If you are wondering why people are rushing to learn Spanish these days, it might be hard to pinpoint one particular reason. If you are an American, your reason for learning Spanish may be far different than a European who has decided it0s time to learn the language.
So, why is learning Spanish important to so many people? Let us give you some facts first:
* Spanish has become the second language of the United States
* The Spanish language is gaining importance as a second or third language in many European countries
* There are over 400 million Spanish speakers around the globe, only exceeded by those groups speaking English, Chinese, and Hindustani.
* Spanish is the fourth most popular language in the world and the native, or official, language on four different continents.
So, enough for the geography lesson. So why should you make the time and investment to learn Spanish? Let me tell you some of the more popular reasons why people like you and me want to learn Spanish:
It0s Very Easy to Learn
The Spanish language is truly one of the easiest foreign languages to learn. Much of the Spanish vocabulary is similar to English. Better yet, written Spanish is almost completely phonetic. […]
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Let me shoot straight from the hip. No fancy introductions to this article, no witty sayings, no clever expressions, no wildly used adjectives. Just plain talk about what you will find if you are planning your retirement in Mexico or if you are coming here to work.
You will find two basic groups of expatriates in Mexico. I am speaking experientially about central Mexico, although I do have more than a passing knowledge of other regions in this country through my research. You will also find lots of regional differences in the culture and personalities of the Mexicans in the place you choose to expatriate.
The First Group of Gringo Expatriates
Traditionally, Gringos have migrated to the Prime Living Locations in Mexico. A Prime Living Location is that which has the most well-defined and well-developed Gringo infrastructure. These are cities that have been forever altered to serve the needs of the Gringos. Everything that happens in that city is no longer for those born and bred there, but for the Gringo. Within these Prime Living Locations, you will find that the Gringos are not integrated into the culture or the language of Mexico. You will find the Gringo living in his own little […]
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I live in a medium-sized central Mexican town called Guanajuato. Guanajuato is the capital of the state of Guanajuato. We moved here in 2003 for a multitude of reasons. We wanted to learn Spanish, live in a better climate than in America’s Midwest, and find a place where the cost of prescription drugs and health care in general was cheaper. It had become too expensive to keep funding my chronic and unrelenting incurable illness while living in America. Something we didn’t plan on, a thing that would have most certainly kept us away from here, was that we are currently being Cyberstalked.
Our Cyberstalker, from what I’ve been able to gather from Mexicans in town as well as expats and even the Gringolandias of Guanajuato, is an American person who is a long-time resident (the person been here since the late 1990’s) and may be a business owner. I’ve never met this person. I would not know this person if we met on the street. But this person seems to have made it his or her mission in life to stalk me. I am relatively sure I know who this person is. Some in the community have indicated they think they […]
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