I transferred to a new school and I no experience with Spanish before. So now I am forced to take Spanish, but I am failing due to the fact that all my other classmates are on a much higher level, and I can't even count up to twenty yet! So during the summer I am trying to learn as much as I can about this language before the school year starts. If anyone could recommend any books, web sites, etc. (with out paying a lot of money) it would be a life saver.
None of that will do. Go someplace where people speak Spanish and begin to talk with them

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become friends with someone who is fluent and ask them to talk to you in spanish all the time and to help you when you are wrong in things
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The best way to learn a language is to just start speaking it. Meet spanish speaking people and start talking with them. Listen to their conversations. Watching spanish speaking tv is also very helpful. If it's available watch english speaking tv with spanish subtitles, that way you will associate the words.
Good Luck!
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You should listen Spanish music, see Spanish films and speak and write with Spanish people. It's easy.
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agree with what others are saying….your best bet is to become friends with someone who knows more spanish then you and just practice with them.
you could buy books but if you dont know much spanish, they wont help you too much. you need a tutor who will be able to tell you when youre pronouncing things wrong and who will be able to help you learn the correct way of saying things.
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Hang out with people who speak spanish and know english and ask them to talk to you in spanish and if you don't understand a word ask them what it means. Thats how i'm learning my fourth language right now because my friend at school knows french.
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Go to mexico and fend for yourself the way the residents do….When you're first to live in survival mode, you'll learn anything really quick.
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None of that will do. Go someplace where people speak Spanish and begin to talk with them
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