How can I learn Spanish quickly and inexpensively?
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Anonymous
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I'm looking for work that requires spoken conversational Spanish. I studied Spanish for two years in college 12 years ago, and I've taken a few adult ed classes recently. I can read Spanish (very slowly) and understand it OK, but I cannot speak much or understand spoken Spanish. Can anyone suggest a good Spanish immersion program that's not too costly? I'm using Dulolingo every day, but it's not all that helpful, except for reviewing what I already know. Are there any online "immersion" programs that are any good? I can travel for an immersion program, but not for more than two weeks at a time. Thanks for suggestions! |
Anonymous
| I love Rosetta Stone. I have the unlimited plan and have used it for Spanish. I live in LA and I’m pretty good now! |
Anonymous
| Pp again - I also did amerispan for two weeks in Barcelona, for an immersion program. |
Anonymous
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I love Barcelona - have not been there in many years, though. How old were you when you did the Amerispan program?
Where did you live? I can't imagine staying with a family or in a shared apartment or in a student residence. I've been out of school too long for that! |
Anonymous
| Date a Spanish speaker |
Anonymous
| DuoLingo is good especially since you already have some base level knowledge of the language. |
Anonymous
Free from many local libraries! Also I like “news in slow Spanish” a podcast where a native speaker reads the news in Spanish but slowly. Helps with more natural phrasings and listening comprehension skills, which is the hardest to get if you don’t live where the language is spoken. |
Anonymous
| Pimsleur app |
Anonymous
| How much time do you have? If you don’t understand Spanish and can only read it slowly, you’ve got ways to go before you’re conversational. |
Anonymous
| Listen to Coffee Break Spanish! |
Anonymous
| I think you have to do an immersion program if it’s for work. Also, I’d see if you can find one geared toward your industry so you use your immersion time wisely (Spanish for medical professionals, spanish for business, etc.) |
Anonymous
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To quickly learn conversational Spanish, hire an online tutor based in Spain or Latin America. on italki.com. The fees are much lower than they would be for a private lesson in the US.
To improve your understanding of spoken Spanish, you can watch Spanish language Netflix shows/movies with English subtitles on that you read simultaneously while listening to Spanish dialogue8. You can also get a language-learning Chrome extension like Language Reactor: "Language Reactor allows you to display two sets of subtitles at once, one in your native language, and another in the language that you’re watching in. Language Reactor also expands the functionality beyond what regular subtitles might give. With Language Reactor, you can hover over any word that you don’t know, and the extension will automatically display a translation for you on the spot." |
Anonymous
| Watch Dora the Explorer. |
Anonymous
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First, memorize the most used 2000 words. Then, memorize 1000 most used phrases.
Anything you say in English in every day speech, you should be able to say in Spanish fairly soon. Write down what you want to say, then look it up on google translate. All you need is a pen, paper, google translate. |
Anonymous
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