| Why this question is ever asked is beyond my | | | | to speak Spanish first is because the need to |
| comprehension. It goes without question that it is | | | | communicate quickly far outweighs the need to |
| far better to be able to communicate verbally | | | | communicate perfectly and in the case of |
| than spend your time passing slips of paper and | | | | Americans, who now share their country with the |
| using the written word, especially when Spanish is | | | | fifth largest population of Spanish speakers in the |
| concerned. OK, so maybe I'm going to the | | | | world, it has never been more important than it is |
| extremes of interpretation but I'm just trying to | | | | now, to be able to communicate quickly. |
| put a point over. | | | | Learning Spanish without worrying about verb |
| Language purists and scholars demand that | | | | conjugations and other grammatical gotchas is a |
| languages are spoken and learned correctly, and | | | | far easier and much more natural way to learn |
| quite rightly so, that is their calling in life but, for | | | | the Spanish language. Eventually, the student will |
| the normal Joe, who needs to be able to fill his | | | | need to learn how to read and write Spanish and |
| car with gas at a Spanish speaking service station | | | | also learn the finer aspects of Spanish grammar, |
| or is desperate to find a mens’ room in a | | | | but these will all be skills that will be made a whole |
| Mexican bar he's never been in before, the | | | | lot easier because of being able to understand and |
| requirement for perfect grammar tends to hold | | | | communicate in the spoken word. |
| little relevancy. | | | | The easiest and most cost effective way to learn |
| So the answer to the question isn't necessarily | | | | conversational Spanish is to purchase an online |
| that it is more important to learn to speak | | | | interactive Spanish course, however if you have |
| Spanish first, but that it is the most logical way to | | | | the funds and the spare time an intensive |
| learn Spanish because it is both quicker and more | | | | immersion course will get you fluent in no time at |
| efficient. | | | | all. |
| The reason why is important for people to learn | | | | |