For instance, your language of origin is English and you want to learn Spanish.
2006-11-15 20:26:29 · 12 answers · asked by Kethya Chin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Spend a semester (or longer) in Spain or another Spanish-speaking country. There's just no substitute for total immersion.
2006-11-15 20:28:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to the library and start auditioning language courses on CD or tape -- we all have different learning styles, so some will work better for you than others, and some courses are just lousy to begin with. ;-)
Continuing Ed courses can be a great help as well. Especially if your self-discipline has some patches.
Listen to Spanish-language music and watch Spanish films. This will help you get a sense of how it actually sounds when spoken.
Find someone to practice with. If you don't know anyone who's fluent, find ways of advertising to trade English conversation practice for Spanish.
Start saving money for your trip to Spain or somewhere in South or Central America. Read up on etiquette -- knowing (and using) the country's basic norms goes a very long way towards being well-accepted. Make a good effort towards using the language (they'll do their best to make up the difference) and don't start every conversation with "I'm an American" -- they can usually tell that the minute you open your mouth.
2006-11-15 20:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Determination is the key.
I live with Spanish people and they try to teach me as much as possible but im not determined. Its all up to how much you want to learn and yes full immersion is the best way. You would need a year in Spain. Remember Barcelona area speaks only Catalunian language completely different to the rest of the country. Best place to live is Madrid for proper Spanish.
2006-11-15 20:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by Darlin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move to that country and cut yourself off from your english speaking friends for 6 months or so. Having a spanish boy/girl friend provides the best motivation.
e.g. English was complusory study for me since kindergarden. But it wasn't until I went to college in the USA that I got my full immersion. Within 1 year, I was able to converse verbally with minimal chinese accent. Now I'm working on Spanish too.
2006-11-16 01:25:22 · answer #4 · answered by minijumbofly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open a word document in your computer,
On Tools menu Click Translate
Type the word in the space provided and
specify From English to Spanish you will learn alot .
2006-11-15 20:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by Rozzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vocabulary is the key. Focus only on building up a huge vocabulary in the other language and then you can speak and understand whether or not your grammar is perfect. then, little by the little, the grammar comes along. So take a class to get started, then read, read, read and read some more to learn words.
2006-11-15 20:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Maldives 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surround yourself with the other language,if you're learning french,put your cellphone language settings in french,watch french movies or cartoons and get some french friends/email buddies,enter french chat rooms,do the courses available,buy instruction dvds,basically go all out,you'll have no choice but to learn it!!!
2006-11-15 20:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by brandi p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move to the country for at least three months. Live it, eat it and sleep it.
2006-11-16 00:02:46 · answer #8 · answered by Teddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speak to some one who speaks it well. You have conversations that go "There. Is. A. Sheep." You pick it up quickly.
2006-11-15 20:29:21 · answer #9 · answered by foogill 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Full immersion, but not easy if you're on a budget.
2006-11-15 20:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by palaver 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋