The teacher may be able to recommend methods on how you can proceed with the lessons. They can even provide you some useful resources and materials. You could start by reading to them. Reading to children will help them get an idea about the new words and associate them with pictures, helping children to grasp the new meanings easily. Travel In a world that gets smaller everyday because of frequent travels of people, Spanish is one language that is understood in many parts of the globe. It is almost guaranteed that you will never get lost in South and Central America, including Mexico and Puerto Rico in the north. Moreover, because of your Spanish you will get to see more interesting places and enjoy more interesting experiences than the regular tourists who do not speak the language. Fortunately, there is a great deal of similarity in the Spanish and English alphabets. Special letters Since Spanish had seeped into several cultures in different countries, there are some pronunciation variations. They are all accepted as correct on both sides of the Atlantic (Latin America and good old Spain). If you like to do it very early in the morning while jogging, you can listen to your mp3 lessons. If you want to stop reading and resume at a later time, no problem. Learning is under your control. And in this case, there are no pressures to bug you, making the learning process more effective. 5. Learning is tailored for all ages. The diminutive meanwhile connotes some sense of affection like CASITA (little house), ABUELITA (dear grandmother) and GORDITO (chubby). Current new words Many Spanish sites provide words right from current publications read by native speakers, and are therefore deemed part of contemporary, everyday speech. In the past, learning another language is mostly motivated by aesthetics ( I love how Spanish songs are sung! ) or academics ( You can go anywhere if you know Spanish. ) or by some other considerations. Today, to learn Spanish would mean any or several of these reasons travel, economics, business, employment, aesthetics, etc.