Tuesday, August 18, 2009

How To Learn To Speak Spanish


Spanish is a great language to learn - easy and widely used in the world and hence, knowing it would definitely be an advantage for you. The best way to learn to speak Spanish is to speak Spanish. Actually, the very effort of trying to speak Spanish would force you to look for the relevant words - and this is the way you would remember them as well.
Of course, you would need to have a structured teaching plan to study the language as well. At the same time, right from the beginning you should speak the language. As you would struggle to find the right words you would identify these words and remember these words – hence, you would advance much faster in your mastery over the language. Usually, people who are learning a new language limit themselves to the exercises that the course provides and then forget about it.

Speaking Is Learning
This course would teach you step by step grammar, vocabulary and Spanish expressions so you could be able to converse fluently in the time span of the course.
However, when you try to speak you would double the efforts in finding the right words and expressions halving the time you would need to master the language.

How Do You Use The Speaking Method
How do you use the speaking method? With whom should you speak the language as you are learning it? Find a person who knows Spanish – this could be a friend, your tutor, or Spanish friends online. You would need to identify such a person or persons who could speak (speak not chat) with you daily. While you dialogue you would be able to listen to vocalization of expressions, pick up the right accent and catch new words. At the same time, you would be forced to search for the right words to converse.
The rule should be that no English words should be used. You would also have the opportunity of learning on your feet because you would be corrected while you speak.

Speak And Write Spanish
As you learn to speak Spanish use the same friends to correspond in writing. When you feel that you have learnt just enough to verbalize your thoughts into Spanish, apply it to writing. This is another great way of upgrading your vocabulary and mastery over the language.
Apply this method and you would find that learning to speak Spanish is not as difficult as you would have thought. Have fun!

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