Learning Spanish has many benefits. It can improve brain health by stimulating the brain and preventing memory loss. Knowing Spanish can help professionally by providing communication skills useful for business and climbing the career ladder. Spanish is widely used, with the Hispanic population in the US approaching 50 million and over 400 million Spanish speakers worldwide. Speaking Spanish allows travel to Spanish-speaking places and helps communicate when language barriers exist. Overall, learning Spanish enhances understanding of other cultures while being an enjoyable experience.

1. SPANISHWhy is it important to learn?

2. Spanish is a part of
pop culture

3. • DON’T BELIEVE ME?
Don’t believe me?

5. Spanish can actually…
…IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH!

6. Learning two
languages helps to
stimulate your
brain!

7. Preventing
memory
loss and
Alzheimer's
Disease!

8. Knowing Spanish gives you a heads
up in the business industry.

9. More
communication
skills can help
YOU climb
to the top!

10. SPANISH IS EVERYWHERE

11. The Hispanic population of the
US will approach 50 million
people by the year 2015.

12. Spanish is the 4th most commonly
spoken language in the world with
over 400 million speakers.

13. Spanish can expand your universe…
…LITERALLY.

14. “The limits of my
language are the
limits of my universe."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

15. Your neighbors could speak Spanish…

16. Or you
could marry
into a
Spanish
family..

17. LOVE to travel?

18. Knowing Spanish
can make
traveling easy to
places…

19. LIKE THIS…

20. OR THIS!

21. The ability to speak Spanish can
allow you lend a helping hand
whenever there are language
barriers in public.

22. Learn the
for
sake!

23. Learning
another
language can
help you
better
understand
your own.

24. Learning Spanish can help you
appreciate the Hispanic culture that is
different from our own.

25. Like having
“Las tapas y vino”
(appetizers and
wine) for lunch
instead of a
full meal.

26. Or how the Spanish celebrate the
dead with “El Dia de los Muertos”

27. Finally,
Spanish is
FUN!

28. Learning new, exciting things everyday
will make you want to learn more and
more about the Spanish language and
their culture!

29. Sources
1. Study Spanish. 25 Oct. 1997. 24 Oct. 2010
<http://www.studyspanish.com>.
2. Chavez, Jorge. Why Is Learning Spanish Important? 25 Oct.
2009. Ezine Articles. 24 Oct. 2010
<http://ezinearticles.com/​?why-is-learning-spanish-
important?&id=625844>.