LEARNING another language will surely go a long way here in Spain. For example, if you want to learn the other dialects here such as Catalan or Basque, then you can go to as far as Tenerife or Las Palmas next to the African coast or any other island in the Canaries Archipelago. You can explore El Teide National Park and ride the cable car going up there. If you know how to speak French, then you can organize a road trip with your friends and go all the way to the Spanish-French border. On the way, there will be no language barriers with the French locals so you already know how to speak French. Just be sure though that you have prepared yourself for a road trip. Do not attempt a road trip alone so someone can assist you when you are dozing off driving. Also, make sure that your car is filled with gas. Anyway, that’s just one aspect why there is wealth in learning another language. It’s not just money that I’m talking about here. The wealth of learning and accumulating another culture is more important.

But one cannot deny that material wealth is also needed during a lifetime. Well, you can actually make money just by studying another language. Consider this, if you only are diligent to study English for three academic semesters, you can in turn teach English. There is a course called Teaching of English as a Foreign Language for that. Called TOEFL in short, this course consists of three stages – basic, intermediate and advanced. Each is equivalent to three academic semesters or six calendar months each. This may be an intensive training all week long but reaping its benefits is definitely worth it. During the first day of school, a student must write an essay about anything. Then he or she must read it in front. The essay gets longer as the class progresses. A student is also assigned a language exchange student through chat. The student may be someone from Great Britain who is also interested to learn Spanish. So that the student on the other end will tutor you what a typical British English conversation sounds like, then you must teach him or her a few Spanish words of your own. Of course, the British student also pays tuition to the language school just like you. After graduating from the advanced TOEFL course, you are now a full-fledged person to teach English.

You can either be a private tutor or establish yourself an English language school in Spain. Plan strategically so you can recoup your investment if you’re planning to establish an English language school. Know what’s the fastest growing tourist destination in Spain because the locals here too who want to work in the hospitality industry are eager to learn English. Right now, the fastest growing destinations are Valencia in mainland Spain in the Iberian Peninsula and Palma del Mallorca which is in the Balearic Archipelago smacked right in the middle of the Mediterranean. You needn’t be limited though, options such as Malaga Car hire mean you can be based in one place (this beautiful Spanish city, perfect for language learning) and escape at the weekends to other cities - not missing out on anything!