| Discovering and learning the beauty of the Spanish | | | | language) has the key benefit of amiability. It is so |
| language is, of course, not just limited to Spain. There | | | | much easier to form friendships, get assistance in |
| are 19 other countries that communicate in Spanish in | | | | shops, ask for directions, be served quickly in bars, and |
| Latin America alone. From A-Z, these countries are | | | | have a joke, when you can converse correctly and |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, | | | | clearly. In itself, this is an absolute pleasure and much |
| Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, | | | | enjoyment can be gained from being able to speak |
| Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, | | | | and write good Spanish. Nobody minds if it is not |
| Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Therefore, with | | | | perfect and if there are odd grammatical mistakes or |
| the exception of Brazil and three smaller countries, | | | | mispronunciations, as even these may bring a smile. |
| nearly all of South America/Latin America is | | | | The fact that you are trying to communicate will open |
| Spanish-speaking. | | | | up the channels with the listener. |
| If the top 3 benefits of speaking Spanish are | | | | There are many ways to learn a new language or to |
| communication, communication and communication, | | | | improve on your current level (maybe even as far |
| what is meant by this repetition? | | | | back as your school days, the information is still in |
| Firstly, think of being on holiday or on a business trip. | | | | there!) One method is to learn via the internet and the |
| How do you get your meaning across? Although it is | | | | beauty of this is that it does not matter where you or |
| often said that actions speak louder than words, it is | | | | the tutor are located. It is perfectly feasible for the |
| not always feasible to, say, imitate a chicken when | | | | tutor and student to link up, at no cost via a provider |
| trying to buy one in the supermarket or order in a | | | | such as Skype, for an hourly lesson one or more times |
| restaurant. The very word for chicken in Spanish has | | | | per week. Written lessons can be e-mailed to the |
| its dangers. When used in the masculine gender, it | | | | student in advance - and therefore retained for all |
| does indeed mean chicken. However, if used | | | | times - and then explained over the web either with a |
| accidentally in the feminine, the meaning changes to a | | | | microphone headset or via the inbuilt facility of your |
| rather unacceptable term in polite society for a part of | | | | computer if you have one. Written lessons which are |
| the male body. Given that all nouns in Spanish are | | | | simply e-mailed are not sufficient: the speech aspect |
| either masculine or feminine, it is important to learn | | | | of the lesson is vital to assist with correct pronunciation |
| which is which and a good tutor can explain some | | | | and, you guessed it, communication. |
| simple rules to help in this process. | | | | In summary, these are the top 3 benefits of speaking |
| Secondly, when life is going swimmingly-well, we | | | | Spanish: learn to say what you mean so as to avoid |
| perhaps do not need to converse in anything other | | | | confusion; be able to converse effectively when things |
| than our mother tongue - and this is particularly true of | | | | go wrong; and enjoy the benefits of speaking the |
| English-speakers, with English being the third most | | | | Spanish language to get the most out of the people |
| spoken language worldwide - but what happens when | | | | and the country. |
| something goes wrong? Your car has broken down, | | | | For many years I have worked in all areas of |
| you have been robbed, a child needs a doctor, the | | | | Communication. When living and studying in London, I |
| electricity has been cut off and so on. | | | | obtained high level qualifications in French from the |
| Thirdly, there is no doubt that speaking in Spanish to | | | | Sorbonne University in Paris and simultaneously studied |
| Spanish-speaking people (even if they speak your | | | | Spanish. |