It should be obvious that the best way to learn conversational Spanish is, well, to go out have and conversations with people who speak the language.
But that's easier said than done.
If you live in an are where there are few or no native Spanish speakers, you will have a hard time connecting with someone who can serve as your conversational partner.
Even if there are an abundance of native speakers around, you might be understandably shy about approaching people you don't know for this purpose.
One good way to learn conversational Spanish is to locate other individuals who are studying the language and offer to partner up with them.
The problem here is that to really benefit, you must find someone whose Spanish is better than yours, so they can "bring you up" to their higher level.
But in that case, you won't be doing them much of a favor as far as improving their own ability.
Given all this, I highly recommend finding a meet-up conversational Spanish group.
Although many of the people in such a group will be at your level as far as speaking ability, there's a good chance the organizer will be a native speaker or at least an advanced student.
In a college town there will often be groups of students who meet with their teacher in a public place such as restaurant or bar to practice their Spanish.
I have found that such groups usually don't mind an "outsider" joining them.
Just email the Spanish faculty at the local college or ask around, and you can usually find some group meeting somewhere that will welcome you with brazos abiertos (open arms).
Getting together regularly with people who are pursuing the same objective, to improve their skills in the language, is the best way to learn conversational Spanish -- backed up by home study using a good instructional course from the Internet or your local bookstore.
But that's easier said than done.
If you live in an are where there are few or no native Spanish speakers, you will have a hard time connecting with someone who can serve as your conversational partner.
Even if there are an abundance of native speakers around, you might be understandably shy about approaching people you don't know for this purpose.
One good way to learn conversational Spanish is to locate other individuals who are studying the language and offer to partner up with them.
The problem here is that to really benefit, you must find someone whose Spanish is better than yours, so they can "bring you up" to their higher level.
But in that case, you won't be doing them much of a favor as far as improving their own ability.
Given all this, I highly recommend finding a meet-up conversational Spanish group.
Although many of the people in such a group will be at your level as far as speaking ability, there's a good chance the organizer will be a native speaker or at least an advanced student.
In a college town there will often be groups of students who meet with their teacher in a public place such as restaurant or bar to practice their Spanish.
I have found that such groups usually don't mind an "outsider" joining them.
Just email the Spanish faculty at the local college or ask around, and you can usually find some group meeting somewhere that will welcome you with brazos abiertos (open arms).
Getting together regularly with people who are pursuing the same objective, to improve their skills in the language, is the best way to learn conversational Spanish -- backed up by home study using a good instructional course from the Internet or your local bookstore.
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