Best audio guide to learning spoken Spanish?
My significant other/partner in crime/best friend in the universe is Mexican. He speaks fluent English and Spanish and is able to alternate between the two with ease. His parents speak a little bit of English but prefer to speak in Spanish. His sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews are all bilingual. When they're around his parents, Spanish is the language they speak. I love them all to pieces but I wish I could be apart of the conversation more. They translate for me but it would be better if I just knew the language.
I know it may take some time for me to learn, but I'd like to seriously buckle down and get started. Audio tapes have helped me in the past (learning French). So I'd like to go that route again if possible. The problem now is choosing one. The company who made my French tapes does not offer Spanish. I have no price restrictions, it’s quality I’m after. Do you know of a good Mexican/S.American Spanish audio-guide?
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I understand your question, but let me just throw in my two cents here.
The BEST audio guide to learning spoken language is MUSIC.
I have used many audio guides like you speak of over the years to learn language, but finding music in the language you wish to learn (accompanied with a textbook or something that can help you to understand the concepts of the grammar structures, verb conjugations, vocabulary, etc.) is the BEST way to learn SPOKEN language.
Have your tapes, your textbook, and your music. I have used this method effectively to learn several languages.
I do not, but I agree with Blurry-6
Music is a great way to learn a language but you need to have the basics first!
Rosetta is supposed to be a decent audio guide but I really cannot vouch for any guides since I have never used them.
My advice? Learn a little grammar and language first; perhaps do a night or part-time course. Then start to listen to the music and pick out key phrases, choruses, words here and there.
You may also discover a whole branch of music that you never knew existed before!
The only Mexican group I know is "Mana" so perhaps that is a place to start but there are tons of South American groups out there.
Some say Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur. Check my website below for Spanish learning products.
Nancala
http://www.ncslearnalanguageresources.com
Pimsleur is by far the superior language learning tool. And you can usually find the CDs in the public library.
Good luck.
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