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| John310 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4885 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 1 of 5 27 June 2011 at 2:17am | IP Logged |
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Hi,
It's been a goal of mine to learn another language and so I'm going to try and go for it and see how I get on. I 'learn't' German at school but didn't really get into it and memorized my way to a 'C' and forgot nearly everything soon as I left the exam room. This will be my first time teaching myself a language and i'am unsure as to what the best plan of attack is. Also, what resources i should use. Don't want to commit too much money in case I lose interest or something more important comes up. I think Spanish will be the language I choose to learn, although Italian was the other on my list. I think Spanish would be more useful and likely get more use although I probably prefer Italy as a country. So, what should my plan be in terms of % listening, grammar, Vocab etc etc and what (free, if possible) resources are available. I've heard of FSI but how do I get that downloaded onto itunes? I can only play it on the internet and can't find option to download. Thanks for any help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5533 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 5 27 June 2011 at 1:03pm | IP Logged |
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Have a look at this page. Seventh item down is a report which shows a collection of free Spanish resources on the net.
http://www.aberdeen-spanish-language-society.co.uk/files Jim 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tibbles Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5177 days ago 245 posts - 422 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean | Message 3 of 5 27 June 2011 at 8:40pm | IP Logged |
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Hi John310,
My suggestion is to read over those language learning logs here in which people are also learning Spanish. In the early posts, most people tend to list the materials and/or approaches that they are going to use. Then as they go along, they may comment on what is working or not working and make adjustments. I would give more weight to logs that are about learning Spanish, and Spanish only, because many of the people learning multiple languages simultaneously have a lot of skills under their belt already that I couldn't even hope to emulate. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| John310 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4885 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 4 of 5 27 June 2011 at 10:56pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the advice I will check it out. TY
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| AndyMeg Diglot Groupie Colombia Joined 4912 days ago 48 posts - 62 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 5 of 5 05 July 2011 at 6:45pm | IP Logged |
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I am a Spanish native speaker.
One thing I have found useful while learning a language is to connect your interests with the target language. For example I took English classes at school, and then at a language institute, but I actually did not use my English skills outside the classroom. But one day I wanted to read manga (japanese comics) but most of the japanese manga I found were only in English, so I started reading manga in English. At first it was difficult (I could not past 3 pages of shoujo manga without getting a headache), but I really liked the mangas I was reading, and I wanted to know how the stories in those mangas would continue to develop, so without noticing it, I improved a lot my English reading skills, and just a few months later I could read more than 10 chapters in a row (for shonen manga thats about 17 pages per chapter, and for shoujo it is around 30 or 40 pages per chapter). Well, thats my advice from my own experience. I hope it helps you ^_^! Edited by AndyMeg on 05 July 2011 at 6:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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