Spanish Courses

Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language spoken by around 370 million people in year 2000. Recent estimate shows that roughly 410 million speak the language today, making it the most extensively spoken Romance language.

It is spoken on all continents, most extensively in Europe, North and South America, and certain parts of Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Currently, within the increasingly globalized market, there is an international expansion and honor of the Spanish language in the film industry, literature, music, and television (notably telenovelas).

Spanish developed from vulgar Latin and was influenced by Arabic, Basque, and Celtiberian in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. This language originated as a murky dialect in Spain’s Cantabria region. From here, the use of Spanish eventually reached the kingdom of Castille, where Spanish became the primary language of trade and government. The language was then introduced to the Western Hemisphere and many other parts of the world in the 16th century by Spanish colonists, empire-builders, and explorers.

Characteristic features of the language’s diachronical phonology include palatalization (Spanish año, Latin annum) and lenition (Spanish vida, Latin vita). Another feature is the diphthongation (stem-changing) of short ‘o’ and ‘e’ from Vulgar Latin (Spanish tierra, Latin terra; Spanish Nuevo, Latin novus). You can also find similar phenomena in most other Romance languages, including Italian and French.

Whatever your reasons for and purpose of learning the Spanish language – be it career goals, professional, examinations, research, your education, or just plain fun and bragging rights – there is always a program that will suit you like a glove. Learning Spanish in Spain and Mexico is more than just learning one of most used languages in the world. It also means gaining a great experience and making friends from different parts of the planet – all assets for living a satisfying life.

There are no better destinations to learn Spanish than Spain and Mexico. Learn the language in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville. Mexican cities like Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, and Playa del Carmen have language schools that combine language learning with leisure.