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Perceptions and Facts. ● 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. Perceptions and Facts. ● Spanish is cool.
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Perceptions and Facts ●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
Perceptions and Facts ●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
Perceptions and Facts ●Spanish is cool Which is the best country to spend a holiday with friends or family? 1 2 ●ITALY ● CHINA ● UK ●SPAIN ●FRANCE ●GERMANY 5 3 4 6
Perceptions and Facts ●Spanish is cool Which country you think you will visit in the next five years? 1 ●ITALY ● CHINA ● None 3 ●SPAIN ●FRANCE ●GERMANY 5 2 4 6
Perceptions and Facts ●Spanish is necessary Some 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
Perceptions and Facts *Spanish for ‘Where is the beach?’ Even a little Spanish can make a lot of difference.
Perceptions and Facts ●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
Perceptions and Facts ●Spanish is worthwhile Which of the products below appear in the top five positions in the ranking of imports from Spain into the UK? 3 ●CITRUS ●SHOES ●WINE 8 ●MEDICINES ●CARS ●TOMATOES 1 12 7 9