Can i learn spanish fluenlty for next summer?

Question

I am half british half trinidadian, however my grandfather is venezualan. Technically im latino.. woo. OK... i live in Bahrain as an expat... Bahrain is a nasty dustbowl.

During th summer of 2007 i went to spain for the first time, we got a house there and i fell in love with the country. Because of that... i took spanish for my GCSE's and have been learning for a year. This summer... well i just came back 3 days ago ( i feel like crying) I went into full immersion... met a boy who spoke english (my spanish teacher was his english teacher) and we decided to meet up... I spent the majority of my summer 1 month and 3 weeks hanging out at his house with his family and friends with no english and i have learnt SOOO MUCH.

I can understand the majority of what people say to me and can reply... when i was on the plane... flying alone you see...The person next to me was spanish and he did not belive that i had only been learning for a year... We spoke for the whole plane trip and there was never a time when it was like... HOLY MOTHER OF GOD... NEVER... or should i say NUNCA (wow im a loser)

I want to return next year fluent coz iv realised that spain is the place i want to live my life...

But do you think i can do it? In one year? And if so... in what way should i go around doing it?

Ill be taking spanish lessons in school and have extra ones out coz my dad thinks its great and is proud (that makes me happy)

I know that i WILL be a little iffy when i return... but by the summer of next year... or even by the end of the summer... you think ill be speaking like a spaniard?

Answer 1

I spend alot of time listening to radio on the net. It is one thing to read and quite another to hear it and put it together.

I still struggle because I don't have any native speakers to help me get the pronunciations down. But the radio shows, and adverts help me most. Music is quite another deal.

Here is a station I listen to:

www.salsoul.com

It is in Puerto Rico, so you will get some regional stuff in terms of dialect and names.

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Also for the Asker who gave the "Test". Is it the second one using the subjunctive?

Answer 2

I am studying Spanish with the course mentioned at the following website: http://www.learnspanish.tk Its an starter to advance course with games which makes learning easy and fun. I can really recommend it.  

Answer 3

Hi,

I have a multimedia Spanish - English social network. There are a lot of resources that you can use to learn more about the grammar and also more vocabulary such as videos and audio pod cast lessons. We also have text and voice chat. We have a number of native speakers from Spain that you could practice with. We are having a community chat session tomorrow. If I have calculated your timezone correctly, I think it will be at 11 pm where you are. Of course there are people that come on  at different hours if that's to late for you. If you want to check us out, you can find us at http://nosayudamos.ning.com/ .

Saludos,

Cherry

Answer 4

maybe not totally fluently. but you'll probably be able to have most of it down. You just have to start speaking it to yourself when you see something say the name of it in spanish it'll help you learn and memorize faster

Answer 5

try this website:

http://www.visuallinkspanish.com/index2....

Hope i helped!

Answer 6

With the grounding you already have it is unlikely that you would learn a great deal more unless you are speaking Spanish without actually knowing why you are using the constructs you are using but simply using them because that is what you have heard spoken.

e.g. If you know which one of these is grammatically correct but do not know why (or don't know which is correct) then concentrate on grammar. You'll assimilate new words easily when in Spain.

Test!(leaving out the accents)

'Alguien aqui que habla ingles?'

'Alguien aqui que hable ingles?'

NO! Strictly it's the second that is grammatically correct but not many Spaniards will get it right and will use the first. The question does not have a definite answer You have no idea if the answer will be Yes or No, as opposed to a question where you expect a particular answer. This is where Spanish as dictated by the Academy gets complicated. The subjunctive should be used!.

Answer 7

Yeah don't see why not.My son,who's Irish, now speaks fluent Spanish.Took him one year.He had two trips to Panama ,one to Cuba where he spoke all Spanish and his GF was Panamanian,Just immerse yourself in the language.Only way to do it.