5 Tips On How To Learn Spanish
Fun fact did you know that Spanish is considered to be a “romance language”? With this in mind, it gives a person even more of a reason to want to learn this beautiful and exotic language. Keeping its place as the second most native language in the world, it is beneficial to know due to it being used in countries all over the world. So here I have 5 tips to help you throughout your Spanish journey. Buena Suerte!
1. Learn The Common Vocabulary
Learning common vocabulary would be a useful place to start. Having this ability will assist you in understanding day-to-day conversations in all communities. Putting your attention on commonly used words and phrases, can get you so far, and increase your confidence in the language along the way.
Some useful YouTube channels:
- Ten Minute Spanish
- The Language Tutor
- Hola Spanish
2. Join a community
Whether its Dora the explorer or your next-door neighbor, the best advice and feedback you could possibly get is from a fluent speaker. Joining a community where you have the opportunity to learn together with your peers, makes the journey so much more enjoyable. For example, Coworking Tulum would be a great place to start, where digital nomads from across the world are all in the same position. With each other’s assistance, before you know it, your Spanish will be as smooth as the waves in Tulum!
3. Watch media and TV shows
There is no faster and as much entertaining way as learning Spanish rather than through watching shows, documentaries etc. Many thrilling shows on Netflix or even listening to live TV if you’re in the country, will help you quickly grasp onto the phrases and slowly adapt you to the language. Listening to music is also a game changer; if you aren’t familiar with any songs searching up Spanish playlists on Spotify will do the job, and for all you know some famous Spanish classics could become your new fav tunes!
Link to a great podcast: - Charlas Hispanas
4. Make Goals for Yourself
Like everything in the life of a remote working professional, creating goals is a key approach when motivating a person. Having a goal for what you want to know and when can really assist you in striving to reach it. From there you have the chance to reward yourself once its accomplished; and then repeating the process to expand your Spanish knowledge throughout the course of months.
5. Be consistent and Practice.
Consistency is undoubtedly the most important thing. Incorporate learning Spanish into your day-to-day life by doing things like switching subtitles to Spanish in movies or exchange insights weekly with your coworking peers on what they have learnt recently. Even finding a tutor if you want this journey to be more professional. Otherwise it is all a light-hearted experience where learning it consistently and thoroughly will stick to your brain in the long run.
