Reply #3: Do you want to be fluent or just learn Spanish for gringos? [View All]

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No language can be learned in isolation. If you don't want to be in a classroom, get a native-speaker as a tutor. You must speak to a live human being, while simultaneously getting a grip on the grammar. To truly learn a language you must have both: live practice and a decent book.

In my experience, tapes and CDs are good for memorizing phrases, but that is not the same thing as actually becoming fluent.

Que le vaya bien!