To speak Spanish fluently you will need to have a grasp of reading, writing, understanding and speaking the language. Many community college classes, online courses, or audio CD lessons will help you with just one or two of these four areas. In order to best learn the language you will need to [...]

A huge component of being able to speak Spanish fluently is being able to understand what someone else is expressing to you. This is half of the battle, because you will then have to formulate a response to whatever they have said and then reply with decent pronunciation, vocabulary and verb tenses. [...]

Who is interested in learning Spanish as a second language?  People in the United States are realizing the value of speaking Spanish as more and more people immigrate to the US from Spanish speaking countries.  Also, Spanish is the second most popular foreign language to study in Europe, after English.  It [...]

Everyone who is learning a new language makes mistakes.  This is the nature of the beast, and is quite normal.  Here are a few common mistakes that native English speakers can easily make when they are practicing their Spanish skills.  Of course you won’t be able to avoid these all the time, [...]

Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese and English.  It?s no wonder that many English speakers are interested in learning the language for the purposes of traveling, making new friends and business interactions.  Fortunately, for English speakers, Spanish is a language that is much easier [...]

If you have plans to travel in a Spanish speaking country, you will probably want to brush up on a few key phrases.  Traveling in an unfamiliar area definitely increases the odds that you will get lost and need to ask someone for help.  In most big cities you will probably be able to find [...]

How is your Spanish these days?  Maybe you have spent hours in Spanish classes and utilized some computer based learning.  Maybe you have developed a relationship with a native Spanish speaker in your city and have spent numerous evenings chatting in a coffee shop to work on your pronunciation.  Maybe you have listened to Spanish [...]

Many English speakers are seeing the advantages to learning Spanish.  Everyone has different reasons for wanting to learn the language.  If you are a little more on the skeptical side and don’t see a lot of benefit to putting the time and effort into studying Spanish, consider these reasons.  You may find yourself ordering a [...]

The home page of this website has a comprehensive discussion of the reasons for and advantages of learning a second language. People decide to study Spanish or another second tongue for a multitude of motives that range from recreation to business. If you have made the decision that learning to speak Spanish will be useful [...]

You took the plunge and bought a computer assisted Spanish course. Maybe you enrolled in a Spanish class at your local community college.  You are feeling great about starting on a new journey of learning Spanish.  Since you are going to be putting a good deal of time and effort into your studies, you may [...]