My college uses a software called TeLL me More, by Auralog. It covers not only the basics, but also intermediate or advanced level. It is also a lot less repetitive. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me. It has a lot of different activities: picture/word association, videos, dialogues,…, includes also grammar and conjugation. It has also more content than any other language software. Their speech recognition is great so you can have a dialogue with the computer. You can check out their website at for a free demo and compare too. You can check out independent reviews on the web too (http://www.toptenreviews.com or about.com websites).

The best way to learn a language would be through immersion, visiting these countries. Learning a language will require some time. In addition to software, you can have books which are useful as well. Audio CDs like Pimsleur for instance might help you out but you cannot get any feedback on your pronunciation so I did not like it so much.

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The best way is to make friends that know spanish or what i did when i was learning inglish was to hang out with an american family. I learned inglish in 6 months and also learned alot about american culture, i think that should hapen to you if u do the same thing with a latin family.

take an immersion trip to chile

they talk fast and not many speak english