Enjoy the learning experience. Learning a new language is always fun, so take time to appreciate every minute of it. When you are fraught with difficulties and feel like giving up, do find a way to bring the excitement back. If you enjoy playing vocabulary games better than reading, then play more games than you usually do. In Spanish, the definite articles EL or LA is used when the person or the owner of the body part or the item is obvious. The correct Spanish for Open your eyes! is ABRE LOS OJOS! (The literal back translation would come out as Open THE eyes! ) Gender One very common mistake in a Spanish lesson is forgetting the gender. Some employers would increase the salary and promote those who have Spanish language knowledge. There is a research that showed that there are 17% of individuals employed every year because of their bilingualism. These employees can earn about 30% more than their co-workers. They would be redirected to jobs where these skills could be put into action. Although it is still possible for the kids to appreciate Spanish culture without learning the language, nothing replaces the bliss of having a formidable bridge the Spanish language to cross that culture. Children are very inquisitive. And at an early age, they desire to see a world beyond their own. Likewise, both Spanish and English have the same Indo-European ancestry that is shared in the similarity of their grammars. Better understanding of the moods and tenses of English verbs can be had by learning how these verbs are used in Spanish. The study of Spanish actually forces one to reflect on how the English language is structured. And because Spanish and English have almost the same grammar, learning Spanish is a good way to review the English sentence structure, which you would otherwise ignore in normal occasions. Your knowledge of Spanish, and therefore Latin, will also make you more adept at understanding and using medical and legal terms, many of which have Latin origins.