Re-starting to study Spanish
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:58 pm
Hi all,
I studied Spanish about ten years ago and got to a high intermediate level. I did this relatively quickly because I lived in a city with a large Hispanic population growing up and because I took Spanish in high school (though I really wouldn't say I learned anything here, it did help me understand some of the basic grammar foundations). However, after studying it to this level and having a successful trip to South America, I more or less abandoned it in favor of harder languages. Namely, Japanese and Mandarin. It has been years since I seriously studied it but I have retained a lot of it.
My question is this: How can I go about restarting the language study after being away for so long? I think picking up a course book from zero would be way too easy but starting an intermediate one might have too much unknown vocabulary. Honestly, I think vocabulary may be my biggest issue at this point.
Any advice for restarting a language from the distant past would be much appreciated!
I studied Spanish about ten years ago and got to a high intermediate level. I did this relatively quickly because I lived in a city with a large Hispanic population growing up and because I took Spanish in high school (though I really wouldn't say I learned anything here, it did help me understand some of the basic grammar foundations). However, after studying it to this level and having a successful trip to South America, I more or less abandoned it in favor of harder languages. Namely, Japanese and Mandarin. It has been years since I seriously studied it but I have retained a lot of it.
My question is this: How can I go about restarting the language study after being away for so long? I think picking up a course book from zero would be way too easy but starting an intermediate one might have too much unknown vocabulary. Honestly, I think vocabulary may be my biggest issue at this point.
Any advice for restarting a language from the distant past would be much appreciated!