Spanish Program?

[TWP]

Hey guys, I have had a few years of Spanish training, both in high school and college. I even did a summer in Spain, but that was almost a decade ago. I have recently been offered an opportunity to work with some international clients, and I want to work my darnedest to get back with my conversational Spanish. My boys are 3 & 4 also, and I want to help them as well. So, with those two great reasons, what program would the GS suggest? I travel all the time with work and would like to do some CD and computer work as well. Thanks for any and all suggestions! (I will be scheduling 30-45 minutes a day of direct work)

[curtintex]

Soap operas on Telemundo. Good luck

[BBReezen]

Take a side job with a construction bunch, but prob won't be the appropriate kind you'll learn

I know that Rosetta Stone stuff was real popular at one time, not sure how well it worked.

[thegrouse]

Costco has a rosetta stone knockoff. They have a satisfaction guarantee on everything you buy and it is only 30 bucks.

[Epack]

Immersion is what worked for me. I could listen to dvds all day but actually talking in Spanish to people and trying not to sound like a fool really worked for me.

[TWP]

Yeah, I really got pretty good in Spain. However, that is not possible. :-(

[gatorgar]

San Angelo dude. Ve Para cualquier tienda, y platica con Los tarbajadores.

No es dificil aprender español. English is harder to learn

[Coahuila]

Immersion is what worked for me. I could listen to dvds all day but actually talking in Spanish to people and trying not to sound like a fool really worked for me.

Their is no substitute for immersion. But I count by tens and say the says of the week etc. in Spanish to pass the time on the deer stand.

[PROUDREDNECK]

Immersion is what worked for me. I could listen to dvds all day but actually talking in Spanish to people and trying not to sound like a fool really worked for me.

Right! you need to start listening the language in tv, dvds, music everything you can, this way you`ll get used to the accent and pronunciation that`s the way I started learning English and I believe it really worked, I may no be the greatest English speaker and I do know that I still have or make mistakes from time to time but I feel confident in my knowlegde.

don`t make it too complicated, try to learn and use simple words or useful phrases, practice among your family or even alone while riding the car etc, when you have the chance to make a real practice with an Spanish speaker do not fear you may not have the right accent or pronunciation but your first goal will be to leave back any sense of embarrasment (which at first is the main obstacle)

with practice you`ll be able to reach your goal, some English words are very similar in Spanish and when mixed they sound almost exactly like a word or phrase, do not think I`m trying to fool you...

for instance these three English words WAR, AT and CHESS have three whole different meanings BUT if you put them together WARATCHESS and you use them as a single word without any space in between they will sound like SANDALS (CHANCLAS) in Spanish

the same as these other three...FREE, HALL, and LESS put and use them together FREEHALLLESS and they will sound as BEANS! (FRIJOLES) BINGO!!! he-he-he

Again I`m not trying to fool you if you use the above words in a real situation the other party will understand what you`re trying to say..

GOOD LUCK brother and if I can be of help please do not hesitate in contacting me...

[Epack]

Right! you need to start listening the language in tv, dvds, music everything you can, this way you`ll get used to the accent and pronunciation that`s the way I started learning English and I believe it really worked, I may no be the greatest English speaker and I do know that I still have or make mistakes from time to time but I feel confident in my knowlegde.

don`t make it too complicated, try to learn and use simple words or useful phrases, practice among your family or even alone while riding the car etc, when you have the chance to make a real practice with an Spanish speaker do not fear you may not have the right accent or pronunciation but your first goal will be to leave back any sense of embarrasment (which at first is the main obstacle)

with practice you`ll be able to reach your goal, some English words are very similar in Spanish and when mixed they sound almost exactly like a word or phrase, do not think I`m trying to fool you...

for instance these three English words WAR, AT and CHESS have three whole different meanings BUT if you put them together WARATCHESS and you use them as a single word without any space in between they will sound like SANDALS (CHANCLAS) in Spanish

the same as these other three...FREE, HALL, and LESS put and use them together FREEHALLLESS and they will sound as BEANS! (FRIJOLES) BINGO!!! he-he-he

Again I`m not trying to fool you if you use the above words in a real situation the other party will understand what you`re trying to say..

GOOD LUCK brother and if I can be of help please do not hesitate in contacting me...

Yep. And the hardest part is not trying to directly translate what your wanting to say in Spanish from english. It just doesn't work lol.

Good luck!