Hello from Kansas

Hello from Kansas
 

Hello, My name is Roy.

It is my intention to learn Spanish. I had a year of it in High School eons ago, and retained none of it. The rest of the developed world, (and many of the other areas) require their students to learn a second language, and I feel inadequate. I am definitely starting from scratch and welcome any suggestions to help get me going.

Thank you

Welcome to the forums, Roy!

There are several ways to start learning, depending on whether you want to (a) learn on your own at home, (b) take a class offered by someone locally, or (c) hire a private tutor.

You might start by visiting both your local library and your local bookstore to see what they have for self-teaching materials for Spanish. If your local bookstore doesn't have much, you can search on Amazon or look for foreign-language bookstores, especially bookstores that have an on-line presence such as Shoenhof's.

Other forum members can tell you which beginner's self-teaching methods they think are good: I never used them, as I took classes in high school and college, and the only self-teaching materials for Spanish that I've ever used were geared to advanced learners.