Eddie Jones
March 14, 2012, 11:08 AM
¡Hola amigos!
I am an English guy (25 years old) who currently knows very little Spanish but wants to learn Spanish because he loves the sound of the language and the process of learning foreign languages and is intrigued by certain aspects of Spanish and South American cultures. Here is my plan for learning Spanish. Any comments or advice would be appreciated, particularly about any intensive course recommendations.
So here is my plan at present:
• do the entire Pimsleur Spanish course (100 half hour lessons) this Spring+Summer and listen to lots of childrens' audio books (en español, obviamente)
• go to a lot of UK music festivals with a T-shirt on that says ¿Hablas Español? and speak it as much as possible
• listen to plenty of music by Manu Chao (other music artist suggestions please) having learned the meaning of the lyrics already
• go to Spain in September 2012 and do a several week long intensive complete-immersion style course where you refrain from speaking your native language all together 24hours. Do these exist in Spain? I am particularly looking for ones which have much greater emphasis on are speaking-listening rather than reading writing.
• hike around Spain for several months, using Couchsurfing for accomodation and to provide maximum opportunity to speak my new language
So, what do you think of plan?
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!
- Eddie
I am an English guy (25 years old) who currently knows very little Spanish but wants to learn Spanish because he loves the sound of the language and the process of learning foreign languages and is intrigued by certain aspects of Spanish and South American cultures. Here is my plan for learning Spanish. Any comments or advice would be appreciated, particularly about any intensive course recommendations.
So here is my plan at present:
• do the entire Pimsleur Spanish course (100 half hour lessons) this Spring+Summer and listen to lots of childrens' audio books (en español, obviamente)
• go to a lot of UK music festivals with a T-shirt on that says ¿Hablas Español? and speak it as much as possible
• listen to plenty of music by Manu Chao (other music artist suggestions please) having learned the meaning of the lyrics already
• go to Spain in September 2012 and do a several week long intensive complete-immersion style course where you refrain from speaking your native language all together 24hours. Do these exist in Spain? I am particularly looking for ones which have much greater emphasis on are speaking-listening rather than reading writing.
• hike around Spain for several months, using Couchsurfing for accomodation and to provide maximum opportunity to speak my new language
So, what do you think of plan?
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!
- Eddie