Learning Spanish...

[Justin7]

I need to learn Spanish. More and more disputes are coming in from non-English speakers, especially in Espanol. In my random law practice, there's a huge segment of unserviced people - the Spanish community. In 20 years, there will be more Spanish speakers in the US than English.

so I need to make the move. I gotta learn it.

What are the best books/CDs/Courses/DVDs for it, if price doesn't matter?

[Teela]

The business that I work for endorses Rosetta Stone. I have yet to try it, but I've heard wonderful things about it.

[onlooker]

It wouldn't hurt for me to learn either. I might be interested in these materials as well.

[durito]

Go to spanish school in guatemala for a few weeks.

You'll learn more than you will studying at home in a year.

[RogueJuror]

The Rosetta Stone software.

[zentiense]

Yes, immersion is best. However, for nightly practice at home, Rosetta Stone is pretty slick. You can download it easy from torrents probably. I used the Hindi one a few years ago. My Hindi sucks, but I can still get by.

Also, get a grammar book for reference. Get a flip book for English grammar too and make sure you got all the basics down -- so when you start in with Spanish grammar you don't have to sit there and be like WTF is going on? You just know it.

I swear, once I learned Sanskrit my IQ raised -- it's just a matter of annihilating grammar.

[donjuan]

The easiest way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it. I would try to speak, listen, read and write in it at any opportunity. This helps augment whatever class/learning method you are currently using.

[dr03]

CIA is giving out 30k bonuses for arabic, farsi, chinese speakers.

was thinking of learning spanish myself more in depth.

[Kaps]

...ive been interested in learning it too since i took it in high school for 4 years

nice to know a couple languages

[turnip]

Immersion is definitely the best, probably only way. Software can provide a good start though. I suggest Pimsleur instead of Rosetta Stone for Spanish.

[MickChunky]

Rosetta Stone or Community College....$90 per credit hour