So I have been working on my Spanish these past two weeks, and I was curious if anyone had any tips to help my journey to being bilingual.
Any tips or suggestions are appreciated.
Any tips or suggestions are appreciated.
Tips to learn a new language?
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practice your vocabulary A LOT. I have been learning a different language than Spanish but I think the same rule applies, you have got to repeat that shit until it becomes ingrained.
I found having conversations with native or people who speak another foreign language well always worked best for me.
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The only way you will ever become fluent is through immersion.
Find a job in a Spanish-speaking country. The less access you have to using English, the better.
Find a job in a Spanish-speaking country. The less access you have to using English, the better.
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Basics via duolingo ( app ) and Michel Thomas (
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Watch Spanish Soaps Operas for fucking serious. That's the best.
Read something bilingual like La Prensa:
http://issues.laprensasa.com/downloadable-issues/2016/laprensa/pdf/010316A.pdf
You now have a basic idea of words and sounds, but you need to practice more:
Find a local meetup:
The Houston Spanish Language Meetup Group
In my case, I have taken contracts for jobs in cities or clinics that I am forced to speak Spanish to my patients.
Take a Spanish language trip
This can be a formal immersion process where you do class in the AM and then are free to roam after that. Some will give you the option of a host family or a hotel. Depends on what you want to do with the trip.
Or just go somewhere. There will be English all over tourist areas but everyone will speak Spanish too. So go to Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and challenge yourself to speak only Spanish while there. 2 beers beforehand is the secret.
The great thing about Spanish is that the populations that speak it LOVE your trying and tend to be relaxed in such pursuits. Your mistakes are fun and admirable, and not embarassing. Your ability to share a beer, some food, and try goes a long way.
View: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1444133047/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687662&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1444790692&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=16DVWPBK64CMQC8198N1
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Watch Spanish Soaps Operas for fucking serious. That's the best.
Read something bilingual like La Prensa:
http://issues.laprensasa.com/downloadable-issues/2016/laprensa/pdf/010316A.pdf
You now have a basic idea of words and sounds, but you need to practice more:
Find a local meetup:
The Houston Spanish Language Meetup Group
In my case, I have taken contracts for jobs in cities or clinics that I am forced to speak Spanish to my patients.
Take a Spanish language trip
This can be a formal immersion process where you do class in the AM and then are free to roam after that. Some will give you the option of a host family or a hotel. Depends on what you want to do with the trip.
Or just go somewhere. There will be English all over tourist areas but everyone will speak Spanish too. So go to Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and challenge yourself to speak only Spanish while there. 2 beers beforehand is the secret.
The great thing about Spanish is that the populations that speak it LOVE your trying and tend to be relaxed in such pursuits. Your mistakes are fun and admirable, and not embarassing. Your ability to share a beer, some food, and try goes a long way.
Thanks guys. Really appreciate it.
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When you start, make a spanish thread and we can speak online spanglish to each other while the fluent speakers tell us how wrong we are
Haha that will be that perfect. Spanish speakers will hate us.
Same as with active shooting I go with the Mozambique method. Every single word you hear you make sure to repeat 5 times in a row, preferably in your head unless you want people to think you're a retarded parrot.
Mui buenos., este.Immerse yourself in a side piece that speaks the language.
Wow just looking at the photo is working.
learn one new language, then the next one will be easier to learn.
Yep.
When you go and do everyday stuff like go to the supermarket or whatever every item you pick up say it in Spanish.
When you're paying for your shit, think in Spanish. When you get the bus think in Spanish and so on.
Helped me learning Thai.
Buenos dias, maricones!
Yeah I can't go, but I have a friend from Mexico who I can ask any questions I have.
Once internalized instead of saying "Oh Fuck: you''ll be rocking "Jet Mae or Aye Hiia"
My native tongue is now my third language lol.
lol
Apparently I decided to smoke weed in front of a bunch of cops last night.
Ess normal