what are the steps in learning Spanish?
Okay, I really want to learn Spanish. But I don't know where to start at. I tried out a lot of website but, I still don't know where to go at ,and I'm ever confused. I feel like given up it's so frustrating......can you pls.....help me?
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The bad news is it's difficult; the good news is that anyone can do it. Evolution "designed" our brains with the capacity to learn language. You can do it.
I speak from experience. A few years ago I set out to learn Spanish. I picked up a grammar book and started in. The present tense, the irregular verbs, the numbers, how to tell time, etc. I had studied Spanish in high school and college, but that was years ago; nevertheless, I wasn't starting from scratch, yet I started all over from the beginning.
I studied and studied and studied and just about gave up out of frustration. Besides 100% grammar can be exhausting. So I decided to force myself to read 1 hour per day. I found a great tool for this: Thinkspanish magazine. You can get it online. It has articles about Spanish figures, events, history, culture, etc, and it gives you translated vocabulary lists to help you get through the articles. That helped a lot. It seemed that the more I learned the faster I learned. Rather than feeling so frustrated I felt that my rate of learning was speeding up almost exponentially.
Then traveling. I go to Argentina often and in fact am there right now. Hearing it all around quickens your learning a lot.
And, I cannot miss mentioning that this site, SpanishDict is quite a useful tool.
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1.First of all , please Relax 
We are all here to help you, we can feel for you, right now because many of us have been where you are at some time in our journey of learning.
It is very important to enjoy the learning experience! Learning a new skill especially a foreign language should be fun!!!
2 You can start by watching the short, free videos that Paralee created to help you learn Spanish. They are graduated from simple/very easy beginners stage 1. to more advanced videos: 4
3 It would probably be wise to start with watching no more than 1 each time and focus on understanding what you have just learnt before moving onto the second one. You can watch one a week, or if you are feeling especially adventurous 1 a day. ,,,but take them at your own pace it's not a race...or a competition!
4 There isn't a set programme of steps that we all need to follow to learn a language,,,but the more you practise the more confident and competent you will become and the faster you will learn...success breeds success!
You can always ask for help again, if you get stuck
This is actually a very good question. I interact with beginners all the time, and many of them have the same question as you, "where do I start?".
Here's a cut & paste of an email I sent to someone. It may be helpful to you.
These are all good podcast sites, with each site offering a slightly different approach learning and content.
Learn Spanish - Spanish Obsessed
Learn Spanish with The Independent (Cactus Language Learning)
Spanishpod101 This site is a pay site, but they do offer about 3 free lessons a week. Make sure you visit them weekly whether you purchase their services or not.
This site will also probably be the most useful in terms of teaching you Spanish for everyday situations.
Spanish Audio courses:
These are all great courses and each one offers a different method of instruction then the others. I actually used them all.
Learning Spanish Like Crazy Level 1
I also want to point out a few links that you may find helpful as you figure out what the best method for you is to learn Spanish.
I want to learn Spanish. Now what?
Spanish phrases every beginner should know
