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You could take some CE (continuing education) courses at a local community college.
I think this is the best answer. In my city, Leisure Learning Unlimited offers various kinds of Spanish classes: Conversational Spanish, Accelerated Spanish, Speed Spanish, Spanish in the Classroom, Spanish for Law Enforcement, Spanish for Medical Professionals, etc.
I learned Spanish by being dragged to Panama in the middle of my senior year in high school.. Once there I met some guys that had been born and raised there (US citizens) and hung out with them ... It was a form of immersion - BUT I can tell you "If you don't use it - you will lose it" applies to languages... I doubt it I could find the "casa de ****" or get a cervesa fria .. see I can't even type those
As you have discovered, the traditional method of learning a language usually involves learning all of the grammar rules and learning translations for hundreds of words. This is great if you are an academic, with the intention of eventually teaching the subject at some level.
This has always been my big objection to the way foreign languages are usually taught. Children do not learn grammar rules as such as they're learning to speak. They learn to speak their native language by imitation, trial and error, and correction. I didn't know what a past participle or misplaced modifier was until I learned English grammar in junior high, but I certainly knew how to speak, read, and understand English quite well before then.
Have you thought about find a language exchange partner? You can teach and learn at the same time? There are lots of language sites that can help you or even meet up groups, I'm using EASY LANGUAGE EXCHANGE where I've met a few good natives.
Watch Spanish Cable T.V. programs - some of them, like the travel programs, and the reality shows, have English sub-titles you can glance at while you're listening to the Spanish dialogue.
Read the Spanish translation on product instructions, and product packaging. Read the bilingual signs at Lowe's hardware.
I can highly recommend to study Spanish in Alicante. It is a very nice city on the coast. There are no dialects. I have studied in Elcano Spanish school. (Escuela de español · Spanish School ::: J. SEBASTIAN ELCANO) There are good teachers, the prices of the courses are very favorable. They also organize a lot of activities and trips and they can offer you accommodation in a shared flat or in a family.
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Plenty of good advice already, but if I may add one more use children's books in the language you wish to learn. I found this helpful.
I've heard of people learning a language with a partner that wants to learn your language.
Say I want to learn Chinese, I find a Chinese person who wants to learn English.
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Why no one mentioned this ?
