| I went from almost no Spanish knowledge to living | | | | real books. |
| comfortably in Latin America in about two months | | | | I started with children's books because they provide |
| using Spanish learning books. However, the Spanish | | | | very basic language, and I was able to understand |
| learning books I used are not traditional books, and | | | | almost all of it. If there was something I didn't |
| they may surprise you. | | | | understand, I simply looked it up in a dictionary or |
| A bonus: many of them are either cheap or FREE! | | | | looked for it online at a free translation tool. After |
| When many kids in the United States learn Spanish in | | | | just about a week or two of reading children's |
| high school, much of their learning comes out of | | | | books, I could get through all of them without any |
| textbooks. Now, how many students come out of | | | | extra help. |
| high school Spanish speaking much of the language? | | | | That's when I moved on to regular books. Simply |
| That's right, barely any. Traditional Spanish language | | | | read a chapter at a time and, most importantly, BE |
| learning books are only good for giving you a base in | | | | PATIENT! Translate words you don't know as you |
| Spanish, but don't provide much else. | | | | go along. I often recommend even just reading a |
| What you need to REALLY learn Spanish is to simply | | | | newspaper every day, since it will provide simpler |
| build a base in the language, and then just DIVE IN | | | | language but still be correct Spanish. |
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| The Spanish learning books I used were VERY | | | | and audio learning tools, and then move on to the |
| effective, but will surprise you. Much of my fluency in | | | | best Spanish learning books -- regular children's books, |
| Spanish came from first children's books in Spanish, | | | | newspapers, and regular books! This will make you |
| then just regular ol' books! That's right, I simply built a | | | | fluent faster than you could imagine. It worked for |
| foundation in Spanish, and then used that foundation | | | | me! |
| to immerse myself in the language simply by reading | | | | |