[Tail Gunner]

(11-30-2013 01:08 PM)Every10GivesMeA10 Wrote:  

(11-28-2013 08:39 AM)MattC Wrote:  

Lads, I recently bought Pimsleur's complete Spanish course to learn which cost me around £60 in total including postage.

I previously had the Latin American version and wanted to change to European Spanish, but having now done 10 lessons on both, I can see what they're teaching you is exactly the same...just one has an English narrator and the other American.

If anyone wants it, send me a PM and we can set up a drop box and I'll give you the files. I won't do it for free as I want to make a bit of money back on buying it as I feel like I've wasted £60 on something I already had. I'll give you the complete course of £10.

Just so you know, most, if not all Pimsleur's courses are available to download for free if you know how to search for it.

In addition, in the U.S., all four comprehensive Spanish courses are often available through local inter-library loan programs.

I plan to complete the Pimsleur courses before I attend a language school, just to build a basic foundation. That way, I can ask about the specific things that are bothering me (e.g., Spanish grammar rules) to maximize the results of the learning process.

[Mekorig]

Jejeje, spanish grammar, giving fits to any non-latin lenguage speaker since the fall of the Holy Roman Empire. XD

[Baobab]

I took a Spanish class at EAFIT university in Medellin. It was pretty good, except they charge you 480 dollars a month for just 2 hours a day of group classes. To put things in perspective, an average Colombian makes less than that working at least 40 hours a week, or probably more. I found that if you want to study English with native speakers, you can find a private tutor for about 10 000 pesos, which is about 5 dollars, but most Spanish teachers charge 25 000-45 000 pesos. I found a great private teacher for 12 000 - around 6 dollars. I can feel how my spanish gets better every week. I can have long conversations for more than 2 hours now.

[Sonsowey]

Qué más parce, como sigue la lucha, ando amurado pero estoy recortinas marica colaboreme con tan solo dos lukitas saco una bareta asi de uuuushhh karechimba si me entiendes juevon conzco el man en el chorro de una voy

My best Colombian ñero shit off the top

[Mekorig]

Jajajaja....porteño slang (lunfardo) can be twsited like that!

[Rear Admiral]

Uruguay Spanish is like WTF?? to me. And since the cost of living is one of, if not the highest in Latin America, I'm not interested in paying a ton of cash for lessons here. Don't get me wrong, I like the country and it's easy to get residency, but there are far more affordable language schooling happening in places already mentioned.

I personally had schooling experience from both Ecuador and Bolivia, but also have researched and considered Guatemala, Nicaragua, and other countries for the same.

[El_gato]

I studied in Antigua de Guatemala astound 10 years ago. Inexpensive, one on one lessons and very international student crowd. There are quite a variety if schools to choose from and good dining and party scene there. Probably best for beginners to intermediate Spanish learners

[Silq]

I was in Medellín a few days ago and I think that if you hang out in Poblado to Envigado, you will get good Spanish but if you go east of Centro, you'll run into a lot more slang. I have only been speaking for 5 months so I am still a newbie but east of Centro, they taught me words like Que chimba, sizas, etc but when I say that around my Envigado friends, they look down upon it and correct me not to talk like that.

I am in Tijuana and live around here. They speak so fast. Just don't pick up a Los Angeles spanish jajjajaa

[elhúngaro]

In my opinion they have the clearest spanish in Colombia and Mexico. Of course there are differences between the dialects, but as a general rule it's true. In Medellin I experienced huge differences. On more than one occasion I had no clue what they were talking about (and my spanish is not bad at all).