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How to learn to speak Spanish (any language) fluently.
Decide you really want to learn Spanish!
O Make a year long commitmentO Don’t give up for a year.O 12 months, including summers.
Believe you can learn Spanish!
1. Spanish is one of the easiest languages in the world do learn.
2. Every word is pronounced the same way it’s written.
3. The only easier language to learn is Esperanto. (Earliest man made language).
4. Believe you can. 5. You learned one language, you can
learn another.
Plan a trip to Spanish speaking country.
O Decide nowO Buy the ticket nowO Go to kayak.com O OCC Study abroad $5500 for four
weeks.O Study abroad by yourself $2500 for
four weeks.O Teaching English abroad +$1500 for
four weeks.
1. Make as many friends as you can who speak
Spanish!
1. Best Friends!
Practice in the car.
Make flashcards of all of your vocabulary words.
Practice them every chance you get.Try not to translate.Draw the picture of the word whenever
possible.
Read read read!
Get a tutor!
Free tutors are avialable at OCC. Tell your tutor you want conversation practice.
Volunteer!
O Corazon de vidaCorazondevida.org
O Manos internacional manosinternacional.org
Go to the OCC Swapmeet every weekend.
Break out of your scary shell!
Break out of your scary shell!
Right now, the most important words in Spanish
are:
Right now, the most important words in Spanish
are:O Repite.
Right now, the most important words in Spanish
are:O Repite.O No comprendo.
Right now, the most important words in Spanish
are:O Repite.O No comprendo.O No hablo inglés.
Other things:Watch T.V. in Spanish, everyday for at
least 15 minutes.Listen to music in Spanish.Read the newspaper in Spanish.Read children’s stories in Spanish.Go to Tijuana, Mexico, every weekend.Talk to your family, children, or pets in
Spanish, even if they don’t understand you.
Order food in Spanish at the drive through of Del Taco or Taco Bell.
OGo out for Mexican food every night of the week. Make sure to practice with the waiter.
OGo to Skype.com and find others who want to speak Spanish.
O Join a Spanish Meetup group (meetup.com)
O Join livemocha.com (highly recommended)
OGet Rosetta Stone, for Spanish.OContinue to study Spanish for at least 2
years.
Plan on speaking Spanish for the rest of your life. (It’s a life long activity. Practice everyday.)
Fluency is gained in about 1,000 hours of practice!
In this class, you’ll be getting around 72 hours of practice.You only need 928 more hours of Spansh practice.What cha gonna do!
I ’ve got good news for you!
I ’ve got good news for you!
You already speak Spanish!
There are over 1,000 words that are exactly the same in English and
Spanish. You know them already.
AdhesiónAerosolAgendaAlcoholAltarAméricaÁngelAnimalAntenaAnteriorAnticipaciónAptitudArcoAsiaBalletBarBasílicaBurritoBusinessCableCaféCafeteríaCampus
CanalCáncerCelularChileChocolateCivilClasificaciónClicClubColorComercialComuniónConclusiónConfusiónControlCoralCrisisCruelDecisiónDiarrea Dimensión
DirectorDogmaDramaEnchiladaErrorEtcéteraFactorFavorFormulaFuneralGasGeneralGlobalHorrorHospitalHotelHumorImposibleInvasiónLegalLunarMaízMango
ManualMaterialMelónMemorableMenúMetroNaturalNoNormalOpiniónOrientalOriginalPanelPanoramaPapaPapayaParisPerfumePersonalPianoPlanPizzaPopular
PrincipalPuebloRacialRadioReactorReligiónReuniónRigorRobotSafariSalsaSexualSexySierraSimpleSocialSofáSolarSoloTacoTapasTaxiTelevisión
TerminalTotalTropicalUniónVaporVideoVinoViolínVisaVisiónZoo
There are over 20,000 words that are similar to English!
They are easy to figure out and remember!
accidenteaccidentalacompañaracrobático(a)activo actividadesadmiraradultoaventuraadoptaradopciónafricanoagenteairealarmaalérgico (a)anacondaanimalanunciaraparecer
capitáncapturarcatástrofecausacelebrarcementocentrocerámicacerealceremoniachimeneachimpancécóleracírculocircularclasecostacoloniadiciembre
enormeenergíaentrarescaparespecialmenteexaminarexclamarexplosiónexóticoextradetener extraordinario(a)determinardiamantedictadordiferentecomitécomún
frutafuneralfurioso(a)galaxiagalónjardínjirafaglorioso(a)gorilagrupoguíahelicópterohipopótamohistoriahonorhospitalhotelhorahumano(a)
operaciónordinariopalaciopánicopapelparquepartepacienciapinguinoperfecto (a)perfumepermanentefotofotografíafotógrafo(a)pioneroAnd more!
microscopiomillónminiaturaminutominutosmomentomonumentomuchomúsicanaturalnecesidadnéctarnervioso(a)noticiaobedienciaobjetoobservatorioocasiónocéanooctubre
All together, you know about 25,000 words.
O Spanish is one of the easiest languages to learn for English speakers!
