2.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is easy
Is it hard? Spanish is extremely accessible. It's easy to pronounce and, unlike the …., the Spanish have no hang-ups about importing English words.
Clare Rudebeck, The Independent 27 February 2003

3.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is cool
Jennifer López, Raul, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira,
A. Banderas, Ricky Martin, Reyes, Ronaldo, Casillas, Penélope Cruz, Morientes, Fernando Alonso, Ronaldinho, Cesc Fábregas
fiesta – siesta - paella – sangría – tortilla – amigo - salsa – tapas – flamenco – playa - agua – por favor

4.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is cool
Which is the best country to spend a holiday with friends or family? 1 2
● SPAIN
● FRANCE
● GERMANY
● ITALY
● CHINA
● UK 5 3 4 6

5.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is cool
Which country you think you will visit in the next five years? 1
● SPAIN
● FRANCE
● GERMANY
● ITALY
● CHINA
● None 3 5 2 4 6

6.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is necessary
Some 47,000 Britons, equivalent to the entire population of a town the size of Kettering or Hereford, signed on as new residents at Spanish town halls last year. That brought the registered British population in Spain to 274,000 - equivalent to a city the size of Bradford or Leicester.
But experts estimate that up to three times as many Britons, about 750,000 people, spend a significant part of the year living in Spain
Giles Tremlett in Madrid. Thursday July 27, 2006 The Guardian

7.  Perceptions and Facts
*Spanish for ‘Where is the beach?’ Even a little Spanish can make a lot of difference.

8.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is relevant
Nearly 17 million British tourists visited Spain last year and the number is increasing
40% of the students in the survey said that either friends or family (or both) own propierty in Spain.
International passenger traffic between Spain and UK: 34.5 million in 2005 only
More low cost flights are opened every year

9.  Perceptions and Facts
● Spanish is worthwhile
Which of the products below appear in the top five positions in the ranking of imports from Spain into the UK?
● CITRUS
● SHOES
● WINE 8
● MEDICINES
● CARS
● TOMATOES 3 1 12 7 9