Learn Spanish

I got away from doing this and am now starting back up again. I’m trying to put myself on a regular schedule that includes writing, exercise and things like spanish and aikido. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve always rebelled against schedules, but sometimes they do help you get things done.

Rosetta Stone is helpful, but the willpower to do it as often as I should has not been there. I am still working on it though. I generally do 1/2 an hour to an hour at a time but it’s slow going.

I have purchased the Rosetta Stone Spanish program and have been working on it for a few weeks now. It’s hard to make yourself sit down and do it regularly (especially when you’ve been out of school as long as I have), but I’m working on it. At least I’m finally moving forward!

I’ve been downloading various “learn Spanish” podcasts, which I listen to at work. The one I like best is called “Coffee Break Spanish”. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in learning the language.

Apparently I was rather fluent in Spanish when I was a child, but I don’t remember it. I can remember some of the Spanish I took in middle school, but that’s not going to get me very far. I’ve bought a cd-rom to help me learn more vocabulary. I’ve also bought several books in Spanish and a Spanish/English dictionary. I’ve signed up for the Spanish language meetup group in Cincinnati. Hopefully I’ll follow through with all of this!