| Want to know how to learn Spanish fluently? If | | | | and it does take some time to get used to them. |
| this is the first language you are learning | | | | An example of this is, if you said to a Spanish |
| independently there are several things you | | | | person, "I'm on a roll", meaning I've got a string of |
| probably don't know, but should. | | | | good luck in English, he will think that you are |
| 1. Not All Courses Are Equal | | | | standing on some bread. To know how to learn |
| If you want to know how to learn Spanish | | | | Spanish fluently, you must take this into account. |
| fluently, you are going to have to invest in the | | | | 3. You Can't Learn By Osmosis |
| right course. Some courses are simply meant to | | | | I wish that you could on my iPod with my Spanish |
| get a beginner to an intermediate level, where it | | | | audio, go to sleep and learn Spanish, but |
| becomes necessary to take another, more | | | | unfortunately it isn't possible. Your brain needs |
| advanced course take them close to fluency. | | | | something to relate a foreign word to in order to |
| There are a couple of courses that can take you | | | | make sense of it, which you need to be awake |
| from absolute newbie to Latino linguist, but they | | | | and concentrating to give. It's a nice idea, but it |
| are far and few between. | | | | isn't how to learn Spanish fluently. |
| 2. Spanish is Not Directly Translatable | | | | 4. Here's the Secret... |
| Spanish evolved from a different origin to English, | | | | Want to know how to learn Spanish fluently? |
| and therefore there will sometimes be a word or | | | | Here it is: Keep learning some Spanish every day |
| phrase that does not have an English equivalent. | | | | until you are fluent. That's it. Sheer persistence |
| While Spanish is nowhere near as extreme in this | | | | and consistency makes up for just about |
| as, say, German, Spanish does have it's surprises, | | | | anything, except perhaps bad material. |