Learning Spanish
I´ve been asked by a number of people if I know of any free online resources for learning to speak the Spanish language.
You could have a look at any of the following websites:
BBC online language site (in particular, why not sign up for the beginners course, Spanish Steps, to learn practical spoken Spanish in 24 short steps online …..it´s FREE!)
Alternatively, why not try “Beginning Spanish 101”
which is a series of YouTube videos to help you with your pronunciation. You can click on to further videos on YouTube by searching in the right hand column after you have viewed this first one.
Do you know of any other free Spanish language resources?
Hi Marianne,
We have found this free site to be helpful. It helps show an English speaker you already have a pretty good sized Spanish vocabulary and it is easy to understand. I have not purchased the program, but I did sign up via email for communications. Each week, I receive great information that takes me a step closer.
http://www.shortcuttospanish.com/
Thanks for sharing that resource, Heidi
Much appreciated.
If you use Apple products, iTunesU has several lessons called 5 Minute Spanish. After using Berlitz CD’s for a while, I had some grammatical questions & no one to ask. The 5 Minute Spanish was VERY informative to me. Plus, there is a setting to listen to it at 1.5x speed.
OH that´s good to know – thanks for that
Thanks for the resources. I wish I had someone to practice with, but now that my granddaughter is going to take Spanish in high school, maybe she will be my practice partner, though it will have to be long distance. Yo hablo espanol, pero mi espanol es muy malo. No recuerdo muchas palabras. Mi pronunciacion es bueno. So I think it would be fun to check out those websites.
OH well done!
Yes, check them out and keep practicing
I swear by the CD course of Michel Thomas. His unique teaching style made it SOOOooo easy to pick up, and to construct real sentences within minutes. For anyone wanting to speak the language properly, they’re great. Best of all if you visit the UK or have friends there, you can order the Michel Thomas Foundation Course (Spanish) from your library, and surprisingly they are not “copy-protected” so you can return them to the library quite quickly (if you see what I mean). Apparently they are much cheaper in Canada and the US. I have CD 4 of the Advanced Course permanently in my car.
I have listened to this course, but there is something about Michel Thomas´s accent that really annoys me, so I end up being irritated by his voice rather than learn the lesson. It´s just a personal thing. I know other people swear by it.
Thanks for the reminder, Tamara, and I hope you got back to the UK safely.
I am on Livemocha too. Small world isn’t it!!!
Yes, a VERY small world!
I hope you don’t mind….I created a post about the language resources I have found over the years. here it is: http://travelswithtoby.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/learning-spanish/
I don´t mind at all – the more learning resources the better! I´ve been meaning to add in “Notes in Spanish” for a while.
Thanks