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Originally Posted by Charly  immersion far beats any other method. I don't think I would ever have been motivated enough to learn on my own from scratch, and classes in school were never my forte.
I would guess the best way to go would be surfing the web, and stopping at sentences / words you don't understand and look them up. Going audio too quickly with no one to interact with doesn't sound very realistic to me. I remember trying movies before going to Spain, it didn't work for me, and the frustration quickly set me off. |
I agree that immersion is the best method if you can do it, but it is possible to learn immediately from audio courses, if they are designed for beginners. I've done this successfully, and when I met native speakers, was able to speak straight away.