To learn Spanish and become bilingual can have many benefits – broadening your awareness, connecting you to other cultures and peoples, and enabling you to communicate with a wider range of people with unique viewpoints and experiences.

Many jobs nowadays require employees to be bilingual.  The United States is comprised of the second largest Spanish speaking population, second only to Mexico.  It is important not only abroad but in the continental U.S. to be able to speak Spanish, as it is very helpful and almost essential in some communities to be a fluent communicator.  For people who find themselves around many Spanish speaking individuals, learning Spanish is a must. 

There is a no more convenient way than learning through self-study. Self-study, particularly in combination with exposure to native speakers directly or through television or a class, can expedite the learning process. 

If you are hoping to learn how to speak Spanish fluently, here are a few surefire steps to help you accomplish your goal, quickly:

1. Find an educational resource (maybe a college or online learning opportunity) – take a course, find a teacher, study a book, go online, or acquire an audio program.
2. Build your vocabulary and develop basic grammar skills.  Memorize new words and their pronunciations. Say a sentence a few times, then translate it into Spanish and repeat the Spanish version several times.  You are internalizing the sound, structure, and meaning of Spanish phrases.  Even if you forget a specific word or phrase later, you will retain its familiarity.
3. Think in Spanish.  By expanding your mind to another language, you will accelerate the learning process.  Whenever you encounter difficulty thinking in Spanish, you will elucidate for yourself your problem areas (vocabulary, grammar, etc.).




4. Expose yourself to Spanish.  Watching Spanish TV or listening to music are excellent ways to further your education.  Try to understand what is being said.  By listening to music in another language, it will become more fluid in your mind and also acquaint you with the accent and eloquent vocabulary of that language.  Television puts the language in context and makes it real, as well as giving you exposure to native speakers and their colloquial expressions.
5. Learn about Spanish speaking cultures.  Languages exist in a dialogue with culture, so certain expressions and mentalities are inextricably tied to cultural origins.  The study of culture may also help prevent social misunderstandings.
6. Choose a specific Spanish variant for advanced study.  Every Spanish-speaking country has a different accent, different slang, and sometimes even different vocabulary.  As you advance in your Spanish proficiency, you may find it helpful to choose one flavor to learn in particular.  It could be confusing if your lessons continually shift among word meanings and pronunciations for each country. 
7. Speak Spanish with others who know the language as often as possible.  Practice makes perfect.
8. Go to a Spanish-speaking country for vacations or service trips.  Being around people 24/7 who speak Spanish helps tremendously.

For excellent resources to begin your journey try the self-study courses below, they are economical ways to get started.

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A steadily growing number of Americans and Canadians are packing their bags, heading to other countries and settling permanently. According to Boomers Abroad, that number may double in the next 10 years. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is one of the top destinations for baby boomers. The affordable real estate, wonderful weather, inexpensive health care and an overall superior quality of life continue to attract thousands of people. Some even sample other places to live before making Puerto Vallarta their new home.

The call of the open sea was irresistible to a couple from Minnesota when they retired in 2004.

“We wanted to continue to travel and we have always liked boats,” says Mike Wise, “We had researched different kinds of boats that could theoretically circumnavigate the world and we didn’t know much about trawlers but my wife was talking to a fellow, who owned a trawler at a hotel in Turkey one night and we really got into it with him as far as where they could go and it was interesting. So we looked further into it and we found a boat that would be suitable for our purposes and we decided that that would be the next chapter of our life.”

“We got on our boat and we cruised from Dana Point, California to Alaska and as far north as Glacier Bay,” says Sara Wise, “And then we came south all the way along the Pacific coast past Mexico and Central America to the Panama Canal and up through the eastern Caribbean, along Mexico and Belize to Florida, and then back through the islands to Venezuela and South America, Columbia and then back to Panama.”

They thoroughly enjoyed that city and lived on their boat for around one year but encountered more than a few deterrents, which kept them from settling down.

“We thoroughly loved Panama,” says Sara, “It was a unique city, very vibrant, growing and we liked everything we saw and we tried to buy several homes and it just did not work out and the one thing that we noticed was the longest anybody was in Panama was three years, and then everybody decided to leave. There was nobody there that we knew that were there 10 or 12 years.”

Sara and Mike decided to go back to Alaska for the season, because they really enjoyed cruising there. But they made a fateful stop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, first.

“We had no intention of staying here in Puerto Vallarta,” says Mike, “But we had our boat in the marina and got to looking around the town and exploring a little bit and liked it and decided that this might be a pretty neat place to live.”

Many have the same feelings about Puerto Vallarta and this is why it is the number one retirement destination abroad for Americans according to AARP magazine’s September/October 2010 edition.

They found Puerto Vallarta to be a comfortable place, it was on the water, which was important and they found that the real estate structure and industry is more up front and more recognizable to them than what they called the convoluted system in Panama. Sara goes on to say, “We love the weather, we love the people more than anything and it’s just a fun city, there’s a lot going on, it’s just neat.”

Puerto Vallarta also offers many comforts and conveniences familiar to expats.

“When we first got here, we were very impressed with all the things that Puerto Vallarta has to offer,” says Sara, “We had been cruising for a number of years and you become accustomed to hauling your things from a grocery store or buying your groceries from the back end of a truck and Puerto Vallarta has Sam’s and Wal-Mart and they were building a new Costco and Home Depot had just opened and to us, those things were very important.”

In the spirit of adventure and having lived land-locked in the midwest for years, Sara and Mike broke from retirement tradition, shocking their family. They offer advice and encouragement for those seeking something more.

“Oh we had done a lot of traveling and different things over the years but it was a surprise to them and they didn’t think we would actually do that,” says Mike, “It’s a pretty big step to sell the house and the company and make that kind of a break and do something that dramatically different than what we had done during our working lives. I think they honestly thought we were nuts.”

“My recommendation is to come down, rent a place, try it out and find out if you really do like it, and if you do like it, buy a place, and join the groups down here, there’s so many wonderful people to meet,” says Sara.

This couple is living out their golden years under the golden sun in Puerto Vallarta.

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Duration : 0:3:31

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Perseus is the favored son of the god Zeus, but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis. Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis’s son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished.

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Writers: (Based on the Screen play by Beverley Cross) Travis Beacham , Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
The Players: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton

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Video Format: (Blu-Ray) 1080p High Definition 16×9 2.4:1 (DVD) Widescreen [exact ratio not given]
Time: Approximately 106 minutes
Rating: 14A (Canada) 12A (UK) PG-13 (USA)
Region: Region free

Steelbook released in 2010 by Warner Entertainment.

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Later, Drake decides to step into the ring to experience one of Mexico’s most well known traditions in this week’s episode of Drake’s Passage.

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