to learn a foreign language?

I graduated last June with a degree in Social Work. DH and I recently moved to San Antonio. There is no rush for me to get a job right now, while we're still settling in. In fact, with everything that's going on with us right now, it's better for me to not work. However, "just for fun" sometimes I'll look at job listings online just to see what's out there. As you can probably imagine, there are a lot of jobs that require you to speak Spanish. So, since it's not essential for me to work right now, but since I do have some spare time, I was thinking it would be a good idea for me to learn Spanish.

So... what's the best way to do that? I was thinking maybe taking classes at a college that's near by. DH thinks I should use Rosetta Stone, but I know that's pretty expensive and I'm afraid that I would be real diligent with it. So what do ya'll think? :puzz

Take a class, and read all the time!! (obviously in the language you want to learn :) ) And not just language/grammar books, regular books. That helped me a ton! See if there's some sort of group in your city that you can get involved in.

Sometimes the community colleges offer intensive spanish seminars. basically a few days of constant learning about the language. above all else once you start learning it speak it every chance you get. It also depends on what type of learner you are. Some do better with learning it by speaking and hearing it, others are better at book learning it. it just depends. But when you are learning it use it all the time.

I'm taking Spanish right now in college (I'm in my second semester of beginning spanish) and just from my own experience, if you aren't around people who are speaking the language (like my professor ONLY speaks in Spanish in our class and then translates only if we all look lost and she wants us to speak only in Spanish) it's a lot harder to learn. Like I can read it and write it really well now, but speaking it? Not so great, because I'm not always having conversations in it.

I think alot of community colleges or places that offer continuing education courses probably have beginning spanish, that would probably be a good place to start.

im having the exact same problem becuz im going to be moving in with DF's family in like 3 months and they live right next to mexico and usually only speak spanish so i have been trying to find the best way to learn it..i realllly want rosetta stone cuz those commercials about it really get you but it is soo expensive..btu i bought Spanish for dummies n it has a little book and three cds and i have a nintendo DS haha so i have a spanish game for that but to me it just helps me learn the basics..i dont think it would help me learn how to speak it really good so it frustrates me but thatwould help u with the basics..go to a book store and check out some cds and stuff :) DF told me it would prbly be easier for me to pick up on it since ill be living around em everyday.
but yea i wish rosetta stone was muuch cheaper but i bought some flashcards from speak in a week and spanish for dummies..and im gonna get a kind of slang spanish book since thats usually wat is spoken nemore ahaha

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