Introduction

Even if the English language is considered the Esperanto of the 21st century, people expect it to be the same in the future. Spanish becomes more and more important though, together with Mandarin, the only language that is able to compete with English because the number of people studying or speaking the language is rising. Learning Spanish in Spain is a vogue. And this roman language which traces back from Vulgar Latin and which has deep European roots can pride itself on being studied by 21 million students. Spanish is considered one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn. The grammar and pronunciation are different from English but simpler and more consistent. Because English acquired almost 30 percent of its vocabulary from Latin, you’ll immediately recognize and understand many Spanish words that share the same roots. Besides the fact that you’re probably going to like the language, learning Spanish in Spain is going to improve your Spanish which gives you the possibility to apply for jobs all over the world. These are just some of the advantages of learning Spanish when it comes to finding a Job. It’s spoken by 585 million of the world population and the number doesn’t stop rising. Do you still think that learning Spanish isn’t useful? 

Here are some of the best resources to learn Spanish:

1. Pimsleur: 

Pimsleur is an audio learning program designed in a more traditional format where you have an audio prompt, a period of time to respond, and then the correct answer, rather than eavesdropping in with other students learning. There are five levels of Spanish, each consisting of 30, thirty-minute lessons. So you’ve got at least 75 hours of education over the course of nearly half a year.

2.  Radio & Podcasts:

Radio Ambulante is a Latin American Spanish podcast. High-quality journalism that will not only help you learn Spanish but also understand Latin American culture. You can listen on your commute, and you can see transcripts in Spanish or translations in English! You can also listen to radio Channels like RTV and Radio Garden.

3. Online Dictionaries:

Some of the best dictionaries are Reverso, WordReference, Linguee and Forvo. Forvo is a dictionary specifically for learning pronunciation. It has a database of several million words pronounced in over 300 languages – all recorded by native speakers. An essential resource!

4. Cervantes:

Cervantes is another Spain-based school with rigorous online testing. The testing format is beautiful and modern, though heavy on grammar, and you have to start at the first out of five levels and see how far you get. The Cervantes system has a strong reputation for quality teaching and their tests match that.

5. Multibhashi:

Multibhashi understands that there is no one way to learn a language and that different people find different things challenging, and other things simple. So Multibhashi makes personalized lessons for you so you can work on clear, specific things and make noticeable progress easily. They have speech recognition tools to help you improve your pronunciation, and they give you personal feedback on your writing.

6. Flashcards:

Flashcards are possibly the most effective way to memorize the language. They use a concept called spaced repetition – an algorithm learns how well you know each word/flashcard, then prioritizes them so that you study the things you don’t know, without wasting precious time on the things you already do.