15 Essential Tips to Learn Spanish Faster RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EXPERTS THAT HAVE HELPED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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¿Hablas español?
Live your life through Spanish
Don't be afraid of making mistakes
Don’t study grammar
Listen a lot
Motivate yourself
Visit a Spanish-speaking country
Visualize the benefits you will get
Speak by repeating what others say
Learn Spanish cognates
Learn Spanish with an online private teacher
Find language partners
Speak slowly and clearly
Find interesting content to immerse yourself in!
Do in Spanish what you love most!
Set realistic goals
Congrats!
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¿HABLAS ESPAÑOL?
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¿DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH? Learn Spanish. It’s time to move forward If you are reading this eBook, you are surely interested in learning or improving your Spanish. Why is it important for you to learn Spanish? Do you need to learn Spanish for your job? Do you want to get paid more money? Will you live abroad? Will you travel? Do you want to make more friends? Whatever your reasons are, the really important thing is that you've decided to learn and speak Spanish. And today is the day to embark on this new adventure and take a step forward in your personal development! When one is beginning to study a language, some of the most common questions that students ask are the following: • • •
How can I learn the language easily and effortlessly? How soon will I be able to speak the language? Can I learn if I am an absolute beginner?
If you are interested in learning Spanish faster or practicing the Spanish you already know, there are certain recommendations from the experts, that have helped millions of people learn a foreign language. In this eBook, prepared by the Spanish To Move® team, you will find the 15 essential tips that will help you learn Spanish faster, easily and effortlessly, no matter if you are an absolute beginner. We hope you enjoy it and benefit greatly from it! ¡Hasta pronto! Spanish To Move®
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LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH SPANISH
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Don’t study Spanish, but live your life through Spanish and use it as a tool of communication from this day on. Learning Spanish is not just acquiring grammar and vocabulary; languages are means for communication between humans. Your objective for learning Spanish should be speaking with others!
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With languages, you are at home anywhere.” EDMUND DE WAAL
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DON'T BE AFRAID OF MAKING MISTAKES
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Dare to speak in Spanish and don't be afraid of making mistakes when you speak. Everyone makes mistakes, even in their own language. Remember: “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined .”
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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DON’T STUDY GRAMMAR
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Do not learn complicated grammatical structures, do not memorize endless lists of vocabulary, and do not test your knowledge with stressful exams. This is not the way you learned your own language. A lot of research has shown that the key to effective learning is by listening. When you listen repeatedly to the same information, you are able to learn vocabulary and grammar patterns unconsciously, just as a baby learns.
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Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.” A.J. DARKHOLME
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LISTEN A LOT
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The more you listen to Spanish, the more familiar it will become for you. You can listen to Spanish podcasts while traveling by subway, car or bus. Take advantage of every single chance you have to listen to Spanish.
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One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”
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FRANK SMITH
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MOTIVATE YOURSELF
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Say to yourself several times a day: “I'm good at learning Spanish,” “I can speak Spanish.” Words and thoughts that are repeated often sink into the subconscious mind and affect the behavior, actions and reactions of the person involved.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” MAHATMA GANDHI
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VISIT A SPANISHSPEAKING COUNTRY
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If you have the economic possibility, visit a Spanish-speaking country: you will learn more about the traditions of Spanish-speaking countries, you will learn faster, and you will get used to the different Spanish accents.
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Learning another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.”
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VISUALIZE THE BENEFITS YOU WILL GET
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Imagine you already speak Spanish, and visualize all the benefits you will get. Visualization is the most powerful weapon at your disposal to help you reach your goals faster. In addition, your subconscious mind activates the Law of Attraction, which says that you attract into your life the people and circumstances that help you achieve your goals.
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Each language you learn is another set of opportunities.” SKYLAR HARRINGTON
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SPEAK BY REPEATING WHAT OTHERS SAY
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Repeat aloud everything you hear in Spanish: this is how children learn a language and you'll get the ability to articulate and pronounce like a native speaker.
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Teaching is demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.”
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PAULO COELHO
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LEARN SPANISH COGNATES
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Cognates are similar words in different languages, for example: “chocolate”, “favor”, or “dental”. Spanish vocabulary can be quite simple if you are a native English speaker because English borrows many words from Latin (the Spanish language evolved from Latin). There are many Spanish-English cognates. By learning them, you will have an instant Spanish vocabulary of thousands of words.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.” HENRY FORD
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LEARN SPANISH WITH AN ONLINE PRIVATE TEACHER
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Having an online private teacher is one of the fastest ways to learn Spanish and has many advantages: you can learn anytime and from any place; your teacher can develop a study plan to strengthen your weaknesses; an online teacher keeps you focused and engaged in the lesson, and you can choose a tutor who best suits your liking and have the Spanish accent you want to learn.
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If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”
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FIND LANGUAGE PARTNERS
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Find native language exchange partners or create a group of friends interested in learning Spanish so you can practice with them.
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” FLORA LEWIS
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SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY
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When you start speaking Spanish, say: “¡Hola! Estoy aprendiendo español” (Hello, I'm learning Spanish). Then speak slowly and clearly; the person you are speaking with will respond in the same way. And don’t forget to smile: conversations will be easier if you break the ice with a smile.
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Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.”
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HENRY FORD
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FIND INTERESTING CONTENT TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN!
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Read texts that are interesting to you in which you don't need to use the dictionary. Don't read difficult materials; you will be disappointed if you don't understand. You can start with stories for children in Spanish. They use short and simple sentences.
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.” BUDDHA
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DO IN SPANISH WHAT YOU LOVE MOST!
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Watch movies or TV series in Spanish with subtitles, to associate sounds with written words; listen to and sing songs in Spanish; travel to places where Spanish is spoken; go to festivals about the culture of Spanish-speaking countries; chat with other students of Spanish; try dishes of Spanish-speaking countries to learn words in a fun way; listen to Spanish podcasts while exercising at the gym.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
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SET REALISTIC GOALS
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Don't expect to learn Spanish in 10 days! If you think that it’s going to be super easy, you might be disappointed. The first thing you have to do is getting the right resources for learning Spanish: an interesting course, a great teacher, etc. And then, be consistent. “He who perseveres to be, will be.” If you do so, you’ll be able to become fluent in everyday conversations within 4-6 months.
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Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO
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