Hello- Recently Decided to Learn Spanish

[El Gato]

I recently decided to learn Spanish, I'm still at a very early stage (just a few words and phrases) and thought a forum like this would help me learn faster and better.

One of the main reasons I'm learning is to widen my employment prospects, but I've decided to come at this from a mind set that it can also be fun and might even help my amateur writing.

[Rusty]

Welcome to the forums!

Learning Spanish can be fun and it'll help you learn more about your mother tongue, so that's gotta be good for a writer.

[caliber1]

¡Bienvenido a los foros!

I haven't taken any classes for my Spanish. I've just been learning on the job and in the last year or so on this website. On the job has helped me immensely with learning my vocabulary and my comprehension, but this site is excellent for asking more detailed and specific questions. Good luck. And yes, speaking even basic Spanish can help you be more marketable in the workplace. Good luck El Gato!

[El Gato]

I took one semester of Spanish in high school but it didn't take, I wasn't as interested then as I am now so I'm hoping motivation is the key.

[Awaken]

Learning Spanish is hard for sure. It reminds me of learning guitar in a way. It's really tough going in the beginning to get to where you feel like you are decent. So that is when you have to stay motivated. Once you have a basic grasp on everything, improving it becomes more rewarding in my opinion. Good luck!

[Glen]

Welcome, and congratulations on the decision to learn and be motivated. I can only recommend trying to keep the audio component separate from the visual; both are necessary of course, but it can really slow you down having to think about how something is spelled (how it looks on paper) before processing the sound itself. The best way to avoid such a pitfall might be to spend as much time talking with native speakers as you do studying alone. As they say, Lo que en los libros no está, la vida diaria te enseñará. Best of luck!