Learn Spanish

Learning Spanish is what got this whole website going. I've spent a lot of time in Mexico the past few years, and as I brushed up my Spanish and took it to new levels, I also studied a lot about how adults learn languages.

The result was my website on how to learn Spanish fast. I don't mean to be at all hypy in saying you can learn it fast, that's a relative term of course! But there are methods that work much better than others.

I wrote a free ebook called Five Keys to Learning Spanish Rapidly, and that link takes you to the signup page. It would be helpful no matter what language you are wanting to learn.

That website is still growing at this writing, and rather than duplicate it here, I suggest you take a look at it. Here are some of the most useful pages:

One popular page compares software for learning Spanish in terms of prices and features, with my comments.

My two favorite programs are reviewed on the site:

Rocket Spanish, with its emphasis on listening. It is at its heart the sound files, with some additional material. It has  the best price in my opinion, specially if you get the downloadable version.

Fluenz Spanish, a very nicely done multi-media program that I didn't know about till I started my research.

There are also reviews of the perhaps better-known programs Rosetta Stone Spanish, Tell Me More Spanish and Pimsleur Spanish.

The blog there has grown to be larger than the site, and here are some things from there:

Here's a popular article comparing Fluenz Spanish and Rosetta Stone Spanish.

I review free programs there. This takes you to my review of some excellent material from the University of Texas at Austin to learn Spanish online free.