I take Spanish now in high school. They do not go into depth much, but you do get a basic understanding. I am going into Spanish 2. What software or books would you recommend to help me learn Spanish?
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I think your enthusiasm is awesome and the most important ‘tool’ you can have to become fluent in Spanish! I was like you and wanted so much more from my HS Spanish classes. By the time I got to college, I knew SO much grammar but could not put it together, thus was not fluent. I only became truly fluent when I traveled and lived in Spain. Its too much to describe why in this posting! But for YOU, you can still make a big difference to your fluency by practicing with native speakers. Find anyone in your town/city that speaks Spanish and talk to them! It will help you tremendously. Also, listen to Spanish language music and really try to learn the lyrics… I know this sounds cheesy, but it really helps to teach you how to put words together correctly, and also increases your vocabulary because in the process you’ll be learning new words. If you really want software, Rosetta Stone is not a bad way to go.
Once you command the basics of the Spanish language, you can always watch youtube videos of Spanish programs, and listen to songs in that language. That will get you used to the sounds of the language in a fluent manner.
Next, of course with a lot of caution, you could join chat rooms with Spanish speaking people. That way you’ll get to interact with native speakers.
If you opt for listening to music, you may also want to do a search on the lyrics of the songs you listen to. That way, you’ll hear, read and repeat the words as you sing along. That will exercise your tongue and vocal cords to string together words into phrases and sentences… just the way people speak.
Start checking this resources http://www.enforex.com/resources.html
then watch the news, movies (from Spain), and use Internet to find spanish speaking people, like in social networking. And then save to go to Spain!
Talk to a person who speaks spanish.
but please dont watch novelas.. lol
go to youtube.com- they have lots of videos there.
also, ebay and amazon have great dvds and cds to start learning spanish.
spanish television may also be of some help.
watch the news
There’s a pretty cool Board Game called Spanish Start. It’s fun and interactive. The game uses phonetics to help with pronunciation.
I learned spanish using this site: http://cc120nxd08616w5kxmp8rmlk1b.hop.cl…
I was going to Mexico for business for a month and they helped me learn the language quickly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F2obB7af…
Try this website:http://www.mansionspanish.com
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