Buy educational Spanish-language books or borrow from a library. Popular choices include "The Everything Learning Spanish Book" by Frank H. Zambrano, "Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish" by Joesph J. Keenan and "Fundamental Spanish" by Barbara Bregstein. To break up the monotony of drilling Spanish in your head, pick up Spanish comics, children's books or books about a subject that interests you.
Watch Spanish television and movies. Numerous immigrants learn how to speak a language by watching their new country's television programming. Shows like Sesame Street have their own Spanish version. You can learn an array of nouns and numbers by watching the show. Notorious for their melodramatic plots, Spanish-language soap operas will keep your attention and help you with your Spanish verb tenses. Even without knowing much Spanish, the actors' body language and gestures will indicate their emotion and the plot line.You can set your television to show closed captioning. Keep a dictionary handy to look up some of the words.
Listen to compact discs or cassettes in your car. Think of the hours you spend stuck in traffic. Multitask by listening to Spanish conversational audio recordings. You can get them from a library or bookstore. Improve your pronunciation by repeating phrases out loud.
Check out free tutorials online. Websites like StudySpanish.com and SpanishUnlimited.com offer tutorials that help you learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. These free resources allow you to you study Spanish at any time.
Take a Spanish class at a community college. In-state tuition is less expensive than out-of-state, and some colleges offer night classes. Nothing can truly compare to having an instructor correct your grammar and pronunciation. Also, you will be able to speak to classmates, set up study sessions and practice before approaching a fluent speaker. A tutor can be set up through the language department.