learning a language on your own
where/how do you start?
i have a basic understanding of spanish grammar but the lack of context is killing my interest/progress. i learned french on my own, but i took classes when i was much younger and i was living in quebec at the time. spanish is a different situation.
basically i'm unsure of how to approach spanish-language media (writing, movies, music) because at this point it's still marked "foreign language; ignore". at best, my brain will read it in a french accent. the methods i used to learn french are not really working; i sloughed through french newspapers and advanced, over-my-head exercise books, googling things until i found clarity. but i could conjugate most french tenses and order food, at that point. doing the same thing in spanish is getting me absolutely nowhere.
is this normal, and should i just keep at it? is there a better way?
by the way, i'm going to probably take a class next summer or fall.
i have a basic understanding of spanish grammar but the lack of context is killing my interest/progress. i learned french on my own, but i took classes when i was much younger and i was living in quebec at the time. spanish is a different situation.
basically i'm unsure of how to approach spanish-language media (writing, movies, music) because at this point it's still marked "foreign language; ignore". at best, my brain will read it in a french accent. the methods i used to learn french are not really working; i sloughed through french newspapers and advanced, over-my-head exercise books, googling things until i found clarity. but i could conjugate most french tenses and order food, at that point. doing the same thing in spanish is getting me absolutely nowhere.
is this normal, and should i just keep at it? is there a better way?
by the way, i'm going to probably take a class next summer or fall.