I have been taking local authority Spanish classes for the past year (in UK) and now they have ended for the academic year, our class is still meeting up Monday evenings as a study group taking it in turns to prepare and present revision lessons.  Trying to sort mine out for next week I came across some surprisingly good resources on youtube of all places - interactive lessons posted by native speakers etc, as well as lighter stuff (surely everyone’s seen Spanish Mike, gives us all hope for our communication skills!) 

Thanks everyone for all the other links above though I fully intend to check them out, and I am saving up for Rosetta Stone as that seems to be one of the most recommended successful systems for learning when you are not yet living/immersed in the language and culture.  Just costs a fortune when you are also saving up for a big relocation..!

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Hello everyone!

I’m a language student from Malaga. The best way to learn a language is practicing, isn’t it? Anyone here would be interested in a language exchange with people learning English? I have a group on yahoo and its main goal is gather people in one place so we all can find someone to practice the language we’re learning.
It’s a great way to learn about culture too. I’ll leave the group link here just in case someone is interested:

http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/language_exchange_malaga/

See you soon!!

Pilar

One of my friends has recommended Rosetta Stone’s online service to me. I’m not sure how useful an online language service will be, due to the lack of human interaction, but he insists it is really good. Has anyone used it in the past?

Hi Nathalie,

It’s difficult to answer your question without knowing more about your circumstances. Are you living in Spain? How long are you staying for? What level of Spanish do you need? Can you afford classes? Where in Spain are you, in Madrid? 

If you are in Madrid indefinitely then I would start off by doing an intensive Spanish course in one of the well known academies such as International House and then I would make it my mission to hang out with only Spanish people in order to practice my Spanish as much as possible. 

Good luck

Paloma