Spanish

With 400 million native Spanish speakers around the world, Spanish is a truly global language.

Spanish is the official language of 21 countries and is spoken by over 15% of the United States population.

Employers say they value the key skills developed by language learners - these include communication skills, team working skills, interpersonal skills, presentational skills, problem solving, organisational skills and good learning strategies. 

The UK trades with over 200 countries worldwide. Businesses - large, medium and small - need employees with foreign language skills. They also need people who are happy operating across cultures. Career opportunities are wide and include politics, tourism, the armed forces, interpreting, translation, marketing, communications, finance, the petro-chemical industry, business services, the police force and teaching.