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

Question

I want to learn Spanish by the end of the year.. is that do-able? And what is the best way?? Any Ideas? Be real Please?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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!

Answer 4

Languages are NOT LEARNED quickly. Languages are NOT like Math, there are many phases to languages. You can practice, and actually learn a few words or phrases in one afternoon. In order to say I "learned Spanish", you must write, read, and speak Spanish as if it was your native language. Having said that, many have studied, practiced and learned Spanish, and are considered bilingual. If money is no object, you can move to a country where most speak Spanish. Take Spanish classes there, and immerse yourself in the language. You will be comfortable expressing yourself in Spanish within two years. Of course, in order to accomplish such a feat, you must attend school for eight hours, seriously study, five days a week. Movies, t.v., games, music, magazines, internet, everything will be in Spanish. FREE: The internet offers plenty of free help. And you will learn quite a bit. You have to study grammar, tenses, accents, femenine, masculine articles, etc., vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, color, numbers, and all the material you need to learn. Of course you need to practice reading, and writing. Then you are ready to train your ear, and decipher what others are saying in Spanish. Last, but not least, you will put what you have studied to practice, and finally speak!

Answer 5

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)

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

be friends with a Spaniard... or anyone whose native tongue is Spanish.

Answer 8

http://www.studyspanish.com/