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I think the only way to acquire vocabulary is practice, practice and practice. Read stuff with a dictionary handy, this will give you the words that are actually used. One easy way is to read comics. There are lots of great ones in Spanish, think "Mortadelo & Filemón" and the likes... They definitely use every day words that you are going to need. ...

Duolingo is an excellent and free tool to learn Spanish: http://duolingo.com/ It is also available as a free App for iPhone and iPod touch if you have any of those devices. https://itunes.apple.com/app/duolingo-learn-spanish-french/id570060128?mt=8 And to your concern, it does help a lot as it involves lot of different types of activities and ...

Well, a language generally is used in four forms: Reading it, writing it, listening to it, and of course, speaking it. A person can't be said to be fluent in any language until he or she has good control of all of these areas. Generally, a person will be more proficient in some areas than others, so it's best to target weakspots. Some suggestions to improve ...

Realmente no sé qué certificaciones internacionales existen para el español. Pero viendo que los DELE son los certificados que otorga el Instituto Cervantes (en nombre del Ministerio de Educación de España), presente en multitud de países, que se integran en el Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las lenguas y que, en general, son reconocidos ...

As pointed out in the comments, this may vary drastically depending on what you expect. And a brief disclaimer: I don't know much about teaching spanish.it Nonetheless, here's an attempt at it: There's a children's book called "Platero y yo". Apparently it was written to teach verb conjugations. It's freely available as part of the Gutenberg project. Do ...

I don't think so. I think a firm grounding in one variety of Spanish is important. I also think that the decision between European vs. Latin American Spanish is important very early on, as the differences are more pronounced and there's more of a dividing line there. But at the end of the day, I think learning the fundamentals and "standard" ...

May be, but in spite of strong accent differences, Spanish people can understand perfectly accents from any part from Spain or from American countries. A child from Madrid understand without problem the Mexican "Chapulin Colorado" series, as well as any children program from the Andalusian TV "Canal Sur" with a strong "seseo". The problem exist when the ...

I would recommend what I tell my daughter all the time: La práctica hace al maestro. Find someone you can chat with in Spanish, watch Spanish TV and turn on the closed captions, read texts in Spanish out loud so you can listen how you pronounce, etc. Try watching cartoons for children. Cartoons are usually good because they pronounce the words very ...