The Interactive Guide to Learning Spanish Free Online

The "Interactive Guide to Learning Spanish Free Online" gives adult learners the tools and the motivation to learn Spanish for retiring in Mexico or any other Spanish-speaking countries.

Ask anyone who has tackled learning a language successfully and they will tell you that the learning tools that come up first in search engines and the ones that advertise the most are not necessarily the best. Many excellent tools are out there on-line, and many are free.

Does this sound like you? The idea comes up of learning Spanish. Maybe you've always dreamed of speaking a second language. Maybe your children are learning, or you are thinking of retiring to a Spanish-speaking country. You then go online, get frustrated in the research and find yourself buying an expensive "comprehensive" program from the first two pages of a Google search. Then you use the purchase a month or so, get bored or annoyed with using the same product every day and give up.

Most of the very best language tools are buried by search engines and are free. The fact is that the designers of many effective tools are much better at teaching Spanish than they are at SEO (search engine optimization - the marketing dollars that make even inferior websites and products reach the top two pages of your search results).

Buried in search engine results are teaching sites with free and well-done features including

Listening videos for understanding Spanish at different speeds
Narrated stories with click-on word look-up
Interesting travel blogs with parallel text
Interactive games and exercises
Effective grammar videos
Dozens of Skype tools to help you practice speaking as much as you want
Contemporary news stories chosen and adapted to teach Spanish

Some of the sites belong to non-profits in Spain whose mission it is to promote the Spanish language. Others are real schools or Individual Spanish teachers who don't have big marketing and SEO budgets. What they do well is teach Spanish.

"The Interactive Guide to Learning Spanish Free Online" cuts through the clutter and sales copy by taking you to the best free features, researched from over 300 sites. The Guide even shows you how to put together these features into unique lesson plans every day.

Dozens of sample lesson plans and links at every level are included to get you started. Each tool is classified by level and skill you will develop, from vocabulary-building, speaking, writing and listening comprehension.

A lesson plan might include 30 minutes of a Spanish television series, 20 minutes playing a flashcard vocabulary game, 30 minutes online conversation, then 20 minutes reading a travelogue. Every day can be different.

What I've found is that using different tools keeps you moving and motivated. The Guide finds the unheralded sites and the passionate teachers behind them, sites that deserve your attention and consideration - if you can could just find them!

Have you gotten frustrated with how difficult it is just to find out what online programs actually cost? Have you used a "free" feature on a site only to have a teaser lesson that ends abruptly with a sales pitch?

The Guide gives you the cost of the pay-for programs without going through all the sales pages and provides a comprehensive list of language "hack sites" you may enjoy.

Are you thinking about living in a Spanish-Speaking country either full or part-time?

When members of the website Expat.com were asked, "What are the most common misconceptions about moving to a Spanish-speaking country, here was a frequent response.

"In the 8 years since moving to Mexico from the US, I've met countless expats who assumed they'd "pick up" Spanish while living here, with a few months of local classes. It seems most people don't know that it takes a lot of time and effort (e.g. homework, practice) to learn another language. Most of us know years in advance before taking the big step of moving to another country. Use this time to start learning and practicing". - fdinolfo - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

I don't know the expat who made the comment, but it's one echoed on many expat sites and forums. Spanish may only take months to speak, but it takes years to learn how to converse. Isn't that what you want to do if you live in another country? Expats who don't know Spanish pay more, socialize with natives less and don't realize the most interesting facets of expat life.

Don't be one of those expats living in an isolated world of fellow expats. Learn Spanish and create the expat life you've dreamed of having.The free online tools in this book will help you get started and stay motivated to be part of the grand adventure that is speaking Spanish.