Where can I learn spanish for business and personal situations?
mandybeach2004 asked:
I want to learn spanish because my boyfriend is Columbian, and also because I would like to be able to do business with spanish speaking people. Where/how is the fastest way to do this? I’m really good at learning languages. I Aced Spanish in Highschool, but I don’t remember that much. I practice with my boyfriend, and try to learn, but it’s easier in a school environment with a textbook and a teacher.
How to learn Spanish audio books
I want to learn spanish because my boyfriend is Columbian, and also because I would like to be able to do business with spanish speaking people. Where/how is the fastest way to do this? I’m really good at learning languages. I Aced Spanish in Highschool, but I don’t remember that much. I practice with my boyfriend, and try to learn, but it’s easier in a school environment with a textbook and a teacher.
How to learn Spanish audio books
July 29th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Find classes in your area, some are free
July 29th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
get a language program from a computer/software shop. (
July 29th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
The best thing to do is to IMMERSE yourself in the language. You’re lucky, to have a Columbian boyfriend to practice Spanish with, and keep up the practice. Try to speak nothing but Spanish with him, and you’ll force yourself to learn to communicate in that language, just as if you’ve really immigrated to Columbia. Just remember that there are slight differences between South American Spanish and Spanish-Spanish. So. Here’s a nice, economical, shoe-string budge way to learn Spanish.
Head out to your public library, and get a card if you don’t have one. Borrow all the DVDs you want, making sure that they have Spanish dubbing. While you’re at it, get a few Spanish-language audiobooks if you want. Go home, and watch/listen to what you got over, and over, and over again, with English subtitles, until you’ve got every single line down PAT. With meanings. Done? Congratulations. You’ve now expanded your language store by about 200%.
Additional advice - Buy Spanish-language translations of books you love or read a lot. For some people, that might be the Holy Bible. For others, it’s an entertaining novel. Most importantly, you must recognize your learning experience as a COMMITMENT. That’s right. No slacking for you. Put aside a little time everyday devoted to learning Spanish. 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour - it doesn’ t matter, so long as you get a constant dose of the language you’re learning. Subscribe to a Spanish publication or newspaper, or just get onto some Spanish websites (BUT they must be proper Spanish websites, not poopsie ones put up by people with no better knowledge of the language than you). Try El Pais ( ) or El Mundo ( ) for Spanish news. I’m sure you or your boyfriend have heard of them. BBC has a nice little Spanish section ( ) I’ve got a whole list of Spanish-language-learning resources, come to think of it. Here’s a short sampling. Good luck.
StudySpanish
About.com’s Spanish pages
WebEspanol
A Compendium of Online Resources
Spanish @ LearningLanguages.net–BrowseResources.php?ParentId=181
You can also try browsing through Spanish Internet radio sites. Here’s a podcasting site for Spanish-learners that I found - downloads free at
And, of course, there’s nothing like a good ol’ Berlitz language class to get you going.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hello!
I can recommend you a book called Spanish in 1500 Words vocabulary builder. You will have to make some memorization (it’s absolutely necesary to learn a language), but it’s the most efective way to build an effective Spanish vocabulary with minimum effort.
They have analyzed hundreds of texts and thousands of hours of conversation and the conclusion was awesome: 90% of day-to-day Spanish uses only 1500 words. This book has them all and it’s specifically designed for english speakers studying spanish.
You can find more information here:
Good luck!
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
My college uses a software called TeLL me More, by Auralog. It covers not only the basics, but also intermediate or advanced level. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me. It has a lot of different activities: picture/word association, videos, dialogues,…, includes also grammar and conjugation. It has also more content than any other language software. Their speech recognition is great so you can have a dialogue with the computer. You can check out their website at for a free demo and compare too. You can check out independent reviews at
The best way to learn a language would be through immersion, visiting these countries. Learning a language will require some time. In addition to software, you can have books which are useful as well. Audio CDs like Pimsleur for instance might help you out but you cannot get any feedback on your pronunciation so I did not like it so much.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Try this website:
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