learn spanish fluently

I got an A! How cool!
Dead chuffed!

I’ll add it to my CV at some point.

Does anyone else feel that learning a diff language is prob one of the most satisfying things you can ever do. Of all the quals I have (granted, not that many), it beats all of them hands downn in terms of pure enjoyment opening doors and finding opportunities.

Quite exciting this. I have created a new Spanish group close to where I live through www.meetup.com. Ive been talking abuot doing something like this for a while. I’m a fairly organised chap with some spare time and why don’t I put it some good use.
This will be a group for people to get together once a month in a bar to make friends and practice the language, whatever their level!

All good ideas start small. I am willing to put in the energy to make this work. And it is yet one more reason to keep up the practice!

What a weight off my mind. I have done the exams and have a clear run this summer to enjoy the world cup and not think about studying for a few months. I shouldn’t really talk about learning Spanish as a pain, but I’m really looking forward to not having to study for an exam. Exams give you the focus, but they can also take away the ordinary pleasure that comes out of learning something new. Yin and Yang I s’pose.

Won’t get my results until September. But am very proud for getting this far. A year and a half ago, I would never have believed this was possible.

I just got my exam papers back and marked. I got an A in one and a B in the other. My oral mock exam came out as a strong B, verging on an A. So I’m very satisified with that as we are just about half way through the course.

I need to improve my writing skills though. Of all 4 skills I think I’d rate them in the following order:
Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing.

If anyone has the time to help me improve my writing skills, please get in touch (in Spanish of course!).
Many Thanks

Not sure about how it went. Its an AS Level Paper in Spanish. I have been putting off doing this for a while and perhaps its something about it being the last day of the year that gave me the motiviation to do this thing once and for all. Anyway, I think I’m scoring a ‘B’ at the moment. Which considering my exams aren’t until May/June isn’t too bad. I still need to work on my listening skills. So that’s an objective for ‘06 I guess. Anyway, will keep you updated. Have a happy new year!!

Well I started studying for an AS Level in Spanish in September 2004 and so far its going ok despite our class hours being reduced to just 1.5 hours a week.
I’m totally driven to making a success of this. I would say that I can hold more than a basic conversation now and have a grasp of around 2000 words. Not a day goes past without me learning something new. There’s something about the language and the culture that just seems to be drawing me in. I can’t explain it but it has already opened up new doors for me. Hope it continues.
:)