So Not Wedding related

SarahB0427

But, I was wondering if you girls knew of a good way of learning spanish besides taking a class.  I had classes in high school and some in college but, I would really like to learn how to speak it and understand it well.  Any suggestions?

desi2002

i heard of this program... its a computer program it makes you learn it it a few months. I cant remember the name....

hischiquita!

I know what you're talking about, but I can't remember the name. Something Stone, I think

Kasi80

Have a friend that speaks Spanish speak to you only in Spanish AND you answer back in Spanish once you know enough.  Do you understand any of it right now?

emilypeach

rosetta stone. i want it!

MarcellaMunoz

I hear its a really good program. I need to improve my spanish skills as well. Let us know if you get it and how it works for you.

jojochanti

Rosetta stone is a couple hundred, so Jon and I got the costco equivalent, which was around $40. We bought Spanish and French, but they are still on our to-do list. We started putting the french CD in the car then decided we should do the Spanish one first.. so now we are doing neither.
 

hischiquita!

Yeah, French is a lot like Spanish just with a totally different accent. I took French all 4 years in high school and learned a lot becase I know Spanish. So you should learn Spanish first.

SarahB0427

I know some spanish...I think ill take Jojo's advice and get the equivelent from Costco...Totally cool...and Kasi-Ive heard that is the way to go but, I really dont have many friends that speak spanish..FI is mexican and so is his whole family and they do not speak once ounce of spanish

jojochanti

I know a good amount of spanish from high school and college spanish. Jon knows more french. A lot of filipino words are derived from Spanish also. Jon's family all know how to speak french.. so that's why we bought both.

Rhonie82

I like Kasi's idea. I do that at work. I don't stick to it though. Good Luck.

emilypeach

i didnt know there was a costco equivalent! i'm really excited because i've been wanting rosetta for a while now but couldnt bear spending that much! i'll have to go get it asap. FI's whole family is mexican and speaks spanish. ive gotten to where i can pick up on what theyre saying but cant ever respond.  and then being a teacher in so cal, itd be nice to communicate with parents better too

im glad this subject was brought up

Kasi80

I am hispanic..full on...yet am not fluent in Spanish.  My parents both are but they never made an effort to speak to us in Spanish when I was younger.  They spoke it enough for me to catch on to understanding but I cannot hold a conversatioin.  I can read it just fine and I when I do say the little bit I know I sound like I'm fluent but I'm not.   I wish my parents would have taught us. 

SarahB0427

That is why I think it would be good to do this with my 6 year old.  It would be nice for him to be fluent as well!