10 facts about the Spanish language and culture you might or might not be interested to know:

10 facts about the Spanish language and culture you might or might not be interested to know:

1. Spanish is the second spoken language in the world as their first language spoken. It is slightly ahead of English (328 million) but far behind Chinese (1.2 billion). It’s a great language to learn in its true location Spain. You will pick up the real sound accent and fun of the language.

2. There are at least 3 million native speakers each in approximately 45 countries, thus making it the fourth mostly geographically spoken language behind English (112 countries), French (60) and Arabic (57). With in the country you have different dialects and languages itself. They also like to eat their words, just to make it more difficult for you to learn. But once you are here in the typical city accommodation living and breathing the culture you will love the feel and side attractions of the Mountains, beaches, cities and villages and wide arrange of food and culture that it can offer.

3. Spanish grammar is relatively difficult for English/ American studentsto learn, although there pronunciation is simpler, as it sounds the same way you read it. Although once you have the hang of it then there are clear rules that you can follow and it becomes easier.

4. To the people who speak it, Spanish is sometimes called Español and sometimes Castellano (the Spanish equivalent of Castilian). The labels are used in different regions and they can vary from region to region and sometimes according to political viewpoints. When in Spain do as the Spanish do, become evolved in their politics, they love to discuss and argue. I have been married for three years now and i have had to learn that my wife loves to argue. But to her it’s not argue she is just being passionate about her beliefs and her opinion that she likes, enjoys to show her feeling, and does she show it.  

5. Everybody loves the French accent but Spanish is one of the world's most phonetic languages in the world. If you know how a word is spelt, you can almost always know how it is pronounced. Not like the English language where there are so many sounds for the same letter. You can speak Spanish without that much work on the pronunciation, obviously you will have to learn the basics but you will be singing Coplas “Typical Style of Spanish singing” very soon.

6. The Royal Spanish family is loved and respected in Spain and across the world, and whilst I have lived here I have the same feeling regarding the royal family of Spain.

7. When learning the language it is always better to find a location which is not cosmopolitan like MADRID, BARCLONA, why you may ask because you speak more your own language than Spanish which is the language you want to learn. Find a smaller city for example ALMERIA, Malaga, where the population is still 85% to 90% Spanish and when you are in the street, bars restaurants you speak Spanish to a waiter not English. Spanish students, who are going to travel to the UK. Where do I recommend for them to go, not to LONDON because they will only speak Spanish, not English.

8. Spanish is the only official language of Spain, though some of the 'autonomous communities' have other official languages. Which suits them but is not fundamentally sound for the whole country, it splits people and areas. This only gets worse when the chips are down and people revert back to their roots.

9. Spanish and English share much of their vocabulary through cognates, as both languages derive many of their words from Latin and Arabic. The biggest differences in the grammar of the two languages include Spanish's use of gender, a more extensive verb conjugation and the widespread use of subjunctive verb moods. The D.EL.E is course which allows you to gain an official certificate allowing you to work in many companies and locations across the globe.

10. Flamenco often contains dancing, but it isn't predominantly a dance. Flamenco contains four main elements: the guitar, the vocals, the dancing and Las Palmas (hand claps). In fact, of the four disciplines, the dancing is the part that is the most easily dropped. Flamenco is also specifically an Andalusian art, though through internal migration flamenco has quite a history in Sevilla and even Almeria in the south coast of Spain. You're unlikely to find much flamenco in other parts of Spain. The best location to learn is in the south of Spain where the original schools litter the cities of Almeria, Malaga, and Sevilla.