Japanese Resources. Russian Resources. Other Language Resources. Read time 7 mins. Comments 1. How long does it take to learn Spanish? But how long will it take you to get there? Table of Contents How strong is your motivation to learn Spanish? What resources are you planning on using and how often? How willing are you to connect with Spanish speakers? How many hours will you be dedicating to learning Spanish?
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You're in my home here so act accordingly. You adult leaners can enjoy it and succeed, but you have to be patient! Hi Patrick, thanks for posting in. Super glad you are sticking with it and kept learning. It takes a lot of work, but I definitely think adults can be just as adept to learning as kids if they set their minds to it. Thank you very much for your post. I am also an older student and was feeling frustrated today. You have inspired me! My experience is similar to yours, and it is taking me longer.
I still get English, my native language, grammar wrong often. I ran into a recent problem though — hearing loss. It became very apparent to me in my last Spanish course. I notice that newscasters speak very articulately.
I rarely have trouble understanding them. I heard a statistic that it takes seven years to become fluent in another language.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful tips! What did your weekly schedule look like as you incorporated these activities into your day-to-day life? Hola Marcos, thanks so much for checking out the article and leaving a comment.
Sounds like you are really limited on time. If you have an hour or two left I would try and get a Spanish textbook to work through or find someone to help you with your writing. Hi, thank you for posting such an informative article. Is it worth focussing on one area ie learning to speak the language first then learning to read and write? Or learn all in parallel to one another? Thanks so much for the kind words Kelly-Jo! If you have the time, I would recommend learning through all the different methods to really engage your senses and each method will build on top of the other.
However, your main focus should always be speaking and hearing as those aspects will move the needle much more quickly than the others. So listen to Spanish Podcasts and speak with a Spanish tutor in Spanish times a week first. When I practice with native Spanish speakers, they all say that I speak very well. My problem is what you said…..
Thank you again and I will begin using some of your tips today. My goal is to become fluent by the end of the year. If I remember, I will let you know. Btw, my son and I took lessons together more than 5 years ago. He is now fluent and takes online lessons with Native speakers I believe 2 to 3 times a week. He is truly committed! I must learn! Val super glad you found the article helpful.
Consistency is king so make sure to set a routine in place each week. I have tried many times to learn a language from the time I was 20 years old. I am a very slow learner in languages. So I am working on my 4th earnest attempt at learning a language at age I found that spaced repetition has by far been the best tool for me.
It has for me, worked much better than any of the other methods. It certainly is satisfying to finally get results from all of the hours and hard work.
I think any spaced repetition audio course will work. But I use Pimsleur. Este curso por audio es muy bueno. Spaced repetition is great and I had a lot of success in the past with Pimsleur. As long as you are listening to the language and speaking it you will make progress. Hi, my name is Shannon.
My sister and I really want to become relatively fluent in Spanish. Right now we made a plan that every time we see each other, we are gonna speak in Spanish only. Also, I am gonna do Rosetta Stone online and see if that helps. Do you think those two things will help me achieve my goal? Thank you, Shannon. Spanish speaking people will learn to understand Portuguese quickly, but may speak with a heavy accent.
They would take a much longer time to learn Greek, even though they can acquire good pronunciation almost immediately. The greatest advantage comes from the degree of similarity of vocabulary. Spanish and English share a lot of vocabulary. Most of the words are of common Latin origin. Acquiring new vocabulary is the most time consuming part of language learning. It simply takes a long time to get used to new words. When we begin a language, the new sounds and the new combinations of sounds, seem strange to us.
Spanish has fewer sounds than English and it can seem as if all these Spanish words resemble each other. For the brain to get used to this takes time. However, as a speaker of English you have a head start.
It also takes time for our brains to get used to the structures of a new language. We can read explanations about Spanish tenses, or the fact that the personal pronoun is often omitted, but the explanation is by no means enough. You simply need to hear and read enough Spanish to enable your brain to get used to these new structures. If you have already learned another language that shares some of these patterns with Spanish, your brain will get used to Spanish faster. Do you like the sounds of Spanish?
Do you like something about the history or the culture of countries where they speak Spanish? Do you have Spanish-speaking friends? Do you like movies or TV programs or music in Spanish? Do you have a favourite Spanish speaking singer or movie star? But people don't just learn languages in the classroom.
Very often factors outside the classroom are more influential. There are five factors that can influence how long it takes to learn a language, regardless of whether you study in a classroom or not.
Four are within your control. This is perhaps the most important consideration and does not refer to how many hours you spend in a Spanish language classroom. It means how much time do you spend listening, reading, speaking or writing in Spanish. It can be listening on your phone while walking the dog, reading, watching movies, listening to songs in Spanish or being engaged in a conversation in Spanish.
In some ways, exposure to Spanish outside the classroom can be more intense than exposure inside the classroom, unless you are lucky enough to have one-on-one instruction.
If we use the FSI numbers, if one person spends three hours a day with Spanish, the hours amounts to days, or less than six months. If another person spends one hour a day with Spanish, it will take days, or around a year and a half. If you spend less than an hour a day, it will take much longer. Similarity can apply to vocabulary, grammar or pronunciation. Portuguese is very similar to Spanish in terms of vocabulary and grammar, but somewhat different in terms of the sounds.
Greek is very similar to Spanish in terms of pronunciation, but quite different in terms of vocabulary and grammar. Spanish speaking people will learn to understand Portuguese quickly, but may speak with a heavy accent. They would take a much longer time to learn Greek, even though they can acquire good pronunciation almost immediately.
The greatest advantage comes from similarity of vocabulary.
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