Get lost in the cheerful and sensual music of bachata, salsa, or tango, and let their rhythm move you-not only physically, but emotionally as well.
Pick up One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, and get carried away by the magic prose within. Look for Spanish-language Meetup groups in your area, and make some friends. If you can take these experiences, and make them regular aspects of your life, then you’ll have the motivation to learn Spanish and keep using it for the rest of your life. If you live at least one of these experiences-and truly enjoy yourself-you will be motivated to explore the Spanish language and culture further. Involving yourself in Hispanic cultural activities, like cooking or dance classes.Reading books originally written in Spanish.Making friends with native speakers of Spanish.Tasting some delicious Hispanic cuisine.Tasting delicious tapas while sitting outside on a warm day in Madrid, admiring the spires of the picturesque Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, dancing with a huge crowd in the streets of Malaga.Īnd to this day, all those sounds colors, faces, places and feelings remain fresh in my mind, as they have been all throughout my Spanish learning journey.įor you, before you begin worrying about platforms, methods, apps, or anything else about learning Spanish, I recommend that you seek out experiences that will help connect you emotionally to the language. My heart received that emotional jolt when I visited Spain for the first time. You need an inner, emotional push to stick with the language. Something that makes you say “from now on, I want Spanish to be part of my life.” Tip # 1: Form an Emotional Connection with the Languageįirst of all, When it comes to setting upon the long journey of learning Spanish, you need to create a deep connection with the language that will keep you interested and motivated for a long time. The following are five powerful tips that you can use to start learning Spanish today… I’ve written this article to help you begin learning Spanish in a way that is both effective, and enjoyable. And through coaching other language learners, I have helped many people learn and enjoy the Spanish language in their own unique ways. It is a fixture in my life which has led to many, many incredible experiences. I learned Spanish many years ago, and still speak it almost daily. I want to help you build your Spanish “bridge.” You want to learn Spanish, so that you can take advantage of one of the millions of opportunities it offers. Perhaps it is one of these things that has led you to this article. You can live in Spanish, love in Spanish, work in Spanish, and make friends in Spanish, practically anywhere. The language is like a bridge it help connect you to an incredibly diverse array of people, cultures, industries, and more. Spanish, like English, is one of very few languages that is useful on every continent. It’s everywhere, spoken as an official language in 21 countries, and by half a billion native and non-native speakers worldwide. I realized then how important the Spanish language has become on a global scale. “Is this the US or Mexico?” I asked myself.
The employees, patrons, the products on the shelves, even the radio rattling in the background-everything and everyone communicated in Spanish. I entered a shop, and for a second I thought I had crossed over into a different country. What I didn’t expect, though, was to find entire parts of the city where Spanish was the primary language. When I visited New York for the first time in 2015, many things were just as I had imagined: the frenetic pace, the impressive Manhattan skyline, the buzzing nightlife. (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.) “Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.”
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