When you listen to a song or to an actor, focus on the pronunciation, inflection, speed, and rhythm of the language. Similarly, take good note of the sentence structure. To get the best out of this activity, play any Spanish CD or movie or tune in to a Spanish radio station for 10 to 20 minutes and practice speaking whatever you learned. Learning Spanish is hard; it s a given. In fact, learning any foreign language is not easy. But although it is quite hard, learning Spanish is not without fun. The sense of achievement of pronouncing a word right, or constructing a sentence right, or naming a word right is for many Spanish learners a source of enjoyment. It might just help make you learn the language faster than your friend. Be an English teacher Nowadays, it is not hard to find Spanish-speaking neighborhoods or neighborhoods with sizeable Spanish residents. From there, it will not take long to find some community centers that teach English. Teaching English will give you all the chances to hear Spanish spoken. So welcome the possibilities of learning lags or instances when you can t understand a lesson at all. Don t be too tough on yourself. Expect mistakes, accept them when they happen, and learn from them. 2. Make good use of your time. When learning Spanish, every moment is an opportunity for learning. Don t misinterpret. Answer: Generally, it is correct to write sentences with the common word order in English. In English, variations are done for poetic effect or for questions. In Spanish, depending on which element is emphasized, ordinary statements can start with any of the three: subject, verb and object. In both languages, emphasis is also done by way of intonation. Although in many cases, English sentence structure applies to Spanish, there are some instances when doing so makes grammatically unsound sentences. For instance, ending sentences with prepositions is not accepted in Spanish. The preposition should be always followed with the object it refers to. 2. Ignore the articles.