From taking a postgraduate in Spanish to learning Spanish as a way of brain exercise, there is definitely more than one reason or (benefit) for learning this beautiful language.
Today we are sharing 10 good reasons to learn Spanish:
- It is the official language of 20 countries (and it is spoken in others too!)
- Speaking a second language expands your job opportunities
- You gain more autonomy on your trips to Spanish-speaking countries.
- Learning languages improves memory and reduces the probability of Alzheimer’s
- It helps you understand and connect more deeply with the culture, art and idiosyncrasy of the places you visit.
- It allows you to meet people from other countries, to make new friends … even to find the love of your life!
- If you speak Spanish, it will make it easier for you to study other Romance languages such as Italian, Portuguese or French.
- Speaking Spanish can be useful if you are interested in taking a postgraduate degree or studying abroad and thus practicing the language while you live and experience culture and study. Sounds good, doesn´t it?
- Learning a second language will improve your native language because you become more aware of your own native language.
- It is a beautiful language, with long sentences and very pronounced vowels.
+ BONUS: If you are a speaker of a romance language (such as French, Portuguese, Italian) it will be easier to learn Spanish because many grammatical and vocabulary aspects are shared.
….And as a proof of the Spanish beauty, here it is an excerpt from a poem by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda:
Poema 12 – Pablo Neruda
Para mi corazón basta tu pecho,
para tu libertad bastan mis alas.
Desde mi boca llegará hasta el cielo
lo que estaba dormido sobre tu alma.
Es en tí la ilusión de cada día.
Llegas como el rocío a las corolas.
Socavas el horizonte con tu ausencia.
Eternamente en fuga como la ola.
He dicho que cantabas en el viento
como los pinos y como los mástiles.
Como ellos eres alta y taciturna.
Y entristeces de pronto, como un viaje.
Acogedora como un viejo camino.
Te pueblan ecos y voces nostálgicas.
Yo desperté y a veces emigran
y huyen pájaros que dormían en tu alma.
Poem 12 – Pablo Neruda
For my heart your bosom is enough.
for your freedom my wings are enough.
From my mouth, what was asleep on your soul will reach up to the sky.
In you is the hope of each day.
You come like the dew on the corollas.
You sabotage the horizon with your absence.
Perpetually breaking away like the wave.
I have said that you sang in the wind like the pines and the masts.
Like them you are tall and taciturn.
And suddenly you become sad, like a journey.
You are as welcoming as an old road.
The echoes and nostalgic voices inhabit you.
I woke up and the birds that slept in your soul sometimes migrate and flee.