I took 2 years of Spainish back in High School, but don't remember a whole lot of it. I decided that I want to be able to speak Spanish. I figured it can't hurt on a resume to be able to list that you can speak another language.

I bought a copy of Rosetta Stone off of Craigs list and started some lessons last night. A lot of what I learned in High School is coming back to me :-)

Anyone here had luck with Rosetta Stone?
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Nice Dan :-) I want to learn more languages too. I have lots of cousins in Greece that speak 3, 4 and 5 languages..

I have Rosetta stone but haven't used it yet.
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Good luck bro. Education never hurts!!
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Muy bien, Dan. I've been kicking around the same idea.
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Buena suerte, hermano!
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An old gf was learning Chinese with Rosetta Stone. I learned just by osmosis, but she quit and I immediately forgot everything. It works by assosiation, visual and hearing and intuition. It's really a brilliant way to teach, but it requires your butt in a chair for lots of hours and commands full attention.
You'll like it, Dan. It works good and it's fun. :-)
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:-) Dan, I wish I had the $ to get the Spanish version. Down here in SW MI with all the migrants it would help tremendously. What I need to do is immerse myself in a Spanish speaking country for years and then I'll be fluent :-)
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Buena Suerte!
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I got all 5 Volumes for $50 shipped. I didn't know it at the time, but when I got the discs yesterday, they were burned :-)
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BEST of luck Dan. While learning from the disk you should also hang out with Spanish speakers you will pick it up alot faster... :-)
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I flunked Spanish in HS which probably was in part to my lack of desire to learn.

I am able to now hold a fairly decent conversation in Spanish which arose from necessity.

Working in sales in Florida and not speaking some Spanish is career suicide.

I learned the majority of my Spanish from travelling to South and Central America numerous times and found that a few words gradually progresses into a broken conversation and have found across the board, people appreciate you at least trying instead of assuming everyone should speak English.

I never used a cd but have heard of some who have done well with them.

If I was advising you, I'd suggest finding a Spanish speaking friend and dedicating some time to practicing, or another option would be to take a week vacation, head down to Costa Rica, head to the bar and realize that asking a girl if she would like a cervesa could lead to a very fun and educational cross cultural experience.
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Unfortunately, I don't live in Southern California :-)
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:-):-)

If you did you would be speaking Spanish already.
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Good luck man!!
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I want to learn German!
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I'm actually studying German now for my job. Interesting fact - Germans have no idea how to count. Let me explain:

When a German sees the number 23 the way they will read it is "three twenty". 123 becomes "One Hundred Three Twenty". VERY confusing when you work in accounting.

Anyway - back on topic. Being around a native speaker will absolutely help. And remember to not be afraid to try. Most native speakers are very forgiving of foreign speakers attempting to speak their language. The fact that you are putting in the effort is enough to earn their respect :-)
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Getting someone to speak perfect spanish for you is also good. They are into slang just like us and that is something
you can only pick up living immersed or conversing with a very patient native speaker. Mandarin Chinese would be
smarter, since we will all be working for them next month anyway.
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You have enough in Cin, Ohio

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Hispanic - 8,170 (2.4%)
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Yeah, but I live in the suburbs. Maybe I need to head into the neighborhood where I went to high school.
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this is funny...I was in Mexico a few weeks ago and I got to talking to a cabbie..he said he spoke more spanish when he lived in California than he does now living in Mexico!
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