- As of 2014, about 470 million people all over the world speak Spanish as a native language.
- Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.
- Spanish is spoken widely as a native language in Spain, most countries of Central and South America, and over 45 million people in the USA (13% of the population) speak Spanish as their mother tongue.
- In the USA, Spanish is the most widely taught language in the country after English. The Hispanic (Spanish-speaking) community in the USA is sizeable, and most businesses target the Hispanics as a separate segment, with Spanish used as the language for communication with that community.
- Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and it is also one of the official languages of the European Union and the Organization of American States.
- In the USA, Spanish is the most widely taught language in the country after English. The Hispanic (Spanish-speaking) community in the USA is sizeable, and most businesses target the Hispanics as a separate segment, with Spanish used as the language for communication with that community.
- Global internet usage statistics for 2007 show Spanish as the third most commonly used language on the internet after English and Mandarin Chinese.
- In recent years, there has been a significant spurt in investments in India by Spanish companies, with companies like Navantia, Dragados, Gamesa, Grupo Roca and Mapfre having entered the Indian market.
- The recent boost in bilateral trade with Latin America (USD 42 billion in 2013) because of the economic resurgence of both regions has given a further fillip to importance of the Spanish language.
- Another trend that has emerged is the outsourcing of work in the BPO space to India, from overseas businesses that require the use of Spanish as the language of communication to cater to their customers.
INaWORD has been offering Spanish classes in Chennai since 2002, and the Spanish program at INaWORD has grown rapidly to become one of the main languages on offer. We have Spanish language courses at different levels in both the FLAIR program for individuals as well as the AFFINITY program for corporates.
A number of the INaWORD Spanish trainers are native speakers of the language, enabling our learners to also understand the cultural nuances of interacting with Spanish-speaking people from different parts of the world.
This combined with the INaWORD multi-disciplinary approach with emphasis on activity-based learning, makes for a unique learning experience.
A Spanish course for beginners innovatively examines
the rules governing genders.
We align our Spanish language courses to the international DELE (Diploma Espanol como Lengua Extranjera or Diploma in Spanish as a foreign language) certification standard, and are able to prepare our learners for the international DELE examinations at different levels.
In 2011, INaWORD was appointed by the Instituto Cervantes (representing the Ministry of Education, Spain) as the exclusive DELE examination Centre for Chennai, in recognition of our status as the premier Spanish institute in Chennai, and we have been successfully conducting the DELE exams every year in November ever since.