Learn To Speak Spanish Fast

If you have tried to learn a new language, likefoot until it reached a tipping point and he just
Spanish, you will know that it is often a toughstarted using the left foot all the time. He still
task that can be very frustrating at times. Youplays soccer and is now completely 'fluent' with
often feel that you are making no progressthe left foot.
despite the hours and hours of study that youSo what does this mean about learning Spanish ?
put in. The fundamental stumbling block is thatWell, the first point is motivation. You need to get
you have been conditioned over years to thinkmotivated. You have to have a good enough
unconsciously in English. That means you implicitlyreason to learn the language. If you don't, then
understand the grammar and nuances of theyou will end up using the right....I mean using English
language. This often leads to an over reliance onrather than Spanish. This doesn't mean inflict pain
your native tongue and the reluctance to buildon yourself whenever you speak English but
your foreign language knowledge from the grounddevelop goals that you can tick off when they
up because you don't know how.are achieved that serve to motivate you. Have a
If you have ever played soccer, it is similar tolong term goal, like work in Spain or date a
using your right and left feet to play the ball. MostSpanish speaking person. Have short term goals
people are right footed and they learn their skillsand reward yourself every time you reach these
with the right foot. As they get better at dribblinggoals.
or shooting they continue to use it. They scoreThe second point is to give yourself the
some great goals and have many positiveopportunity to learn the basics. There is no
experiences. Then they think that to become asubstitute for this. You have to learn the basics
more rounded player they must learn to shootbefore your knowledge will really expand. The
with the left foot. They try and it's dreadful. Theybest way to do this is through the Spanish
miss hit the ball or get tackled. They can't score aimmersion method. Immerse yourself in the
goal and get frustrated. Then without evenlanguage. Cut yourself off from English as much
thinking, they find that they are shooting with theas possible. Learn every nuance and facet of the
right foot again. They remind themselves to uselanguage and culture. Watch Spanish films, read
the left foot but in a tight game they always endSpanish books, participate in Spanish language
up using the right. This is often the problem withforums. Get Spanish pen pals. Learn about
learning a new language. So what is the answer ?Spanish, Mexican or any other Spanish language
To continue with the soccer analogy, a friend offoods. You are only limited by your imagination as
mine was getting repeated strains and injuries toto how much Spanish you want in your life. The
the ligaments of his right leg from playing soccer,ultimate is to go and live in a Spanish speaking
that his doctor advised that he give the game up.country but this is often not practical for many
Take on something less strenuous advised thepeople. When you think you are starting to forget
doctor. But he loved the game so much that heyour English then you know you are fully
didn't want to give it up. Instead he learned howimmersed (and don't worry, you won't forget
to kick and shoot with his left foot. Apart fromyour English, it's pretty much hard wired into your
the doctor's advice, he also experienced painhead).
when he used his right foot to kick the ball so theWhilst you won't learn Spanish in a week or a
more he used his left foot the less pain he had tomonth, I think these two principles are the most
deal with at the end of the game. As heuseful things to remember when you want to
continued to play he became better with the leftlearn to speak Spanish fast.