Best way to learn common spanish?
I'm thinking of labeling items i use a lot with the Spanish word. Any other suggestions?
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Labeling items in Spanish is indeed a very good idea. You can also listen to music, as it's a very effective way to get the words to stick in your mind. I choose music that's originally in English but has it's Spanish version so I can compare the translated words.
Once you understand basic Spanish I would recommend looking at newspapers like el pais online. You obviously won’t understand whole articles, but considering the many similarities between English and Spanish, you will often understand a fair amount, and by looking up words you don’t understand, improve your vocabulary.
If your prepared to spend a few bucks, I would recommend the Pimsleur language programme. There are a lot of language programmes out there (rosetta stone, Michell Thomas etc ) but this one is not very expensive and teaches very slowly. For most people, the best way to learn is to take it slowly and improve over time. Unlike most of the other programmes, which offer to teach the language fast, Pimselur has 90 half an hour audio lessons. This way one can listen to 2 of these a day, ( comes out to about 1 and half hours a day if one listens to it properly, pausing and rewinding when you don’t understand.) Keep this up, and over time (45 days if you maintain a 2 a day habit) you will learnt a lot.
I'm supposed to mention that we strongly encourage proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, since a lot of English learners come to this site.
Labeling things is definitely a good tool. I'd also suggest taking some of the lessons offered at this site. Once you learn a little bit, reading books and newspapers in Spanish, listening to Spanish language movies (a lot of popular DVD's have a Spanish soundtrack, like the Harry Potters and Star Wars) and listening to Spanish language radio stations can help train your ear and build your vocabulary.
Good luck. It's a great language.
I definitely don't know the best ways to learn, but I'll share a couple things I do. I watch movies (in English) and put on Spanish subtitles. It's not always 100% accurate but it helps dig the words I already know into my head. I also like bi-lingual books (books with English text on one side and Spanish text on the other), and I think they help a lot. I hope this was helpful in some way and good luck on learning Spanish.
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