Theresa Said:

I want to learn to speak Spanish Can anyone help me?

We Answered:

http://www.languageguide.org/

http://www.livemocha.com/

http://www.sharedtalk.com/index.aspx

http://www.babylon.com

Allan Said:

What is the best way learn to speak Spanish at home?

We Answered:

The best way to learn Spanish is to move to Spain and speak to the locals. If you want to learn Spanish before you move there is an amazing new method that my wife used to learn Spanish within 6 or so weeks. You can find it here http://z.pe/hdz

Antonio Said:

How do I learn to speak spanish within a month?

We Answered:

Luckily you are visiting with children so you only need to be able to communicate on a certain level. I would go to the library and check out some children's books in Spanish. Read them aloud to yourself to get used to the difference in accents. Some of the books even have English and Spanish translations.

I recommend "Buenas Noches, Luna" or "Good Night, Moon" for a start.

Anthony Said:

How can I learn to speak Spanish?

We Answered:

I understand that completely. I was unable to fit Spanish 1 into my schedule my freshmen year of high school so I resorted to learning it on my own. I'm in the 11th grade now and I was able to gain credit for Spanish 1 and 2 by learning Spanish on my own and then compromising with the teacher so that I can take the Spanish 1 & 2 exams and if I passed them she agreed to give me credit for the classes. I'm now in Spanish 3/4 Honors/AP.

RosettaStone is a great program but its fairly expensive and I wasn't willing to spend that much money. To be honest I already knew a bit of Spanish before high school but nothing structured.

I thought of it like this, how did I learn English? So I bought (or checked out from the library) books that taught elementary school students how to speak Spanish. Once I had those down I bought reading books in Spanish. At first it was "kid-books" that had simple sentences. Then I advanced to chapter books. It might sound silly but childrens' books are the best way to begin learning. You learned English this way, so use the same technique in learning English for Spanish.

I also watched Spanish channels on television. It was mainly Soap Operas but they helped a lot.
I spoke with the Hispanics at my school. To be honest Latin American Spanish and "Mexican" Spanish is a bit different.That's something I learned from talking to a Colombian, Uruguayan and an Ecuadorian then talking to a Mexican. I listened to a lot of Reggaeton (a type of music) and basically engulfed myself in the culture as much as possible.

Honestly in school you are basically memorizing phrases to get a good grade. They teach you how to give directions and basically just random things. If you truly want to learn a language you need more than simple phrases.

Good luck!

Books I used:

1. The Complete Book of Spanish (Grades 1-3 Edition) (Grades 1-3, Spanish-language Edition) by Staff of McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing

2. Kids Stuff Spanish (Bilingual Kids Series): Easy Spanish Phrases to Teach Your Kids (and Yourself) by Pirz

3. The Complete Book of Starter Spanish by School Specialty Publishing (Manufactured by)

Sites that I used in the beginning:

http://www.mansionspanish.com/cursobasic…

Angela Said:

How did you learn to speak spanish?

We Answered:

Some tips I have used for languages that work very well...

Get the lyrics for some songs, read them while listening to the song, and then get rid of the lyrics.
They have some good translated lyrics at this site:
http://www.spanishpodcastforbeginners.co…

Also try getting some podcasts that you can listen to during the day, while driving or exercising or buying groceries, immerse your brain into the language as much as you can.

Your brain is lie a sponge, you just need to let it soak long enough.