''does this really teach you how to speak spanish?"
I'm wondering if this site that I have joined to teach me Spanish, does it really work?
6 Answers
You'll find that the more you use it the more comfortable you will be to use it more. I just spent two weeks in Costa Rica and found my Spanish improving every day I used it. Most people (many of which knew English) appreciated my attempts at Spanish and helped me with it.
I figured it was kind of a politeness to try to use their language first. Most of the time I managed to get my point across and I learned several words a day.
So, find someone to talk to. Talk about anything.
If you go through all the lessons, you'll have a great foundation in Spanish. I think this would be just one tool, though actually quite a powerful tool. On this site you'll have access to some very sophisticated experts on Spanish, who freely share their knowledge and experience. The absolute best way to learn Spanish (besides growing up in a Spanish speaking community) is immersion, but for many people that's not available.
You really need to find someone to practice with, preferably a native speaker. Otherwise you´ll end up with a lot of vocabulary in your head but you won´t be able to get it out of your mouth, much less be understood by others. Even a few sentences a week with a coworker will help.
Sure. These lessons plus a few different courses like Michel Thomas (big fan of those), FSI, Pimsleur, Rocket...etc... and of course total immersion (just watch shows in Spanish and listen to Spanish music) and flashcards and Spanish friends to help with pronunciation and questions you might have plus this forum and the chat and you are well on the way to beginning to know Spanish.
For me, this page is very helpful. Video lessons are helping me so much to understand grammar, better than some pages where I learned before.
Like they say, this site helps a lot but the key is Practice. You don't practice, you will learn nothing, or at least not much.
