Study Spanish Online If You Want to Improve Your Spanish By Rosana Hart LearnSpanishRapidly.com
Vivian has already studied some Spanish and practiced it on vacations in Puerto Vallarta. She wants to improve her Spanish before her next vacation. George just graduated from college with two years of Spanish on his transcript. He is job‐hunting but in today's economy he doesn't know how soon he will find a job. He wants to keep working on his Spanish while he has the time, but he doesn't want to spend any money. I moved to Mexico a few years ago and needed to improve my intermediate‐level comprehension of the spoken language. What is your level of Spanish like? If it is anything like Vivian's George's, or mine, you may be uncertain how to continue learning Spanish from here. There are well‐known audio courses, such as Pimsleur Spanish and Rocket Spanish, and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Study Spanish Online If You Want to Improve Your Spanish
there are the multi‐media computer courses such as Rosetta Stone Spanish and Fluenz Spanish. There may be continuing education courses at a college or university near you. But once you get beyond being a beginner, it can be confusing to know what to do next. You don't want to waste your time, but you don't want to tackle something that is way over your head either. Possibly one of those courses would be appropriate, though inevitably you would be reviewing some basics that you already knew (not a bad thing) or feeling a bit out of your depth at times (also not too bad). Local continuing education courses are not that great for the intermediate Spanish learner. Besides the scheduling challenges and the time wasted in transportation, they too are unlikely to exactly suit your level of Spanish proficiency. This is because you will be at a different level than the other students ‐‐ better at some things, worse at others ‐‐ and so the class time itself will only sometimes teach you what you want to learn. Also, listening to other students make mistakes is not a good way to train your ear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Study Spanish Online If You Want to Improve Your Spanish
So what should you do? If you already know some Spanish and want to learn more, study Spanish online. There are several advantages to this: • All you need is a computer with online access... or the use of one. • You can suit your own schedule. • It's either free or inexpensive. • You can pick and choose from many websites. In fact, there are so many websites that it can be rather time‐ consuming to discover the best way to study Spanish online. Not only are there so many websites, but many of them are aimed at teaching you the grammar more than getting you at home in conversation. The best ones present you with interesting short lessons and allow you to try out several until you find your right level. The lessons should include some vocabulary and grammar, but not a painful amount. If you just do a lesson, though, you won't remember much a day or two later. Research shows that we all quickly forget
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things unless we go over them again. That's where my "secret weapon" comes in. I have found computer flashcard programs to be just the ticket for putting more Spanish into long‐term memory. Like the online Spanish courses, some of these flashcard programs are free, and some cost a little. I review several in my blog at LearnSpanishRapidly.com/blog/ and once you develop the habit of running the program most days, your Spanish will steadily improve. Homemade flashcards made on paper can be used as well. There's no reason you should be frustrated if you don't know where to study Spanish online. Visit my website to get the information you need to find the most effective ways to learn Spanish on the internet. I blog about the websites I recommend if you want to study Spanish online free. Join the many people who have already been helped, and do take a look at the website now. – Rosana Hart
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