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heyduke11 · Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

What is the best Spanish language course that I can use at home? I have the Rossetta Stone but am not to impressed with it. Any Ideas.

MELEE · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:

I'm not much for self study myself--it's hard for me.

There are some on-line things you could try.

The BBC is good for English learners, so maybe it would be good for Spanish learners too?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/

This site looks interesting too
http://www.studyspanish.com/

This one seemed a little more gimicky
http://www.spanishprograms.com/

This one mentions Mexican Spanish specifically!
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/Spanish/

Good luck,
Best thing to do is seek out Spanish speakers in your area. Maybe at an immigrant assistance office?

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

I just found this site...it looks like it might be quite useful. It talks about how to study (on your own), and has language specific information.

http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html

I struggle with self-study myself, but I have decided that I can no longer live with the embarrassment of not clearly understanding, or speaking Spanish so....I can going to start putting a serious effort into studying.

Here�s to hoping! Surprised

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

find some people to talk to and find some people to chat with online. between those two things, you might achieve a really high level of fluency. i haven't studied except as necessary (the best way to study grammar) and i have yet to read anything serious in spanish (not a goal, just haven't made time yet). but i've talked and chatted with tons of people for hundreds of hours. it was quite a bit more fun than studying, although most teachers tend to be nerdy when it comes to grammar and i'm no exception--i really enjoy it. still, the natural immersion way worked better for me with spanish.