Wouldn't it be easy if we all spoke the same language.
As you know, life's not that simple. If you are interested in learning Spanish, one of the top ten spoken languages in the world, here are some learning materials which may be helpful.
The method that I found most useful was Michel Thomas and it is great for auditory learners. All you have to do is relax, listen, speak out loud and learn. Don't relax too much (like me) as I found his voice rather soothing and he put me to sleep! It is a great approach to learning and you become a student in his class by pressing pause on the CD and repeating words or sentences. It is amazing how much you have learned by the end of CD 2. I try to listen to all of the CDs every summer just as a refresh and to reinforce things that (at my age) start to slip away.
There are three sets of CDs:
- Eight hour introductory course
- Five hour advanced course
- Two hour language builder course.
If you are a reading/writing learner then Margarita Madrigal's book may be right up your street. It is called "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach".
The preface starts with "At this moment you know several thousand Spanish words even if you have never seen or heard a Spanish word before". She builds on words that you already know from the English language and develops your learning from this viewpoint.
There are also lots of applications available to play with now and again, like Cat Spanish and Duolingo.
I hope you find one of these methods useful if you embark on learning Spanish and always remember the importance of language -
"Language is perhaps the most important function of the human body – it allows us to get sustenance as a child, it allows us to get virtually anything we want as an adult and it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, radio, music and films."
Hasta luego!
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