The challenge: convert the language in a development tool

In the not recommended Elysium , currently in theaters, the hero played by Matt Damon malvive a devastated Earth and miserable , abandoned to the terrible plight of the poor who dream of escape to space colony where the rich fled . In paradise millionaires inaccessible speak English and French . In the Land of the ragged and needy , the main language is Spanish .

The fantasy of Elysium is located in the year 2159, but do not make great efforts of imagination to suppose that , in a possible future marked by extreme social and economic differences , the Spanish language would identify the most disadvantaged. If you consider that today the language of Cervantes is the second in the world in number of native speakers ( 457 million ) , but the third in terms of global literate population (5.47 % of total) , one might think that , not to shrink the gap between Spanish speakers and literacy origin who speak the language, the ugly future that is described in Elysium would be closer than it might seem.

Do speaking societies are prepared to admit that the Spanish could become the universal banner of the humble ? The language is a homeland , a feeling and a destination. We further determined that even as we say in our dreams also speak Spanish .

The popular sayings , idioms and the "lines " are the cultural archive of a country and shape the thinking of its citizens. You can not think "outside " of the language , its boundaries are those of our thinking , ie draw the only border crossing impossible . So the richer your background , is that boundary further . Today, Spanish is spoken in at least 35 countries , and each brings miles of linguistic miscegenation put even more distance between the speaker and the confines of contemporary language. But the wealth of treasure that unites nearly 530 million Spanish speakers does not correspond to the social and economic status that the Spanish could be on track to represent.

The challenge of the VI International Congress of the Spanish Language , which these days is celebrated in Panama , is simply to convert the language in a development tool . The main road is the promotion of reading as a recreational activity ( " reading is a pleasure and that is what is to be transferred ," said the Colombian writer William Ospina ) now supports multiple platforms and media. The day speaking societies bearing a comparable wealth to their language, Spanish will be the passport to be grain in customs where he hopes the future. To make this change is put in place , the states and the book industry must commit to education. In Elysium , the poor of the earth try an escape impossible and are intercepted by the space police , communicating in English. Even in a movie so bad it is clear that the best future is in their own language .