What's the best way to learn Spanish?

Question

I've been trying to learn spanish for the past 4 years and still dont get it. I've learned Greek Japanese Arabic & German but just cant get spanish or any other latin language ( italian, French ) for that matter whats the best way to learn it; I've tried several tutors, classes and the results are the same still dont get it.

Answer 1

Immerse yourself in the language. It's the best way.

Answer 2

Arabic is a very difficult language for native-speakers of English to learn if they have no background to start with. You need to ask yourself some important questions: 1. are you going to have opporunities to use Arabic as you would if you learned Spanish? 2. Is Arabic going to be relevant enough to you to spend all those hours upon hours of hard work? 3. Are you truly interested and motivated? These are questions only you can answer, but if you learned Spanish, you would no doubt have ample opportunity to use it all the time, even right here in the United States. Of course, there's no reason why you have to pick one or the other--but if you already have started learning Spanish, then I'd recommend sticking with it, first. At least work with it till you get to the point where you can read a magazine article in it, a newspaper article, or a simple novel with minimal help from a dictionary, and enough to be able to hold conversations about everyday topics.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Because you learned different languages before trying Spanish, it means your brain is already ready to learn a different language. it should not be too hard for you because you already learned Greek, and a lot of the verb formations and verbal stems are the same, also you will see that a lot of the words are similar to the Spanish.
The best way for you to learn would be going to a country that speaks the language, and stay there for maybe a year or so. However, I know that it is not an easy task to move out of the country, so here are some tips that will help you learn better:

1) Write the name in Spanish of objects around your house on post it notes, and place them around. Every time you need to do something or use something around your house, force yourself to say what you need in Spanish.

2) Make some friends that speak Spanish. The more you are around people that speak the language, the easier it gets to learn.

3) Don't be afraid of making mistakes. If you make a mistake, ask your Spanish friends to correct you, they will feel honored to help you.

4) Go to places where you will see Spanish. Go to a Spanish church, go to Little Havana in Miami, if you can, go to Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, or any other Spanish speaking country.

The main point of it all is to come out of your comfort zone. If German, Japanese, Arabic and Greek were easier to learn, it is because you have the affinity to learn those languages, in other words, it comes natural to you. To learn a language that will require some sweat, you have to change your game plan.

I can say it by my own experience because I could never learn English in my country (Brazil) before I came here. When I started to learn here, I literally had pain in my head every night, but if you persist, there will be a time that you will tell yourself you will never learn that language, and that is when you start to learn.

Henrique Gomes (Portuguese, English, Spanish, Greek, Hebrew)

Answer 5

It may not be practical for you to go and live in Spain, or another Spanish speaking country, although this would be the best way.

Concentrate on your assets. You've already learnt (not sure how well!) four different languages, two of them particularly difficult so Spanish must be a doddle (don't know it myself!)

As you've obviously been to some lessons, presumably you've picked up something, if only the basics. If you live in a large city enquire whether there are any clubs or societies you could join. Also, try concentrating on your weak points. If you can't go to live in Spain, at least try to go on holiday there. Try accessing some Spanish websites and see how much you can understand. Similarly, try to buy a Spanish newspaper or magazine.

Keep trying! I'm sure it will come in time

Answer 6

When all else fails and if you have the means go live in a spanish speaking country for at least a month or two if you can. If you can't do that then keep on studying, write your verbs over and over, force yourself to read things in Spanish (after 4 yers. you have to have some knowledge, no?) and rent spanish movies or watch spanish television. Maybe you can find someone with whom to have a spanish-english exchange with...they help you with your spanish you help them with english.

Answer 7

How did you learn the other languages?
What worked? What didn't?
Try to think in Spanish. Learn from a native speaker.
Ask your self how you would teach a language to some with no understanding of that language.

Answer 8

Go to Spain and learn proper Spanish Not some corrupted form from latin america.

Answer 9

I learned a lot with Daily Spanish Phrases. It's really easy and you can do it when you want at home over the internet. I did two levels and when I went to Mexico on vacation, I was able to talk and they could understand me, too. www.dailyspanishphrases.com

Answer 10

These are the 1000 most common Spanish words.
http://wordsgalore.com/wordsgalore/languages/spanish/spanish1000.html
I recommend learning the words that have opposites first.
You should learn the categories before the definitions like nouns, prepositions, and adjectives and divide them into the kind of questions they are for like yes/no, ownership, ability, who, what, when, where, why, and how.