Spanish, or Castilian, is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 486 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico.
Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature. The Cervantes Institute is the largest organization in the world responsible for promoting the study and the teaching of Spanish language and culture.
King's College is a co-educational day and boarding British curriculum school in Madrid, which provides British education for children from pre-nursery to year 13. It was founded in 1969 and is part of King's Group
Ferrovial, S.A., previously Grupo Ferrovial, is a Spanish multinational company that operates in the infrastructure sector for transportation and mobility with four divisions: Highways, Airports, Construction, and Mobility and Energy Infrastructure. The Highway sector develops, finances, and operates tolls on highways such as the 407 ETR, the North Tarrant Express, the LBJ Express, Euroscut Azores, I-66, I-77, NTE35W, and Ausol I. The Airports sector operates at Heathrow, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Southampton. The Construction business designs and carries out public and private works such as roads, highways, airports, and buildings. The Mobility and Energy Infrastructure Department is responsible for managing renewable energy, sustainable mobility, and circular economy projects. Ferrovial is present in more than 20 countries where its business lines operate.
Caxton College is a mixed private school located in Valencia (Spain) which offers complete education to students between 1 and 18 years of age, following the British National Curriculum in a multicultural environment.
Spaniards in the United Kingdom are people of Spanish descent resident in Britain. They may be British citizens or non-citizen immigrants.
Queísmo is a phenomenon in Spanish grammar, the omission of a preposition, usually de, which, in Standard Spanish, would precede the conjunction que. For example, "No me di cuenta que habías venido" : compare standard "No me di cuenta de que habías venido". Queísmo is frowned upon by prescriptive grammar.
Dequeísmo is a phenomenon in Spanish grammar, considered "wrong" in prescriptive works. It is the practice of using de que instead of que as the complementizer introducing a verbal complement clause. It can be seen as the opposite of queísmo, which involves using que when de que is to be used.
Aloha College is a private school established in 1982 as a not-for-profit in Marbella, Spain. It provides an international education in 2 sections, Primary School and Secondary School.
Almuñécar International School is a private international Primary and Secondary school on the Costa Tropical in Granada province, Spain. The school is a member of the National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS). The school serves a wide catchment area including Torrox, Nerja, Motril and Granada. The school was founded in 1989 and is owned by a conglomerate of parents.
Santa Diabla is an American telenovela written by José Ignacio Valenzuela, and produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. The story begins with Gaby Espino and Carlos Ponce starring as the protagonists, while Aarón Díaz and Ximena Duque star as the antagonists.
Francesc Tur Blanch is a wheelchair tennis player from Spain. He has competed in the men's single and doubles events representing Spain at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. His top international singles world ranking was 19th, a rank he held in August 2010.
The Instituto Español Juan Ramón Jimenez is a Spanish international school in Casablanca, Morocco, operated by the Spanish Ministry of Education. It is named after the Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez.
Instituto Español de Andorra (IEA) is a Spanish international school in La Margineda, Andorra la Vella, Andorra, operated by the Spanish Ministry of Education. It serves secundaria obligatoria and bachillerato education. It was created as the Instituto Nacional de Enseñanza Media en Andorra in 1969.
Cambridge House Community College is a British international school in Valencia, Spain.
Instituto Español Melchor de Jovellanos is a Spanish international school in Al Hoceima, Morocco. Operated by the Spanish Ministry of Education, it serves infant education until bachillerato.
The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom is an independent, non-profit organization without any political affiliation, created in July 2011 and formally established in June 2012.
The teaching of ancient and modern foreign languages in the United Kingdom occurs mainly from ages 7 to 16 in primary schools and secondary schools.
Guillermo Diaz-Plaja was a Spanish literary critic, historian, essayist, and poet.
