How can people become proficient in Spanish and take advantage of the growing Hispanic Market?
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first you have to learn spanish, and second look for a job opportunity where they are seeking bilingual ppl.\n\nof course knowing a second language will be an advantage on all areas of your life, you can read books on their original languages, translations are usually very lousy; you can date a latina or latino (they're known to be hot), and you can vacation on the caribbean and feel like at home :)
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I studied the basics of spanish and its a very nice, easy and intresting language.\nwherver you are contact a center called CERVANTES its a great center where you can learn spanish and you can continue your study whenever you like in any of cervantes branches in any country.  you can try their web you might find something online\ngood luck
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There are 2 solutions, short and long:\n1. Short - buy an English version and be happy\n2. Long - learn Spanish and be richer (of one more language) and happier
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Speak Spanish or have parents or grandparents who speak Spanish, Or come from a Spanish speaking country.
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Hello,\n\nYes you can. First of all you can use some free stuff from the net. You can even interact with people from your chosen country that you want to learn their language.\n\nTry Pimsleur learning program;its recorded books like conversational which is paced. Every one i know has raved about pimsleur.\n\nTry Rosetta Stone as well ...WWW.BYKI.COM, free download site for your chosen language \n\nGood luck\n\nP.S. If you want to learn for example spanish, you can also listen to their music,film and radio and not to forget reading their books not only will your speaking skills improve,but your vocabulary
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A good thing to do is a spanish academy, I started selling spanish material to my friends and teaching spanish to  a couple of kids. then I decided to start an academy. right now I have my own academy with 60 kids. just focus on spanish activities for kids, so kids can have fun and learn a second language. If you like kids, and put a lot of effort you'll get great payback.\n\nI bought the material for my academy in walmart, marshalls, borthers. and some of it in a website www.spanishmaterial.com they have great resources as well.\n\nI hope it helps.
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Study, study, study, then practice, practice, practice. Repeat as necessary! Find yourself a Spanish speaking partner and make it a rule that the two of you have to communicate in Spanish only! If you have to speak it to communicate, you will learn.
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by the look of your avatar, you don't exactly like in the middle of kansas, miss nyc chick. you couldn't be in a better place to learn spanish, yet people on the post are telling you to take classes for a language spoken by the largest growing minority...... ummmmmm...... think about that. go stand on 125th street(that's pronounced "a hun-twunnie fiff stree" for non new yorkers) and see how quickly you will learn spanish. the point is, submerge yourself with spanish on purpose. lee las periodicas, y mira las noticias en la manana mientras esta haciendo desayuno, todo!! ya kno
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If you are talking about meeting people who speak Spanish, then, any on-line community, myspace, etc., should work. If you are talking about how to communicate with them, then just speak English. Most Europeans, including those from Spain, speak English at least to some degree. It's only Americans that limit themselves to one language.
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Why do you want to learn Spanish?
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I learned some Spanish from a software.\nCOSMI Learn To Speak Spanish by Cosmi.
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In my opinion, nothing can replace the old fashioned way of learning spanish--face to face with other people\n\nenroll in a class at school or comm college\n\nalso join http://meetup.com and look for local spanish conversations
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Some links for you:\n\nhttp://www.spanishprograms.com/\nhttp://www.studyspanish.com/\nhttp://www.learnspanishtoday.com/
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The Latino community has now become the largest, and fastest growing minority community in the States, so there is a growing segment of the population that speaks Spanish, and non-spanish speakers are taking up the language as a way to improve commerce with this community.
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Well, read your book thoroughly, for starters.  Figuring out what the teacher expects from you is another good place to start.  \nFor vocabulary, make flash cards, and try to associate the Spanish words with an English (or Latin, if you're familiar) equivalent - this may involve expanding your English vocabulary.\nConjugations in Spanish just take practice.  I haven't found a very good way to learn them except to just read them out loud and try to think like a Spanish-speaker.  If you know someone who speaks Spanish, you could ask them to help you practice.\n\nTo 'better study' though, you should set a routine for yourself and stick to it.  One hour a day of studying/doing homework for Spanish is an excellant way to build your skills.
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I know people that work at Law Offices and Doctors Offices.  To get the job, they needed Spanish.   No differential is offered for this skill.   \n\n\nSORRY
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Good for you!  There are lots of things that you can do on your own to learn Spanish.\n\nFirst of all, in many areas Spanish-language programs are available on television.  When I was first learning Spanish, I particularly enjoyed watching the news programs.  At first I considered myself lucky if I got the main topic of the news story, but as I continued I was able to follow the news better and better.  Don't worry about understanding everything you're hearing; just try to comprehend as much as you can, even if it's a little.\n\nYou can also read in Spanish.  There are many Spanish-language books and magazines.  I especially like Selecciones, which is a magazine very similar to Reader's Digest.  You can probably also find many other books and videos of interest at your local library.  If you already know a bit about Spanish pronunciation, you can even read to yourself out loud, but silently is okay too.\n\nAgain, don't worry about looking up too many words that you don't understand or trying to translate from Spanish to English.  Just get as much as you can from the Spanish and don't worry about the rest.  I think you'll be surprised at how quickly your comprehension gets better if you work at it on a regular basis.  You might want to start with some material that's pretty familiar, and go from there.\n\nI strongly believe that listening comprehension is the key to learning how to speak a language, so if you build your listening skill before your get to your class, I expect that your conversational skills will take off!  Also, the Spanish vocabulary that you learn on the television news and in magazines should be appropriate for many settings, so you can use it without being afraid that it's inappropriate or archaic or something.\n\nI hope you have a lot of enjoyable success with your Spanish learning!