Comments on: Learning Spanish as a Family

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:54:03 +0000

The founder of Isabella and Ferdinad Pilar O’Leary was exposed in the Washington Post and fired from her last job at The Smithsonian for stealing from tax payers and donations by abusing her work expense account. She took private planes and limousines, as well as charged luxury hotel suites with jacuzzis and spas. She double charged the same expenses to different accounts. Pilar gave contracts to friends rather than to the best qualified offer for the government in quality of service as well as in price. She asked for gifts from people wanting to do business with The Smithsonian.

By: carrie

carrie — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:41:36 +0000

Ha I doubt that Hannah!

I find it’s a struggle to manage doing my Spanish lesson every day, mostly because Ruby wants to talk to me and the microphone picks up her voice and tells me I’m saying it wrong (when I know I’m not, LOL). So I have to wait for her naptime.

It’s a slow process but that’s ok, I’m avoiding perfectionistic thinking. If it takes me 5 years to become fluent so what?

Interestingly I was listening to the news this morning and they said that caucasian children under 5 are now a minority in the US and that latino births are the most common ethnic group. That makes me happy that my kids are learning Spanish, it’s truly an international language. And it will open up doors for them as adults.

By: hannah

hannah — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:12:50 +0000

I can’t sleep tonight and just “rediscovered” your blog! I was sited in this one, now I feel famous! I’m sorry I haven’t been more help :-/ I hope Rosetta Stone has proven helpful for you though! After a few months you’ll probably be teaching me I have lost so much.

By: Learn Basic Spanish

Learn Basic Spanish — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:24:07 +0000

Learning can be best achieved at home. Your ways, attitude and language is being influenced by your family. And learning how to speak in Spanish is hard but learning it with your family would be a lot easier and fun. Although learning is best in school but also it has been effectively don at home.

By: Synergy Spanish Review

Synergy Spanish Review — Fri, 20 May 2011 09:37:09 +0000

To learn Spanish together with your family is a good idea. That would be an effective way to learn Spanish easily. That’s a good start for you the family to learn the language. I hope that everything will be successful.

By: Elizabeth a

Elizabeth a — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:56:42 +0000

Esperanza they were Spanish people from Florida with direct ties to Spain. I don’t know any Cuban people, that is mostly south Florida, but the Rosetta stone is awesome!

I hope you like it Carrie.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:54:25 +0000

Your five yo will become more fluent than anybody in a jiffy! I often get looks when I speak to 4yo DS in Spanish, but he understands almost everything I say.

The younger they are, the quicker they are to “get it.”

Hope it all goes well with y’all – I think Spanish is a fun language!

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:56:18 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement Esperanza. I keep hearing how beautiful Costa is, so visiting my in-laws there is definitely a goal! It will be wonderful to be able to communicate with people. We started with Rosetta Stone today after a good friend who is fluent in Spanish recommended it.

By: Esperanza

Esperanza — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:55:46 +0000

In response to the first comment, you probably grew up around “spanish-speaking ppl” not “spanish ppl” as you are indicating they are from Spain. My guess, if it was Florida, they were Cuban, not Spanish.

By: Esperanza

Esperanza — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:54:09 +0000

Also, if you want to save money, try the Café Mocha website. It’s free and you can take Spanish lessons! In fact, a whole variety of language lessons.

By: Esperanza

Esperanza — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:53:04 +0000

I come from a Spanglish household, so never learned fluent Spanish at home. It’s just a part of our culture here to mix the two. Well, I studied in Costa Rica and it was so beautiful! I miss it everyday. Since you have family there, then you are truly blessed with a wonderful opportunity to visit them! That way you will be immersed in the language. It’s the best way to learn, trust me.

By: elizabeth A

elizabeth A — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:41:21 +0000

Thats really cool!

Living in florida, I grew up around alot of spanish people and my brother learned to speak spanish fluently because of it. Along with the help of books and stuff.

The best was just mainly speaking it on a constant basis, full immersion into it.

i can speak some and understand it just not like i used to when i practiced it a lot.

I really like the rosetta stone, which comes in three levels. My friend learn a asian language from using it and speaking it. A little investment but worth it.