If you need to, or would rather learn Spanish as quickly as possible there are various ways you can do this. By far the fastest way to learn Spanish quickly is by taking an immersion course; they are fantastic for learning Spanish as you will be, as the title suggests, totally immersed in the language as well as the culture of the country you are taking the course in.Yes, it is true that many Spanish immersion courses take part in Spanish...more
Learning Spanish is becoming the fastest growing language trend in terms of numbers of students and its search popularity on the internet, the reason for this is simple, please allow me to explain.The Spanish speaking world has grown greatly over the past four decades not only in population but also in reach; the US for example now has the fifth largest Spanish speaking population in the world, yet many of its English speaking population do not...more
If I had a dollar for every person that asked me how to learn Spanish or, more to the point, what is the best way to learn Spanish, I would be an extremely wealthy man right now, unfortunately for me though I don't so I guess I'd better give up on that one.Many different people have different opinions on the best way to learn Spanish ranging from classroom courses and Spanish immersion courses to self teaching books and CD course programs.In all fairness it all depends on an individual's situation; my personal opinion is that the best way to learn Spanish without a shadow of a doubt are Spanish immersion courses and classroom courses. The benefits of these specific types of learning are that they allow for intensive interaction, speaking the language constantly with Spanish speakers and fellow students. Spanish immersion courses, are definitely the best way to learn Spanish as the student not only has the benefit of the classroom interaction but also benefits from the cultural exchanges as these courses very often take place in a Spanish speaking country.The downside to learning Spanish in this way is that they are expensive and also require the student to devote a large amount of...more
The first thing you should do before attempting to learn Spanish is to learn Spanish Alphabet phonetics, by starting to learn the Spanish Alphabet phonetically you will have a much better chance of pronouncing words correctly first time that you may not have heard spoken by a native speaker or a fellow student.All the letters that you know from the...more
Spanish, as with any other language suffers from regional variation and dialect changes. Spanish is spoken as a primary language in over 20 countries worldwide, the majority of those countries being in the Central and South American continents, but the mother tongue, and the base language for the entire Spanish speaking world is the national...more
There are specific rules in Spanish regarding pronunciation of words regarding to how stress is used, it would be a lot clearer if you could listen to the following words but we will endeavor to highlight the basic rules as applied to the Spanish language from this point. Most words that ed in a vowel, "n" or "s" take the stress on the penultimate syllable: e.g: "hombre" (man) the stress would be on the "o" so it would be pronounced [Om-bray].Article:There are specific rules in Spanish regarding pronunciation of words regarding to how stress is used, it would be a lot clearer if you could listen to the following words but we will endeavor to highlight the basic rules as applied to the Spanish language from this point.#1 Most words that ed in a vowel, "n" or "s" take the stress on the penultimate syllable: e.g: "hombre" (man) the stress would be on the "o" so it would be pronounced [Om-bray].#2 Most words that end in a consonant other than "n" or "s" take the stress on the last syllable: e.g: "ciudad" (city) is stressed on the "a" so it would be pronounced [thee-oo-dAd].#3 When there is an exception to either of these two rules a written accent is used on the stressed syllable: e.g:...more
There are a lot of different types of self study Spanish language courses out there, which include a lot of different methods of trying to help people learn Spanish. Different courses go about teaching in different manners. Sometimes this is due to...more
There are a lot of different ways you can go about learning Spanish, whatever the reason that you are interested in learning the language. There are also methods to help you learn Spanish no matter what type of budget you might have in regards to...more
There are a lot of good reasons for learning Spanish. As one of the more common languages spoken around the world, you will probably find it useful regardless of whether you actually end up traveling to a place where it is spoken. Since many...more
Spanish is no different to any other language in that it has certain rules that need to be applied and adhered to with regards to pronunciation. It must be stressed from the start that Spanish is an extremely phonetic language and the use of audio...more
Why do language students have the wrong mindset about Irregular Verbs?Stop! headline news...Irregular Verbs are more often than not the most difficult part of any language to learn, but why?The common belief amongst language students of all languages...more
If you are interested in learning Spanish, and money is no object, then the fastest and most effective way to do this is probably through Spanish immersion. There are a wide variety of programs available to people who are interested in trying this...more