Are You Trying to Learn Spanish?

By Mathew Nicks


Learning Spanish can be accomplished by anyone, no matter what their prior experience with languages. The fact is, anyone can learn to speak a new language, as long as they are willing to give it some serious study. Being able to speak more than one language gives you an instant advantage in many ways. Knowing more than one language can really help if you do any traveling. It's also very likely that people right in your own city or nearby speak Spanish, making it useful at home too. Learning Spanish is especially recommended for people who are making their first attempt at a new language. There are some things that you can do to make your study faster and more enjoyable.

One theory about learning languages is the the best solution is immersion in the new language. For anyone wanting to learn Spanish, going to a country where that was the main language would be a way to gain fluency.

There are, of course, certain places in the U.S. where you could use this immersion method right at home. There is an advantage to going to another place, though -there, you are literally compelled to speak the new language. There are many people who claim that immersing themselves in the new language made them learn it faster than they could have any other way. This does, no doubt, test your comfort zone, and not everyone likes this. It's up to you whether or not this is the way you'd like to learn.

You'll be able to listen to them on a CD player, or you can also download them to an MP3 player and take them anywhere. You are not limited to one central location for your learning. Just get on the net! You'll find the net is loaded with help for learning Spanish. One great tool is Babelfish, a translation bot. You can type your sentence into Babelfish and have it translated to Spanish. The reason this is so nice is because you can compose any sentence and have it translated into Spanish for learning. But just keep in mind that English and Spanish sentence structures are different from each other. So the translation tool will show you exactly how the structure changes from English to Spanish. There are other tools available on the net to help make learning Spanish a little easier.

You can also watch Spanish TV and movies. It's not hard because all movie rental outlets have a foreign language section, plus there are many Spanish broadcasts on TV. This will let you gain knowledge of how Spanish is actually spoken but without traveling just to hear it. This is great if you don't live near a Spanish speaking population. When you watch, be sure to enable subtitles on. As you feel your level of understanding getting better - turn them off and then see for sure. Your learning will go much faster by using this method.

Watching TV shows and movies in Spanish will help you. It's not hard because all movie rental outlets have a foreign language section, plus there are many Spanish broadcasts on TV. You'll hear how Spanish words are suppose to be spoken. If you can't find someone to speak Spanish with, this will help you a great deal. When you watch, be sure to enable subtitles on. As your understanding improves, try turning them off and see how you do. Keep doing this, and your learning will improve fast.

You may think about buying a book from the local bookstore. Taking a class is also a good idea as is getting to know people who are already fluent in the language. There are so many alternatives for learning Spanish. Just have fun!




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