I am currently taking a Conversational Spanish course at the local community college and the teacher said that Rocket Spanish is an excellent program for learning the language. If the raise is that huge, it would be worth the investment.
Think about it - if you had to teach someone to speak English, would you know where to start or how to go about it? It's difficult without a plan. For example, I have taken Spanish classes before but they were not conversational, like the one I'm taking now. I'm finally learning how to put together sentences and learning the most useful vocabulary words to know. It's very different because of the focus.

Another tip the teacher gave which seemed to help several classmates: watch the soap operas on the Spanish channels. You can get used to hearing the words spoken and turn on the subtitles to see the words.

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Learning Spanish Online