General Advice for Learning Spanish

Readers of the Spanish Language site at About.com explain the techniques they use to improve how they learn Spanish.

Readers of the About.com Spanish Language share share their advice and experiences about learning Spanish when you're beyond the usual school age.

The About.com community of people learning Spanish shares its stories of the times when things went wrong.

Collection of online quizzes for people learning Spanish.

Some tips for working on your Spanish studies during the summer when you're not in school.

People learning Spanish share the mistakes they have lived to regret (or else to laugh at).

Are you taking a class in Spanish or another foreign language? Learn how to get the most from your class, so that learning the language becomes more than an academic exercise.

If you're new to learning Spanish, this collection of lessons will help you learn what you need to know.

If you're beyond the beginner stage of learning Spanish, this collection of lessons can help you learn the details of using the Spanish language well.

For a quick and enjoyable way of improving your Spanish vocabulary and knowledge of grammar, subscribe to "Dichos, refranes y citas," a daily newsletter that features a new saying, proverb or quotation each day.

Answer to the question of whether there are any standardized tests of Spanish competency.

You can learn a little bit of Spanish each day with our handy and free email lessons.

Not everyone learns in the same way. By adapting your learning method to what works best for you, you can learn more easily.

Here are some ways of improving your Spanish that require very little effort beyond doing the things you normally during the day.

This is the introductory lesson for this site's beginner's Spanish course. Follow the links in the story to find the other lessons.

Looking for some motivation? Here's a reminder of why you're learning a new language.