| The Spanish language is a very popular language | | | | 2. Read a lot - once you learnt the minimum |
| spoken by some 400 million people all over the | | | | basics, you start reading a lot. There is no better |
| world. This is also a language that many people | | | | way to broaden your vocabulary than reading. |
| across the globe love to learn to speak for | | | | Read anything that would hold your interest and |
| various reasons: | | | | have a dictionary handy to look up the words you |
| 1. for seeking vacancies in Spain | | | | do not understand immediately. After sometime, |
| 2. for wanting to launch their businesses in Spain | | | | you will realize that you have indeed learnt a good |
| 3. for wanting to settle down in this wonderful | | | | deal of new words and find making conversation |
| country, which has some of the most beautiful | | | | much easier. |
| and affordable real estate in the world | | | | 3. Watch Spanish movies/ TV - you need to gain |
| 4. for wanting to enjoy better the tourist spots | | | | a lot of exposure to the language both in terms |
| 5. for working in places where Spanish languages | | | | of vocabulary as well as pronunciation. Hence, the |
| in required (hospitality business) | | | | best next thing to living in Spain is watching and |
| No matter what would be your reason, you can | | | | hearing Spanish language on TV/ DVD. Try to |
| learn to speak Spanish for free. Considering the | | | | watch the news, movies, plays, advertisements, |
| fact that private classes are very expensive, this | | | | etc in Spanish so you can capture not only the |
| alternative would be welcomes by most. There | | | | pronunciation, but also the expressions and |
| are a few ways whereby you can learn Spanish | | | | connotations the words are used. |
| without having to pay anything for the lessons. | | | | 4. Record yourself while speaking - read aloud or |
| 1. Visit the country or place where Spanish is | | | | speak to yourself and record yourself while doing |
| spoken often - the best way to learn a language | | | | so. Play it back and see whether you like what |
| free is to be forced to speak the language. This is | | | | you hear. Often, you will realize that what you |
| why being exposed to such a place would | | | | thought is wonderful, actually needs a lot of work |
| fast-forward the pace of learning the language | | | | - and this is the way you could work on improving |
| because there would be no other way to | | | | your accent and style of speaking. Not only that, |
| communicate. You could combine this method | | | | you will also be able to check your progress with |
| with a wonderful family vacations and hence have | | | | time, by simply playing back the different audio |
| your cake and eat it too. You could enjoy the | | | | files you have recorded. This usually works as a |
| holiday, while you would be learning Spanish at no | | | | great motivator and encouragement factor. |
| extra cost. | | | | |