlett in Madrid. Thursday July 27, 2006The Guardian

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*Spanish for ‘Where is the beach?’ Even a little Spanish can make a lot of difference.

● Spanish is relevant• Nearly 17 million British tourists

visited Spain last year and the number is increasing

• 40% of the students in the survey said that either friends or family (or both) own propierty in Spain.

• International passenger traffic between Spain and UK: 34.5 million in 2005 only

• More low cost flights are opened every year

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● Spanish is worthwhile Perceptions and Facts

Which of the products below appear in the top five positions in the ranking of imports from Spain into the UK?

● CITRUS● SHOES● WINE

● MEDICINES● CARS● TOMATOES

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