If you want to teach yourself Spanish quickly, I strongly recommend that you buy Rocket Spanish Premium. In my previous post I provided a relatively detailed overview of the course, so here I’m just going to discuss how I personally used it to teach myself conversational Spanish in just over two months (BTW, you can also watch my brief video tour of Rocket Spanish Premium).
You’re certainly not going to become fluent in two months but, if you follow the method I outline here, being able to understand and speak conversational Spanish within a couple of months is a very realistic goal. As I discussed in my previous post, Stage 1 of Rocket Spanish Premium includes 40 lessons and Stage 2 includes an additional 22 lessons (excluding the Review and 10 bonus lessons), for a total of 62 lessons. If you commit to doing one lesson every day, you’ll finish all of the lessons in two months.
However, as is the case with any learning experience, the more you put in the more you get out. The course contains a lot of additional resources, so if all you do is one lesson per day you won’t get through all of the additional material within two months.
Here are a few helpful tips:
- Set aside at least 45-60 minutes every day at the same time
- If you can’t do the lesson at your reserved time, do it as soon as you can (I think morning is best because it gives you all day to make up the lesson if necessary)
- Use all of the time you’ve set aside. Either go through the lesson again, start another lesson, or use one of the software tools)
- Use headphones or earbuds so you won’t be interrupted
- If you have a little idle time later in the day, go back and do the lesson again!
If you want to teach yourself Spanish quickly, effectively and affordably, get Rocket Spanish Premium and follow the suggestions above. Buena suerte! (Good luck!)