Month: September 2018

It may come as a surprise to some people, but Spanish language classes are most popular in U.S. college/university campuses.   Why? It could be that over fifty million people in the U.S. speak Spanish, with many of us being bi-lingual, which means we also speak perfect English. In fact, the U.S. now has the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking population, following only Mexico.   Those are simple demographic statistics that have attracted the attention of Madison Avenue economic power brokers.  Corporate advertising executives have rapidly exploited its explosive money-making opportunities by filling TV screens and media outlets with an ever increasing number of ads aimed at Spanish-speaking consumers.   Fair is fair. Spanish is not a “foreign” language in the U.S...

It may come as a surprise to some people, but Spanish language classes are most popular in U.S. college/university campuses.   Why? It could be that over fifty million people in the U.S. speak Spanish, with many of us being bi-lingual, which means we also speak perfect English. In fact, the U.S. now has the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking population, following only Mexico.   Those are simple demographic statistics that have attracted the attention of Madison Avenue economic power brokers.  Corporate advertising executives have rapidly exploited its explosive money-making opportunities by filling TV screens and media outlets with an ever increasing number of ads aimed at Spanish-speaking consumers.   Fair is fair. Spanish is not a “foreign” language in the U.S...