Your own ways for learning Spanish...
What are your own ways for learning Spanish? How can I master it momentarily?
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Every method doesn't work for everybody, so just use what's best for you. I used the most (legal)cost efficient method possible. I learned the basics when I took classes in middle school. I also used things I was already paying for.... i.e. the internet. Lastly, I bought a few good books then I put in time religiously to build up grammar and vocabulary... A lot of people don't like the "chore" of learning grammar but it is the best & most efficient way to learn a language.
I learned Spanish at home, and it was the only language spoken, but when I started school in Los Angeles they did not teach it the way my family spoke, and I was not allowed to take Spanish in school so my punctuation and grammar are not correct and when I write letters they are a mess. (I did get an A+ in Italian) But I'm a hairstylist, and old cars and motorcycles are some of my hobbies, none of these subjects came up at the dinner table so I am lacking in my vocabulary and have to ask people for definitions and keep a small dictionary handy. The translators are a bit helpful, but if you spend any time in Barcelona you run into 3 different dialects with words and pronunciations that do not match the online translators. I think the country and area where you expect to speak Spanish has a lot to do with how you learn it, Southern California Spanish will get you odd blank stares in most parts of Spain. Cubans and Puerto Ricans speak so fast it's hard to keep up, Columbians speak much slower and are very easy to understand, Mexicans ask me where I'm from because of my accent, and they don't understand some of my words.
I am very practical. I started by using the "Translate" function at the top. Everyday I imagined what I would likely speak, and what someone would likely reply. Then I would translate those sentences, memorize them, and compile them in an electronic notebook for later reviews. Of course, I can understand spoken sentences quickly if they are already in my head!
There's a limit to what I talk about (four pages of my compiled notes). I have learned enough. Now I am learning more just for fun. Good luck!
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The best way to learn is to relax and realise that you will learn at your own pace, you can force things by trying to say everything in your head all day .....in spanish! For me, the best way was to use comparatives! Bueno suerte!
I take classes on line. I don't have the dedication to read a text book or learn lists of words. That's probably why I am learning so slowly.
I also read the news in Spanish and hover over the work I don't know with Google translate and if you see Segun enough times you remember it means according to.
It's depend on who are you and what do you look for. ex: you're a student and you learn Spanish so that you can pass the examinations, then the method must different from you're a businessman,who need his Spanish to serve his jobs, and he need it right away. as a man who retired, I learn by collect the new words in songs and newspapers. I have time. However, with any method, the grammar is most important: It's hard to find out a new word, you can't arrange the words, you can't understand sentences without grammar. Find a method for yourself. Good luck.
