If you would like to download our report ‘How to become fluent in Spanish: crossing the bridge from learning to USING’, please click HERE.
If you’re comfortable holding a conversation in Spanish but want to push on to the next level (and if you’ve already had a look at our first report), you might enjoy ‘Advanced Fluency in Spanish: Becoming Natural’ which you can get HERE.
We hope you find these reports practical and helpful – if you do, please feel free to share them with anyone else you know who wants to improve their Spanish…:-)
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If you’d like to help other Spanish learners, just leave your tips and ideas in the comments box below. We believe that the more everyone shares, the better everyone does…:-)
I love that there are two native speakers as well, so that we can hear two different ways of speaking Spanish. Fantástico!
Terrific – glad you’re glad! Although actually, Dave is not a native speaker – he’s a career Spanish teacher who spent a lot of time in Cuba, and sounds near native – he’s a wonderful example of what a truly accomplished learner can achieve…:-)
Ah, sorry! I listened to that first lesson rather quickly, then. I was just excited and wanted to get a feel for how it sounded, so I could go out and tell everyone.
I’ll correct what I’ve said, then.
I’ve been telling people here in Houston…..I hope it catches on……….Dave sounds totally navtive…..My spanish teacher is from Chile, and here in Houston, of course, we hear mainly Mexican spanish which is lilting and beautiful reminding me of a welsh accent…..
Fantastic – thank you very much indeed, Sterling…:-)
SSIS – as an aficionada of Spanish for more than 30 years, I can only say to listen listen listen to Spanish – radio, TV, tapes, CDs, MP3 downloads – kids cartoons, whatever. even if you don’t understand them meaning gradually sinks in. There is no way to learn but by application. When I first started I shut myself in a quiet room for a minimum of 1 hr per day and just listened. I took Spanish tapes in my car cassette. Given the chance I went to Spain on holidays and at one stage attended to two different Spanish classes at two different levels, in two different towns on different evenings of the week. Just listen. when you go to Spain – listen carefully as soon as you arrive – local accents do tend to differ and it can take a day or so get your ear attuned. Try your starter sentences and people are so happy that you are trying, they will always help you. I can still learn – nowadays I pick up modern colloquisisms and street slang; I will read ANYTHING in Spanish, watch Spanish DVDs – immersion is the very best way to learn – it is not just an hour a week or whatever – get stuck in – se vale la pena – its worth it.
Thanks very much for your comments, Jan – all very worthwhile suggestions…:-)
What a fantastic course. I have recently started to study Spanish and came across this though a friend who used it with great success to improve his Welsh.
Now, I see on the website that there are ‘weekly practice’. As a new subsciber, how do I get hold to the earlier lessons and only the latest one is listed?
Thanks, Breasal.
Thank you for your very kind words – much appreciated! Your best shot for access for every part of the course is http://site.saysomethingin.com – but I’m afraid that we don’t keep old practices – they are very much meant to be use and throw away, because the more you repeat them, the less effective they get…