protojoe
December 12, 2015, 01:58 PM
Hi,
I'm Joe from Oklahoma in the US and I have several reasons that I'm learning Spanish.
I'm 56 and hoping to retire in a couple of years and volunteer at a really great small country school. The parents of many of the students don't speak English. The school wants to have more adults there that can communicate with these parents and even some of the students. I really want to be able to help out with that.
I also have a really sweet daughter who wants to be a speech therapist and work with children. She is getting a minor in Spanish hoping that will allow her to do pretty much the same thing that I mentioned above. I want to be in on this with her.
I've also read that learning a second language is a great way to keep your mind active in your later years and I'm all for that.
I'm a complete beginner so I'm really enjoying reading the posts here. I'm on here today because my wife has agreed to buy me a book (or something) for Christmas so I just have to pick it out.
Right now, I'm torn between "Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" by Keenan or "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish". I got to them just by reviews on Amazon but I did read a post here that like'd "Madrigal's".
Thanks for your time.
I'm Joe from Oklahoma in the US and I have several reasons that I'm learning Spanish.
I'm 56 and hoping to retire in a couple of years and volunteer at a really great small country school. The parents of many of the students don't speak English. The school wants to have more adults there that can communicate with these parents and even some of the students. I really want to be able to help out with that.
I also have a really sweet daughter who wants to be a speech therapist and work with children. She is getting a minor in Spanish hoping that will allow her to do pretty much the same thing that I mentioned above. I want to be in on this with her.
I've also read that learning a second language is a great way to keep your mind active in your later years and I'm all for that.
I'm a complete beginner so I'm really enjoying reading the posts here. I'm on here today because my wife has agreed to buy me a book (or something) for Christmas so I just have to pick it out.
Right now, I'm torn between "Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" by Keenan or "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish". I got to them just by reviews on Amazon but I did read a post here that like'd "Madrigal's".
Thanks for your time.