| Step 1: Get a Home Study Course There's
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| | subtitles and sit there with your
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| just no getting around the fact that
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| | dictionary--the KEY is to try to repeat
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| you're going to have to spend some money
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| | everything you hear the actors say! You
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| on your own education if you're really
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| | know what you're saying since you've got
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| serious about learning Spanish especially
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| | the subtitles on and if you do this
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| if you're really in a hurry and don't
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| | enough you'll start to get certain little
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| have time to sample everything out there.
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| | phrases, words, and patterns that are
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| Personally, for this purpose, I like
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| | common in daily conversation ingrained
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| Synergy Spanish (see bottom) because it's
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| | into you. Step 4: Spanish Childrens Books
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| specifically designed to get someone has
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| | These are great for teaching you basic
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| proficient in simple daily conversational
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| | Spanish reading/writing skills because
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| Spanish as quickly as possible, it can be
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| | they're specifically written for people
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| completed in a few days to a couple weeks
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| | with very limited vocabulary and language
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| (depending on how hard you want to work
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| | skills, aren't they? Except in our case
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| at it) since it's only 68 lessons that
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| | it's adults beginning to learn Spanish
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| are 10 minutes long each, it's only $49,
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| | instead of young Spanish-speaking
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| and it's almost entirely audio (it does
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| | children. They're available free down at
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| include an e-book) so you can listen to
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| | your local public library OR online at
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| it in the car. Step 2: Talk to Yourself
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| | places like: Step 5: Practice with a
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| in Spanish Carry a Spanish-English
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| | Native Speaker! This is one of the most
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| dictionary with you everywhere you go
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| | important things you need to do for your
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| (they make pocket dictionaries so there's
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| | Spanish and it's the one that people like
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| no excuse!), and whenever you're thinking
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| | to avoid like the plague--look, if you
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| or saying something to yourself ('Where's
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| | need to prepare to talk with
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| the milk at?') try to remember to figure
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| | Spanish-speaking natives, what do you
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| out how to say that same thing in Spanish
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| | think one of the best things is that you
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| ('¿Donde está la leche?')--you'll learn
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| | can do? How about actually practicing
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| probably 20 or 30 new phrases in Spanish
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| | your Spanish WITH a Spanish-speaking
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| everyday if you will just commit and do
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| | native? If you don't have any friends
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| this consistently. Step 3: Watch Those
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| | that are native Spanish speakers then
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| Telenovelas (Spanish-language soap
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| | there's lots of sites online like Friends
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| operas)! If you get cable or satellite I
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| | Abroad where you can meet someone online
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| can almost guarantee you that you get a
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| | who's from a Latin American country and
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| Spanish/Latino channel that plays these
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| | needs someone to practice their English
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| things all day long (they're VERY popular
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| | with and will be glad to help you with
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| in Latin America, much more so than our
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| | your Spanish in return.
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| soaps); you can just turn on the English
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