Laura's Tutoring Blog

Deciding to learn Spanish is one of the best decisions you can make if you want to travel and see the world. More than 400 million people around the globe speak Spanish. After Chinese, English and Spanish are tied as the two most frequently spoken languages worldwide. Spanish is now the third most-used language on the Internet. In Europe, Spanish is the most popular foreign language after English. People who speak both Spanish and English can communicate with people from all around the globe, no matter where they find themselves.

Don't get to bogged down with grammar or you will quickly learn to dislike the language. Remember to read a poem, listen to the words of a song, of watch your favorite telenovella. Of course you need to learn grammar rules, but make them a minimal part of your lesson plan. Make the majority listening, repeating, and feeling a part of the language and culture. I like to keep grammar at about a fourth of the lesson. Here is a short story for you. I have not included the accent marks for right now for the sake of typing. But read and remember that Spanish is a phonetic language. Once you...