Can someone please tell me, what are a few very good sites for an 9-11 year old to learn spanish?
My little sister wants to learn spanish terribly. I told her i’d find some site for her to learn. She’s 11 years old
Spanish is better taught in a classroom than on the Internet. It’s a very complicated language and there’s a lot to cover. They should begin to teach spanish when they are in 8th grade or so. For now I would suggest she learn the words first and then wait until she learns it in school.
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I’m planning to travel abroad to learn Spanish for 4 weeks and I’m not exactly the most feminine chick around, so I want to make sure that my gayness isn’t going to make me a target. I just want to make sure I’m safe in my travels.
Neither.
Nicaragua is very unsafe to visit. Guatemala is also going through a lot of street crimes as gangs are now a common sight. For some time there were many women being beheaded by some wacko in the capital.
I would go to Costa Rica, Panama, or Colombia. Costa Rican Spanish is very good and Colombian Spanish is one of the most purest forms still left (especially in Bogota). I am not Colombian, but those would be my three choices in the Central America/northern South America region.
Ok, so I really want to learn spanish while im still young (12, yes its way easier then when your older.) So anyway, what is the best way to learn the language?
I started learning Spanish on my own when I was 15. I wish I had started when I was 12! I grew up in rural Kentucky with nobody to talk to in Spanish but I did not let that stop me. I am now 30 and often get mistaken for a native speaker of Spanish by people from Hispanic countries.
My recommendations:
1. Start now. This is important.
2. Be patient. Focus on learning something new in Spanish every day. At the end of a couple of months look back. You will be amazed at how far you have come in such a short time.
3. Starting now write a short paragraph in Spanish. Do the best you can. Maybe just describe the room you are in, your feelings, or whatever. Put the paper away for a month or two. Then come back to it and correct it. It will help you measure how far you have come in Spanish.
4. Listen to Spanish courses on the radio or internet. For starters, find a toddlers program. They are usually comprised of simpler stories with easier words. The speakers speak slower and exaggerate their voices. It is a bit embarrassing but you move on quickly to more advanced stories.
5. Find some Spanish-speakers. This helps immensely. Ideally, find some who do not speak English. Maybe set up some sort of trading system where you help them learn English and they help you learn Spanish.
6. Tell the negative people to stuff it! If I can do it so can you. I had dozens of people, including teachers, tell me that I was wasting my time and I would never be able to learn Spanish on my own.
7. Learn from your mistakes. It is disheartening to say something wrong in Spanish but it will happen. When it does, make a note and learn how to fix your mistake.
8. DO NOT waste your money on Rosetta Stone. They sell a mediocre product through a top-notch sales program. You can get the same information much cheaper.
9. Use any and every program that you can get your hands on. Learn from them all and compare them all.
10. Whatever other subjects you are interested in, do them in Spanish. For instance, I love history so I read historical novels in Spanish. This way I am indulging two of my passions at once.
11. Most importantly, do not get discouraged. Keep at it and you will get there. I remember being shocked that I was able to carry on basic conversations and understand an incredible amount of Spanish in just a few weeks.
12. Celebrate your achievements.
I say if Spanish speaking people are going to come over here, they should have to learn English. Not the other way around.
in school growing up, we are required to Spanish.
even in college for majors. I’m 26, and I remember looking at some majors that you would least expect that would require spanish classes.
Actually, we have no national language. You act like it is an insult to you if someone speaks spanish.
Do you think that being biligual is a negative trait?
If people don’t want to learn English, let them suffer. They will never succeed here, and they shouldn’t. Well, not unless they live in Miami or Puerto Rico (which is a US territory).
Stop taking it so personally. If you go to Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Philippines would you expect people to speak English? They are all owned by the US.
Also, why are you just attacking Spanish-speaking people? Are you prejudiced?
If you don’t want to learn another language, you don’t have to. Just fail the class. Do you feel the same about math, history, home ec, or phys ed. Just do your best. It is very respectable to speak other languages.
For some people, it is not required that they speak English to contribute to the USA. Its not as if you get off the boat from Chile and then suddenly English flows from your mouth like a Shakespearian King.
I need to learn Spanish by October. I am going to live in Peru for eight weeks then and although I am assured that I’ll learn quickly when I’m there, I really would like to learn as much Spanish before then.
What is the best way to achive this. I currently Don’t speak a word and have been studying French for the last year. I was considering a SPanish speaking course in Spain during my summer holidays. But until then does anyone have any ideas on how best to start, and start quickly.
Oh, I’m currently in med school and time is limited too, not happy unless I have a challenge lol.
There is a fantastic product called ‘get into Spanish’. Its by the BBC and it enables you to learn Spanish really quickly. There is a book, audio CD and CD-ROM. I highly recommend it. Go to the BBC shop online depending on which country you are in ot try EBAY.
