Learning a foreign language, such as Spanish, provides students with an opportunity to engage with the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Hispanic world and its people. It is estimated that over 500 million people speak Spanish as a native language, which qualifies it as the second most spoken language by number of native speakers. Second language acquisition helps to broaden a student's horizons in relation to personal, social, cultural and employment opportunities in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. 

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