bonitalynn14

I fell the same way.  I am no expert on the subject of language acquisition but I have read a little bit about it and will give you my thoughts.  Please fell free to stop reading if you get bored or fell that I don’t know what I am talking about. Most people currently believe that the best way to learn a language is by listening, reading and speak it, not by studding grammar in books which is how it is done in many schools.  They also say that the best way to increase your vocabulary is of course by using the words you are trying to learn but also by hearing and seeing them in context not to study a vocabulary list from a Spanish book.  What I have been doing is getting the dialogs form the Spanishpod lessons.  I would then select the words to study from the lessons and put them on index cards so that I can easily study them during the day.  I also listen to the lesson a few times along with the lesson review.  This way I hear the words in context. I also read t <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> he dialogs so that I see them in context. I think it is good to use as many sense as possible.

There are websites that you can use to find Spanish speakers who are studding English to practices with.  Most people used Skype but some use MSN Messenger. Usually you spend half the time speaking Spanish and the other half speaking English.  I have never used them but I know people who like them very much.  Below are a few links

http://www.language-exchanges.org

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com

http://www.sharedtalk.com

 http://www.conversationexchange.com

http://www.livemocha.com

There is a thread on the subject of learning materials and methods on this blog.  Here is a link.

http://spanishpod.com/community/conversations/post/339