Did anyone here learn Spanish as an adult and how long did it take you?

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Naturally, I know this is one of those things that is subjective and will be different for everyone, but if anyone has any experience learning a 2nd language at an advanced age how long did it take you and what method did you use? I think I might still be able to access Rosetta Stone courses and if not that, queondaspanish.com has a course for 9.95 and I keep reading about this Pimsleur Approach. Full immersion is not an option as I am in the US for now.
 
This might not count because I moved to a spanish speaking country but over there I was taking spanish class everyday and 6 months in I was already better than my father who had been living there for 2 years. I was 20 and he was 53. I lived there for 2 years and I am fully fluent in spanish now.

For you, I would recommend Rosetta Stone but if you can, take a physical class at your local High School. Speaking with others is the best way to learn. Practice speaking everywhere you go.
 
Not sure how good rosetta stone is but why don't you try Duolingo OP? It's free and with some other grammar sites i can read pretty well although it still takes me a while to understand (I guess this is hard for me cause no one around me speaks spanish)
 
Thanks, never heard of duolingo. I just clicked through some of the Rosetta Stone sample, it's not bad at all but that price is :x I need to see if I can get it free still in Skillport. I have so much time at work I am just sitting here trying not to fall asleep, would be a very productive way to kill probably 2hrs a day.
 
Took Spanish 1 in HS back in '98, failed horribly and never looked back. Since going back to school, I had to take a language last semester so I signed up for Spanish 1 and got an A. Trying to cut my losses now though and trying to avoid having to take Spanish 2 in the future.
 
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Do you guys think Hispanics would take offense if I spoke to them in Spanish on the street off tops?

Always want to practice but I could see why someone would be offended.
 
I have a friend who started learning Spanish at 22 and was amazingly fluent in 1.5 years via The immersion method. My sister is 25 and has been using Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish for a few months now and shes doing well. You have to put in the time though and practice everyday and label everything. Speak as little English as possible.
 
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Do you guys think Hispanics would take offense if I spoke to them in Spanish on the street off tops?

Always want to practice but I could see why someone would be offended.
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Some do, some don't. When I got back to the states, I noticed it was easier to speak to hispanic women(not girls) than men.
 
last summer i went to panama and it was a spanish speaking country only so barely anyone spoke english so i was forced to use google translate... my friends were mad that i didnt want to learn spanish on my vacation :lol:
 
I've been using Duolingo for Spanish and its helped with my enunciation quite a bit. I like that it makes you actually speak the words into the mic.
 
I mostly hear negative reviews about Rosetta Stone. I started to take a class two summers ago, and learned a lot, but didn't make as much progress verbally as I would have liked to since then. Mostly because my time was too invested in a lot already.

Actually living in a spanish speaking country seems to be the most acclaimed way of learning the language, which makes sense.
 
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Why did y'all learn spanish and was it worth it?

Can you get so good at spanish that you can think in spanish?
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DatZNasty said:
Naturally, I know this is one of those things that is subjective and will be different for everyone, but if anyone has any experience learning a 2nd language at an advanced age how long did it take you and what method did you use? I think I might still be able to access Rosetta Stone courses and if not that, queondaspanish.com has a course for 9.95 and I keep reading about this Pimsleur Approach. Full immersion is not an option as I am in the US for now.
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Currently on duolingo.

not a bad start, but really the best way would be to take actual physical class.

then when i get comfortable, i could practice with a few people i know to get fluent.


would be my third language. I was fortunate enough to learn my second at a young age and i can actually think in both.
 
ICE CITY FC said:
Do you guys think Hispanics would take offense if I spoke to them in Spanish on the street off tops?

Always want to practice but I could see why someone would be offended.
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Not sure. I dont speak spanish but i speak a language other than english, i dont think id be offended if the person who approached me was genuinely trying to learn the language and not trying to make a joke of it or ridicule me.Tbh i think it just depends on the individual, im sure if u spoke to someone and straight up told them u just wanted to have a convo to improve ur skills they wouldnt mind.

My pops is fluent in spanish. He lived in Spain for a minute and thats where he learned. He told me he actually learned by having conversations with an old man who lived in his apartment building. Hed run into him at the park by their crib. He was in the park one day working on stuff from a class and he ran into the old guy and he asked him.how he was etc and he ended up being a sort of tutor for my pops. Theyd just speak about any and everything. Said it helped him a lot
 
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Why did y'all learn spanish and was it worth it?
Can you get so good at spanish that you can think in spanish?:nerd:
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Yup, now that I have moved back to this spanish speaking country and use spanish more than any other language, I catch myself thinking in spanish at times.
Learning another language is always worth it bro, get on that.
 
In the process of learning now too. Using duolingo but I think an actual class would help me more.
 
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Funny this came up, after visiting Puerto Rico and having an Uber drvier who didn't speak English, I had to use the lil bit I knew to help us get where we're going along w/ Google Translate. After that I told myself I needed to learn it since I'm going back and the area where I'll be isn't as much a tourist area as San Juan
 
I took five or six years of Spanish in middle school, high school, and college, but cannot speak a lick of it today. I really want to re-learn the language but never take the initiative. I think it would be fun to be able to speak to people or at the very least be able to listen in on other people's conversations :lol:
 
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I passed AP Spanish in hs. Took at least a semester's worth from 7th grade onwards.

I learned Arabic and Pashto as an adult. 6 hours a day, 4-5 days a week for 15 months with a teaching team full of natives.

Vocab, vocab, vocab. Everything else, grammar, structure, listening, etc. is secondary imo.

Good luck.
 
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