Anyone know a good teacher for advanced spanish?

[billznik]

Looking for a private spanish teacher for advanced conversational classes, anybody have any recommendations? Thanks!

 

[wolfie_cr]

Honestly once you reach a certain level in any language (in my opinion that is probably completely and utterly useless in this subject) ........all you can do is try to

a) watch tv
b) practice conversations with locals
c) read newspapers and books
d) listen to music

a is not that hard if you can get subtitles (but of course movies in Spanish with subtitles in Spanish are probably not that easy to find)

b 'sort of' easy

c >> easy

d >> easy , find music and find the lyrics online and get used to the gazillion accents

once you get to understand the news and soap operas I would give you an 'A' LOL

 

[billznik]

My spanish is very good, but most of my tico friends/girls I meet speak great english, so it's easy to get lazy. I'm looking for a conversation partner or teacher which forces me to practice a few times a week.

 

[NES]

Honestly once you reach a certain level in any language (in my opinion that is probably completely and utterly useless in this subject) ........all you can do is try to

a) watch tv
b) practice conversations with locals
c) read newspapers and books
d) listen to music

a is not that hard if you can get subtitles (but of course movies in Spanish with subtitles in Spanish are probably not that easy to find)

b 'sort of' easy

c >> easy

d >> easy , find music and find the lyrics online and get used to the gazillion accents

once you get to understand the news and soap operas I would give you an 'A' LOL

You make some good points but still there are some barriers that you might need a teacher for. Personally I have been struggling a lot with the "le" and "lo" and nobody seems to know why you use which and when but have no problems recognizing which goes where when I fuck it up.

 

[baldswine]

Honestly once you reach a certain level in any language (in my opinion that is probably completely and utterly useless in this subject) ........all you can do is try to

a) watch tv
b) practice conversations with locals
c) read newspapers and books
d) listen to music

a is not that hard if you can get subtitles (but of course movies in Spanish with subtitles in Spanish are probably not that easy to find)

b 'sort of' easy

c >> easy

d >> easy , find music and find the lyrics online and get used to the gazillion accents

once you get to understand the news and soap operas I would give you an 'A' LOL

YOU ARE VERY RIGHT SIR!:cripwalk)

 

[wolfie_cr]

You make some good points but still there are some barriers that you might need a teacher for. Personally I have been struggling a lot with the "le" and "lo" and nobody seems to know why you use which and when but have no problems recognizing which goes where when I fuck it up.

count me as one of those that can't explain why it is 'this' way...the grammar required to explain it has been LONG forgotten, I would say 'screw it' its more important to get the message across than put proper grammar into it, just learn as many words as possible. Personally I always had problems with the 'tildes'/accentuation marks (whatever they are called in English)

Not to underestimate you or anyone but I think its much more likely that a Spanish speaking person can master English than the opposite case.

 

[NES]

FYI I plan on being 100% fluent by 2005

 

[NES]

Well thats what I used to say anyways, still fucked on the Le's and Lo's though

 

[NES]

count me as one of those that can't explain why it is 'this' way...the grammar required to explain it has been LONG forgotten, I would say 'screw it' its more important to get the message across than put proper grammar into it, just learn as many words as possible. Personally I always had problems with the 'tildes'/accentuation marks (whatever they are called in English)

Not to underestimate you or anyone but I think its much more likely that a Spanish speaking person can master English than the opposite case.

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