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Anonymous
I'm going to be traveling around Latin and South America in a few months. My Spanish is pretty much non existent and I've been trying to prepare myself as much as I can before I leave. My goal is to be able to speak conversational Spanish so I can at least get my ideas across.

I've tried programs like "The Rosetta Stone" but found it to be boring as hell:

Pero. Pero. Pero. *click*

I heard that Super Memo is good for learning languages. I was thinking about just inputting Spanish vocabulary and trying to memorize as much as I can.

But anyways, what's are some good ways to learn conversational Spanish. I'm focusing on grammar and vocabulary.
>> Anonymous
See if a local group on Craig's List gets together to practice. Hang out with them.
>> Anonymous
TEACH ME JAPANESE AND I'LL TEACH YOU SPANISH
>> Anonymous
Get DVDs of your favorite shows with multilanguage options.
Watch shows sometimes with subtitles, sometimes with english subtitles and foreign dialog.
Learn to say bite my shiny metal ass in Spanish.
Profit.
>> Anonymous
good luck... Spanish is a hard language to learn, there are so many verb tenses and ways to use the words, Im a spanish born speaker and i still find it hard to speak spanish correctly.
>> ?
>>82496
Super Memo/Mnemosyne are great programs for learning vocab. I've been using it to help me learn some kanji and Japanese vocab.

As for grammar conjugation, 501 Spanish Verbs is a good book to look at. See if there's a library you can check it out from.
>> ?
>>82496
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/02/04/8-free-online-resources-for-learning-a-new-language/

Has links to several useful resources to learn a language.
>> Anonymous
>>82520

>correctly

I don't think they expect anyone to speak perfect spanish, just the kind that anyone understands.
>> Anonymous
>>82520
thats cause you're fucking retarded
>> Anonymous
try livemocha.com

it's like rosetta stone but there's a lot more too it. you can just do writing programs, speech programs, or talk to people from the country that you are trying to learn their language.
>> Anonymous
There are links to some good audio spanish lessons (in mp3) on 99chans /speak/. They're in the sticky at the top. But 99 seems to be down atm. ;_;
>> Anonymous
I have heard that this is a good way to get the basics:

http://www.get-by-in-spanish.com/spanishcourse.html