How to learn Spanish - Experts' Tips

After many months of careful observation on Twitter (!) we picked out twelve experts on Spain and Spanish, asking them for their top tips on learning the language. Here's what they told us...

Lindsay Does Languages

LDLanguages

Twitter: @LDLanguages

Web: www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com

Lindsay says: Good question! Carry a small pad around one day and note down as many words in your daily life as possible - give some focus to them


Jo Rhys-Jones

Jo Rhys-Jones

Twitter: @jowinchester

Web: sites.google.com/site/talkaboutlanguages/

Jo says: Hmm I'd recommend watching TV in Spanish :-)


Family in Spain  

Twitter: @FamilyInSpain

Web: familylifeinspain.com

Lisa Sadleir of FamilyInSpain says: Have confidence in your own ability. Don't be scared to open your mouth and make mistakes. Constructing a Spanish sentence in the totally wrong tense is much more likely to make you friends than you can imagine


Speaking Latino

Speaking Latino

Twitter: @SpeakingLatino

Web: www.speakinglatino.com

SpeakingLatino says: Study every day, even if it is just 5 minutes with flashcards, Anki or Memrise. Get in the habit


Isabelle Jones

Isabelle Jones headshot

Twitter: @icpjones

Web: isabellejones.blogspot.com.es

Isabelle says: Immerse yourself in the language and the culture-music, Art, TV programmes, literature but also jokes and cooking recipes


José Picardo

José Picardo

Twitter: @josepicardoSHS

Web: www.josepicardo.com

José says: Change the little things - like setting your mobile phone language to Spanish and get into useful habits, like reading an internet article in Spanish every day


Lisa Stevens

Lisa Stevens

Twitter:@lisibo

Web: lisibo.com

Lisa says: Immerse yourself in Spanish: whether that's going to Spain or listening to lots of Spanish music or watching TV/films


Janet Lloyd  

Janet Lloyd

Twitter: @JanetLloydnet

Web: www.janetlloyd.net

Janet says: Develop understanding of sounds and phonics of the language and looking for links with own sound patterns etc


Samantha Broom

Samantha Broom

Twitter: @spanishsam

Web: languagesresources.co.uk/home/

Sam says: Immerse yourself in the language-music, DVDs, TV, magazines, newspapers etc


Debs Jenkins

Debs Jenkins

Twitter: @debsjenkins

Web: nativespain.com

Debs says: Don't "learn Spanish" - learn something interesting with Spanish people - like horse riding, scuba diving, zumba - you learn by doing ;-)


Erzsi Culshaw

Erzsi Culshaw

Twitter: @Erzsiculshaw

Web: www.zapatitoingles.blogspot.co.uk

Erzsi says: My tip: learn it every day, and not just a few times a week, space it out!


Nieves Sadullah

Nieves Sadullah

Twitter: @Nieves_Sadullah

Nieves says: Get to grips with phonics, especially the vowel sounds, to help your pronunciation when reading words 


Our thanks to the twelve experts who participated. We conclude that immersion is the key. Read the tips again and you'll see that they are all pointing towards ways in which you can immerse yourself in Spanish.

See you next time,

Jim

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