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Me? Un poquito. For now, that is. I’ve got 10 months to master the language. Can anyone recommend a CD course that they found particularly helpful? I should note that my brain seems to be at capacity these days so I really need something “dunce-proof”.
Gracias, mis amigos y amigas nueavas.
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WeLoveCostaRica.comI can’t recommend a course but I can offer, based on my own experience, some suggestions. First of all, no one can master a new language in ten months, so please cut yourself some slack here. Where do you live? Are you in a large city? Is there a substantial Latino community there? If so, then that would be a good place to begin. Public libraries and community centres are also great resources. Are there Spanish radio and tv programs or stations in your area? If you are needing to get the basics first, then you would want to enroll in a beginners Spanish class. The internet is a wonderful resource of information for this. And let me share with you my own experience:
Though I had three years of high school Spanish, I lost most of it over the years. I became serious about learning the language properly in 1999, when I bought a book of Spanish for beginners, and a Spanish-English dictionary. Then I enrolled in a course for Spanish for beginners. As I asked qustions about Spanish in my every day interactions with others I soon learned of a plethora of resources in my city (Vancouver). On my own I studied Spanish grammar and worked on my vocabulary. I also listened daily, if possible, to Spanish language broadcasts on the radio and became acquainted with Latinos in my community, some of whom have become good friends. I soon began to read Spanish language publications, newspapers and books.
Seven and a half years later I am now fluent in Spanish, and I feel confident about using my language skills in my daily encounters with Spanish speaking people who have little or no command of English, and I am looking forward to my upcoming trip to Costa Rica. I hope this helps. Please keep me posted about your progress. Ojala, a dentro de los poquitos meses hubiera dominado usted los elementos basicos por el castellano.
AaronGracias, Aaron. I appreciate your suggestions and I’ll let you know how my journey to fluency progresses 🙂
Si, los elementos basicos are what I’m really hoping for. I do live in a relatively big city with a large Hispanic population (Austin, TX) and do pick up the local Spanish language newspaper… I can’t say that I understand most of what I read, though. I, too, had Spanish in High School and even some in College but, alas, that was lifetimes ago!
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