Today we find ourselves living in an ever smaller world, and many people are finding it necessary to learn a foreign language in order to communicate with our new neighbors, co-workers and friends.
Here in the United States we have a large (and growing) Spanish peaking population, and more Americans than ever are interested in learning to speak Spanish for obvious reasons. If you happen to be one of them, here are five free online resources for helping you learn to speak, read and write in Spanish:
1 – Beginning Spanish – A great place to start is right here on RLROUSE.COM. Our popular Beginning Spanish course will teach you the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, vocabulary and a whole lot more.
2 – eLanguageSchool – eLanguageSchool.net offers another excellent beginning Spanish course. They also offer a free Spanish newletter to help you learn even more about this beautiful language.
3- Spanish Flashcards – Flashcards are extremely effective at helping learn most any subject, and Spanish is no different. This site offers a plethora of online Spanish flashcards. All you have to do is click and learn!
4 – StudySpanish.com – The folks at StudySpanish.com have developed a nice series of free Spanish tutorials that include audio files tailored to helping you comprehend spoken Spanish numbers, letters and phrases.
5 – 123 TeachMe.com – 123Teachme.com has a wide range of free online tools for learning to speak Spanish, including the Spanish Word of the Day, Phrase of the Day and Verb of the Day.
These wonderful Spanish language resources will help you learn the basics of speaking, reading and writing Spanish, for free. Later on you just might decide to purchase a comprehensive advanced Spanish language course such as Rosetta Stone or Spanish Now, but the resources listed above will help you build a solid foundation for achieving fluency in your adopted language and help you better utilize any premium materials that you should decide to purchase in the future.
About the author: Maria Hernandez is a native Spanish speaker who was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. She has been a college-level Spanish instructor for over 11 years.