What is the best and cheapest way to learn Spanish??

7 Comments

1. delta man says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   Learning a language : Steps
   1. Material acquisition
   Complete language course ,complete dictionary ,reading material ,conversation guide ,TV channels in that

   target-language, grammar notebook ,handbook for vocabulary
   2.Learning pronunciation and alphabet of the language
   3.Learning about articles,nouns at nominative case and verb terminations at all possible modes and times
   4.First day of language learning
   Take every sentence in the course-book first and analyze it by searching every unknown word in the

   dictionary
   Grammar words are: conjunctive adverbs ,numerals,conjunctions,prepositions ,articles ,pronouns and certain

   adjectives
   Vocabulary words are: nouns ,verbs ,qualificative adjectives and adverbs (usually derived from adjectives)
   Grammar words go into your grammar notebook,vocabulary words go into the handbook
   Vocabulary words should be noted with their antonyms and family word
   Example Fire ,water,fireman etc.The limit of this list is determined by the learner.

   5. Learn the words you wrote down from your course-book by making new sentences with them even though

   they might be wrong
   6. Continue with the reading material which may be a blog,newspaper or whatever you like and can get your

   hands on . Proceed as as you did with step 4. Minimum vocabulary words allowed per day ,15.Minimum grammar

   words allowed per day —
   7. Watch TV to practice listening abilities
   8. Learn additional words weekend with your conversational guide and proceed as in step 4.
   9. Pick a day when you can review everything you learnt in that particular week.
   10.After the review make a story in the target-language.
   11.Talk to natives when you get the chance ,brag about your language skills once they are intermediate
   12.After you have advanced in the language ,start by reading books the same way you did with your course
   13.Have fun doing all of these .
   14. Goal of fluency reached
   15. End of the journey ,proceed to next language.
   The 15 steps in language learning
   You could learn pretty fast by using this method, I believe
2. Jen says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   being very real, get a friend or boyfriend who speaks spanish, make them talk to you all the time. it will be possible to learn a lot of it, but most likely you won’t be fluent by the end of the year. it depends on how quick of a learner you are, and how much you talk. if your a big talker (like me) then you’ll pick it up muy facilmente (very easily) buenos suerte! (good luck)
3. Sinaru G says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   http://www.studyspanish.com/
4. rentongal1958 says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   Best way is to find a spanish speaking person who will coach you. You will also have to study and use a "learn simple Spanish" book which you can get a most librarys.
   Its good to read and learn but it really helps to have a spanish speaking person to help you say the words correctly
   Good Luck and don’t give up!
   A second language is so very valuable to have.
   Cheers!
5. DC Fanatic says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   be friends with a Spaniard… or anyone whose native tongue is Spanish.
6. Gary B says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   Will you be 100% fluent? Probably not, unless you move to a Spanish speaking country and are forced to use it all the time. But you can definitely be mostly fluent, and do it without formal courses or a lot of money. I have lots of info – way too much to list here – on my Amazon guide called "How to Learn Spanish on your own – sorry you can’t!" (See the link below.)

   But the upshot is: look for materials like Pimsleur and the Barron’s foreign service course at public libraries, study like crazy, and use your newly-learned Spanish with anybody you get a chance to.
7. bmhhpd says:

   July 23, 2010 at 5:50 am

   This is a good one, they have it for Spanish, Japanese, English, Italian and German the one I use. http://spanish.about.com/