Learn To Speak Spanish With An Audio Course

How can you learn to speak Spanish using a CD or Mp3 ? As with anything, there are tips and tricks to learning a new language, some can be applied in a general sense to learning and some are specific to learning using audio material. This article will cover these issues.

The key to learning Spanish, just like any language, is that you have to commit some time to it. You need to immerse yourself in the language as much as possible until your skills levels reach a point where you can learn new things without much apparent effort.

In the case of Spanish CD or Mp3's, you have to listen to them often. Every spare moment should be devoted to getting some form of Spanish audio in. So even if you don't have the specific CD's available, try listening to music or Spanish language radio.

Many people like to listen to CD's or Mp3 in their car. You can't fault the logic in this decision as many people spend countless hours in traffic each day. This is time well spent although it is important to reach a balance between driving and participating in a Spanish audio course. Sometimes you need to give you full attention to the road or the traffic ahead so you may not be able to give your full attention to the Spanish. I would suggest you listen to Spanish audio CD's in the car after you have listened to them a few times beforehand. With this approach you will be able to drift in an out of the dialog and still follow the lesson.

Another method you can use is to listen to your Spanish audio course on your daily commute via public transport. A personal CD or Mp3 player is all you need in this situation, although most courses require you to talk out loud so it may not be appropriate on a bus or train.

You can also use the audio in the home when doing housework or whatever you are doing in the home. As you might listen to the radio, listen to the audio course. You can even play it over and over again, without paying an real attention to it and you will notice that you learn things. Your subconscious will be absorbing useful bits of information here and there. Certainly it wouldn't be a fast way to learn Spanish but you would learn.

Some people also listen to Spanish mp3 or CD's while doing exercise. Thus you could listen to the audio in the gym or even on a daily jog. Jogging could be good as you could speak out loud although it's not always easy to speak a run at the same time.

Above all, a Spanish audio allows you to multi-task but you should also give it the respect of listening to, and participating in it with your full concentration first. After that you can multi-task. 

The key is to be consistent and hear Spanish spoken everyday. Even with a little bit of instruction you will start to understand as the human brain is wired to pick up languages. So with time and exposure to the language of your choice you simply can't fail.

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