subject: 7 Hot Tips on Learning Spanish Faster [print this page] Author: Sarah Matthews Author: Sarah Matthews
Learning Spanish doesn't need to be complicated. If your native tongue is English, Italian, or French, then you are already familiar with a Latin derived language. However, you need motivation and discipline to learn any new language. According to research done on language learning, language students over 13 or 14 years old sometimes find it more difficult to learn. This might have more to do with lack of time due to raising children, work, and other distractions, than it does with mental capabilities. When learning the Spanish language, you need to discover what study methods work best for you. Remember that people learn at different speeds, and prefer different methodologies. Here are 7 Hot Tips on Learning Spanish Faster 1. Begin thinking in Spanish when answering. It takes a while to begin this habit, but once you develop this, your brain is forced to look for the words and thread them together. Once done, you will discover learning Spanish is not that hard after all. Nothing helps you learn a language faster than trying to think in that language. You can practice this by speaking out loud when you are alone. When you speak, speak in Spanish. If you are looking for your shoes, ask yourself in Spanish where are your shoes? This methodology works much better than always trying to first translate things into English and then back to Spanish. If you think in a foreign language, you will learn to speak much faster. It will be difficult at first, because your vocabulary is limited, but in no time, you will see that you will learn much faster by doing this. 2. By far, the best method to learn Spanish is to live in a Spanish speaking country. Not only can you find quality instruction at cheaper costs, you have the advantage of hearing Spanish spoken 24 hours a day. This forces you to immerse yourself in Spanish. You can watch television, listen to the radio, or just step outside to a local cafe, or restaurant, and strike up conversations with people, or just sit back and listen, and practice your comprehension. 3. Practice and repetition make perfect. You've got to practice all elements of Spanish. This includes speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Get your hands on as much reading material as you can. Find magazines on topics that you like to read in English, and try reading them in Spanish. By finding something you are already interested in, the more likely it is that it will hold your attention, and you will read more. 4. In Spanish, depending on which element is emphasized, ordinary statements can start with any of the three: subject, verb and object. In both languages, emphasis is also done by way of intonation. In questions, the subject almost always comes after the verb. Generally, it is correct to write sentences with the common word order in English. In English, variations are done for poetic effect or for questions.
5. Don't hole yourself up in your rented apartment, house, or hotel room. You've got to get out and be with people. You can't practice speaking if you are only speaking to yourself. Go to stores, get in a taxi, go to a caf, and any other places that you can talk with people. If you are teaching English in a Spanish speaking country, get together with some students and have them show you around, introduce you to other people, or just let them help you practice Spanish with them. The Internet is full of sites that let you listen and watch lessons in Spanish. Sites like YouTube and other video sites provide many Spanish lessons. You can also participate in chat rooms where people can help you practice speaking and listening to Spanish. 6. Your brain can only absorb so much information at a time. Try to keep actual structured lessons to one to one and a half hours at a time. Your brain will retain more information, and the information will be better processed if you do. Of course you can spend as much time as you want leisurely learning Spanish by talking with people out in the street, or practicing on your own. 7. The quickest way to start increasing your knowledge about Spanish is to find words that are the same, or vary similar to those in English. This cuts the learning curb tremendously, because there are already many common words and expressions that are the same, or nearly the same as in English. Don't keep putting off language learning another week, or month. The quickest way to learn Spanish, is to start learning today.About the Author:
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