I took Spanish in high school but I'd like to brush up on it and be able to carry on a conversation with people. Any recommendations on teachers/classes/tutors who are good at working with people who may already have a basic knowledge but aren't fluent?
Uh... por favor? Eh it was worth a shot. I guess I could just go to Mexico and burn my passport where I'll be forced to learn in order to survive.
Sure. That works, too, but you won't learn a lot of conversational methods, mannerisms, idioms, etc. You know what? I might be mistaken about the CC3. I'll check tonight. The more "proper" Spanish, to speak better with Mexicans and Latinoamericanos alike is better on Univisión and Unimás. Stay away from slang and lower-class TV like Estrella TV. TV Azteca is decent. I think I might put together a course online. Is there anywhere I can do that? EDIT: http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons
Check out www.duolingo.com, I've heard some good stuff about the website and they even offer apps for android and iOS. I've been meaning to dive into it but haven't had much time... let us know how it goes.
I'm doing this on my phone. I'm on unit one and it's pretty cool. Here's the partial conjugation for drink: Yo bebo Tu bebes Ella bebe Nosotros bebemos I can do that for 'to eat' as well. Also, watch the first season of Community. I learnt some vocabulary from there and the rap in episode 2: arana = spider muneca = doll bigote = mustache perro = dog manteca = fat cabeza = head nieve = snow Jeffe = Jeff
Not bad, srrm, but please don't forget the "ñ" and the accents. It's imperative to learn where those go.
I definitely second Duolingo, but you will never get the same benefits of learning conversational Spanish fluently without a formal class. There's only so much you can do, bookwork wise, the real hammering in comes from human conversation.
you need to spend time living in a spanish speaking place. I worked in Guadalajara Mexico where I had no choice but to speak spanish. Not many english speakers there at all
aqui yo mando cabrones. donde estan los punales para partile su madre. Ey guey no seas mamilas!. puro potosino aqui gueyes. donde esta la pinche raza? ya me canse de hablar ingles porque soy chingon. "Bailo tango masco chicle tengo viejas de monton.... TURURU!!"
actually any latino female would do...good God they get hella mad if you dont try...lol... Try getting Rosetta Stone or just youtube or google it...recently some big name universities are publishing lectures online for free...perhaps spanish lessons might also be online
