| Learning Spanish is not about how fast you can | | | | learning enough Spanish to be able to speak |
| plough through a huge book without taking in any | | | | confidently, you can then start to learn yourself |
| of the information, nor is it how much information | | | | through social interaction and further learning. |
| you can glance over in a certain amount of time. | | | | Spanish courses actually teach their students in |
| Spanish is a language which requires you to learn | | | | this way. They give detailed step-by-step |
| in stages, excelling in each of those stages in | | | | guidance for the basic to intermediate learning |
| order to build your knowledge and ability | | | | levels which builds a solid foundation of knowledge |
| exponentially. | | | | that you can later build on. This way, you will |
| Many people set out to learn Spanish with the | | | | begin to learn Spanish in your own way, in your |
| simple aim to "become fluent". Although this is a | | | | own time meaning that when you get the "building |
| great aim, those people usually go about it in the | | | | blocks" secured, you can then accelerate your |
| totally wrong way. By this, I mean that they try | | | | learning to full-speed off your own back. |
| and learn the language in the same way they | | | | Remember that you never learn to speak Spanish |
| would read a book - from "cover to cover". | | | | fluently, you "pick it up". This means that no |
| You must understand that learning a language is | | | | matter how long you study your books or listen |
| not a "linear" process. I.E, you don't start one day | | | | to your audio lessons, you will never be able to be |
| and end another. It's an on-going process that | | | | a true fluent Spanish speaker. This is because you |
| even native speakers are still undergoing. As soon | | | | need to learn some other forms of interaction |
| as you realize this, the sooner you will see that it's | | | | and other different things in order to become a |
| far more important to learn the Spanish that you | | | | true Spanish speaker. |
| will need over the Spanish that you want. By | | | | |