Learning Spanish - 4 Tips to Effective Progress

By Paul Wrights

Spanish is a wonderful language to learn. It gives you the opportunity to communicate and connect with a large population of Spanish-speaking people. But we all lead normally busy lives. How does one get the most out of learning Spanish? We have a four tips to help you be effective.

1) Determine your goals and objectives

Know what you want to gain out of your learning experience. Determine how well you want to speak the Spanish language and in how short a time frame. And how much you are prepared to spend and dedicate your time to it.

2) Invest in a Spanish Course

Spanish language courses can come in many forms. There are book methods, audio methods, book/audio combinations, simple to sophisticated software, and those delivered online over the Internet. You could also hire a private tutor or join a Spanish language class. Whatever the method of choice, this investment is necessary to mark a guided starting point to the learning journey.

3) Create your Spanish learning environment

Read any Spanish material you can get your hands on. Start like a child. Grab picture dictionaries, comic books and fairy tales. Scale up to newspapers and magazines. Listen to Spanish radio. Watch Spanish TV or catch a movie. It doesn't matter if there are English subtitles. The more you expose your eyes and ears to the new language, the faster you absorb it.

4) Practice on your community

Successfully communicating in Spanish means more than just repeating what you hear on your audio lesson. You have to work it out with real people. Practice on your learning buddy. Or agree to only speak Spanish to a native-speaking colleague. Use it when ordering your dinner at a Spanish restaurant. Anywhere you can converse in Spanish speak it. You will make mistakes and it will usually be funny. But that's how it is. Practice does make perfect.

We all begin by mentally translating what we want to say before speaking the Spanish sentence. And then mentally translate the response we hear. With the above tips, it will not be long until you begin thinking and speaking in Spanish directly. That is the desired goal.

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