How fluent can a person expect to be if they devote the summer to learning Spanish in the countries that speak it? I've applied for an internship in Spain and am looking for a total immersion language school in another spanish speaking country. My summer break extends from the end of May to the end of September and I have had 2 years previous language training in Spanish, but it's weak at best as I don't know how many people are going to quiz me on the numbers up to 100 or the random parts of the body.
2007-03-10 01:56:04 · 4 answers · asked by A Mermaid 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I think with four months completely immersed in the language in a Spanish speaking country will make you quite fluent in Spanish because you already have those 2 years of training.
Don´t relax on it while in Spain or wherever you may finally go, people will try to speak to you in English. Don´t. You speak in Spanish as much as possible and you will make it. Good luck.
2007-03-10 10:39:24 · answer #1 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on age (but you are clearly young, so that's all right), ability and motivation. What you must do is insist on using Spanish while abroad, however daunting that might be, as you will be tempted to speak English with other students on the course, including non-English mother tongue students who want to use you for practice! Make up your mind that you're going to soak up as much Spanish as possible and you'll learn a great deal!
2007-03-10 02:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right for you. finished immersion is the suited thank you to earnings a language. i opt to propose a minimum of a twelve months to have the flexibility to communicate fluently (off the precise of your head). So a summer season could be a good start up. The degree of immersion relies upon lots on the place you would be and how lots touch you're starting to be to be with english jointly as being there. Getting far off from english isn't common to do. there is english: television, track, travelers everywhere. Even locals could talk to you in English. stay far off from this. Be obdurate and refuse to communicate or pay attention to something in english. attempt to chosen an remoted (off-the-beate-song place to circulate. Take a dictionary and attempt making use of hand-gestures to assist talk what your attempting to assert. practice what you will say beforehand enables too. good success!
2016-10-01 21:28:34 · answer #3 · answered by rocio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. The younger you are, the better. But if you're young and practice zylch, you'll never get anywhere.
Practice, practice, practice. That's the key in the end.
Start learning some useful phrases here:
http://www.stickyspanish.typepad.com
Hope that helps.
And I hope you learn as much as possible. Spanish is booming. Wait a couple of decades and most everyone in the US will have to know it.
2007-03-11 03:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by Mario E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋