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[QUOTE="Esperanza, post: 952078, member: 97400"] Good for you for wanting to learn Spanish. Even a little can come in handy and so many peregrinos don’t bother to even try. I learned Spanish in many ways, in many places, and over many years. In addition to self-study and various classes in the US, I have attended overseas language schools a number of times - in Guatemala x2, Puerto Rico, and in Mexico in Guanajuato x2, Pueblo, and Querétaro, as well as shorter lessons in a couple of other places in Mexico. (I’m a slow learner, lol!) Sometimes I did homestays and sometimes I stayed in shared Airbnb situations with a mix of English and Spanish spoken. One hundred percent immersion is best, but it is difficult especially for lower level students. I usually stayed for 3-4 weeks, and in my experience and from observing others at the various language schools, a one week stay isn’t really long enough to have much effect. Your mileage may vary. A month-long stay really makes a difference, but it is exhausting. I strongly preferred one-on-one instruction because I had a huge mix of prior experience with learning and using the language, and I didn’t fit into pre-established classes. I wouldn’t worry too much about learning New World Spanish to use in Spain. Vocabulary differences can cause some confusion, but that’s pretty easy to rectify. You would have to be pretty advanced for either accent or grammar differences to be much of an issue. I am reasonably fluent and I understand vosotros conjugations and pronouns, but I never used them in two lengthy visits to Spain and it didn’t seem to matter. You’ll make much more rapid progress as a beginner if you study the New World dialect that doesn’t use vosotros. I had to study those forms when I was at university and I hated them. When I started studying Spanish again years later and the class didn’t include them, it was so refreshing and so much easier. That’s probably why I was so resistant to using them when I was in Spain. I was scarred! Lol! Anyhow, based on my experience, you can just pretend they don’t exist and go about your business as a peregrino and tourist and you’ll be fine. If you decide you want to move to Spain, then you’ll have to learn them. [/QUOTE]
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