I was checking out some news today and found something interesting at spanish.about.com. According to their site,

“If you’re looking to work on your Spanish as you follow this year’s Olympic Games from Beijing, there may be no better place to do it than the Web site of the Spanish television network RTVE. You’ll find all the updates you could hope for, as well as a wide assortment of video clips and live coverage (look for the “en directo” labels).”

This is just another way to try and practice your Spanish. Watching the olympics or any other event or show in television is a great exercize. Try it out. Learn Spanish while having a great time.

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One of the most effective ways of learning Spanish is to practice with a native Spanish speaker, however that may be harder to do depending on where you live. Here are a few ideas for supplementing your learning with computer programs such as Rocket Spanish or Learning Spanish Like Crazy.

One place to look is to try and find a community outreach program or church who are trying to teach English to Spanish speaking immigrants. Volunteer to help them. While you are helping them with their English, they will be helping you with your Spanish. Depending on the English level of the person you are helping, you may have to explain certain concepts in Spanish in order for them to understand. When you are placed in a situation where communication is a priority and you have no choice, you naturally develop your communication skills.

For me living in Mexico, especially when I first arrived, I remember going to the market and buying food, and having to speak to everyone in order to accomplish my task. The Spanish I was speaking soon improved, and I was able to be understood.

Remember that if you don’t practice what you are learning, you will not improve and you will be throwing money away.

Here is a method that you can use to help your Spanish grammar and especially your Spanish pronunciation by trying to learn Spanish with imitation.  Listening to what is going on is a very important thing. From day one of your language journey, try and listen to native Spanish speakers. Try and get the sound, inflection and pronunciation in your ear and imitate it when you speak.

It is very important not to wait too long to do this. The sooner you work on your accent the better. We have all heard non native speakers speaking English and have seen how awful their accents can sometimes be. You can avoid this. Along with speaking with native Spanish speakers, you can also listen to music in Spanish, watch dvd’s in Spanish and even use the microphone and your computer to record yourself.

Al of these techniques will help you develop a better sounding accent.

There are 2 spanish learning programs which can help a great deal with this. On is called Rocket Spanish, which is a completely audio based system, and Learning Spanish Like Crazy. Both are very good and inexpensive options for learning Spanish.

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