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Are Readers Important To Authors Or What

Bestselling authors speak of their fans in almost reverential tones, as well they should. A loyal readership that comes back for more, book after book, is the real key to long-term publishing success. Savvy authors work diligently to produce great work that will continue to please their audience, but many of them also communicate directly to their fans. Author’s web sites are all the rage, some of them quite elaborately produced.

Fauzia Burke is the founder and President of FSB Associates, http://www.fsbassciates.com. Her company specializes in publicity utilizing the Internet and author websites.

We asked Fauzia: What is the most unusual publicity program you’ve developed? “We’re proud of our ability to harness all the power of the Web in the service of authors and their books, and we’re especially committed to making the online presence fit the project.

Here are some examples: “Our site for Doug Stanton’s In Harm’s Way goes beyond words and pictures to include audio interviews with survivors of the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis, video clips of the actual rescue at sea, and a discussion board. Our campaign introduced the book to many audiences, from World War II vets and history buffs, to college and high school students.

“For Christopher Rice’s supernatural thriller A Density Of Souls, we used animation and graphics to create an online gathering place that echoes the eerie atmosphere of the book, and added exclusive material like a virtual yearbook from the New Orleans high school of the story, and back-story on the characters. We even helped promote Chris’s appearance on MTV’s Real World.

“We used cutting-edge animated maps in our site for Rick Atkinson’s Pulitzer Prize winner An Army At Dawn, to illustrate critical points in the Allied assault on German-held North Africa in 1942-43. Animation helps bring alive our site for Tony Horwitz’s Blue Latitudes, combining a sea chart that traces the voyages of Captain Cook with excerpts from corresponding passages in the book.

“But we don’t use bells and whistles for their own sake. Our site for Mitch Albom’s novel The Five People You Meet In Heaven called for a simpler approach that lets the warm story and the wonderful writing take center stage. Because this is the kind of book people love to share, there’s an e-postcard that fans can send to their friends. There are teaching guides, and reading group materials, and a Q&A with Mitch. And for the Spanish Edition of the book, we’ve created a Spanish-language site that will help broaden the audience even more.

“For all these books, we also waged word-of-mouth campaigns designed to attract attention, site traffic and media coverage. In the end, these coordinated efforts produced the most satisfying of all results – sales.”

Quite a few author websites are just storefronts whose major purpose is to sell books. Others have a much more intimate feel, inviting visitors to: “Come on in and meet me. Stay and chat.” With all the other pressures on their time, why do bestselling authors go to the trouble of answering fan e-mail, or posting responses to message boards on their web sites, and continually upgrading them with information about their new project or where they will be appearing?

Nicholas Sparks, www.nicholassparks.com, whose first book, The Notebook set a new standard for romance, answers the question: You interact with your fans more that many authors do. Your web site is particularly interactive, with message boards and an e-mail address for fans to reach you. Why did you take this approach? “People have so many questions about my novels or want to know about me, and there’s a lot of misinformation out there. I wanted to have the correct answers put up where readers could easily access them. The web site is a way to make sure the truth is getting out there. For instance, the question, Where did I get the idea for The Notebook? If I say it was inspired by my wife’s grandparents, this is very much the truth, but not much information. Readers want to know more: How was it inspired? In what way? How did that whole thought process work? So I explained the whole situation so the readers understand.”

Does that interaction encourage the word of mouth buzz about your books? “Maybe a little. But not everyone cares about what an author’s life is like. They just want to read a good book.”

Anna Jacobs, http://www.annajacobs.com, has written 29 novels, mostly historical sagas and romances. She resides in Australia, her primary publisher is in the United Kingdom and her books are sold worldwide including the United States.

We asked Anna: Romance authors seem to have a more personal relationship with their fans, interacting with them on web sites, message boards, Internet chats, book readings. Why is that? What does an author learn from this interaction that assists her with her work? “I’m not sure it’s just romance authors. I think it’s a woman’s approach. I happen to believe that if you put something back into the universe it will bring good karma. Or as my daughter puts it: What goes around, comes around. But I also keep in touch with readers because if you can ‘attach’ readers as well as writing good books (the latter is the prime pre-requisite) they go out and talk about your books to others.

“I learn a lot from readers’ emails about what has particularly pleased them. That doesn’t hurt. Also writing is a very solitary activity, so it’s nice to be in touch with others. And we all need feedback and praise. I’m as human as any other. I love to hear that someone has enjoyed my books. It’s much more fun than sales figures.”

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, www.susanelizabethphillips.com, is the only five-time winner of the Romance Writers of America Favorite Book of the Year Award; inducted into the Romance Writers Hall of Fame, 2001- pioneered, and some say, perfected the “romantic comedy” school of fiction. writes with a touch of humor. We asked Susan: You seem to interact quite a bit with your readers through your web site. You even mentioned there were several categories of fans you have, those who enjoy the humor in your books and those who are more attuned to what happens to the characters. How does the fan interaction shape your writing? “I love my readers, but I do my best not to let their comments shape my writing in any way. About ten years ago, the light finally went off in my brain and I truly understood that every book I wrote would be somebody’s favorite and somebody’s least favorite, that everybody in the world (gasp) wasn’t going to like my books. This was intensely liberating. It told me that to do my best work I concentrate only on pleasing myself. Truly the biggest ‘Aha Moment’ of my career.”

It’s not only romance authors that have their own website, Stuart Woods, http://www.stuartwoods.com, writes hard hitting mysteries and has been on the New York Times Bestseller list many times.

Stuart answers the question: You are one of the bestselling authors who regularly corresponds with readers via e-mail, why? “It gives me a direct kind of feedback. I get a sense that what I’m doing is the right thing to do. I’ve never made any changes in what I do because of what I’ve heard from readers. The vast preponderance of people love the books and write to tell me so.”

And it’s not just the household name authors who value their readers.

Lydia Joyce’s, www.lydiajoyce.com, most recent book is “The Veil of Night” an intense, sensual remaking of the Gothic genre, with a mysterious Duke, a crumbling manor, and an older heroine with her own secrets to hide.

Lydia told us: “To be absolutely crass, if I didn’t have fans, I couldn’t make money. And if I couldn’t make money, writing would be a hobby, not a job!

“But fans are important to me for far more than financial reasons. My desire to become a writer started with the ghost stories I used to tell around Girl Scouts campfires. I loved how I could affect other people, how I could thrill them, excite them, and make them care about the people in my tales. The pleasure that other people get from my storytelling is a major motivator for me. If it weren’t for that, I could be perfectly happy to leave my stories in my head where they started.”

Lynne Connolly is the author of the Richard and Rose series of books, romantic suspense novels set in the mid eighteenth century. Her latest book, “Harley Street” came out in March, and pits the new Lord and Lady Strang against their deadly enemies, Julia and Steven Drury in a tale of old transgressions come to test new found love.

We asked Lynne: Why are your fans important to you as an author? “They validate my work, tell me that I’m on the right track. Fans aren’t unthinking admirers, and can often give you information you never had before. Their encouragement keeps me going, and presenting my work to publishers and agents with confidence. Economically, they buy the books, making it possible for me to write more and for my publisher to continue having confidence in me. I sit at home all day on my own with a keyboard for company. Fans connect me, help me to keep on target. And a fan is a reader. They complete the link, the communication between writer and reader.

Marjorie Jones’s, www.majoriejones.com, “The Jewel and the Sword” was just released by Medallion Press. She tells us fans are important to her because “For me, fans are the end-all-be-all of the writing experience. Finishing a book is a terrific feeling. Selling that book to a publisher is an amazing feeling. Having that book accepted by the reading public is better than both! Why are they important? Because without them, my stories would float indefinitely inside the walls of my hard-drive. No purpose. No reason for being. Fans give the stories life.”

Take a few minutes this summer and find out a little bit more about your favorite author. If you really enjoyed their last book, let them know. They would like to hear from you.

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Turkish Bath

Etymology

ammm is from the Arabic root mm with a general meaning of “heat”, from which many words referring to “hot spring”, “fever” etc. According to Ibn Sidah ammm is derived from al-amm “the vehemence of summer heat” (Lane).

The word ammm simply means “bathroom” or “toilet” in many dialects of vernacular Arabic, while it means hot springs or spa town in other dialects.

Architecture

Inside a modern hamam

The hamam combines the functionality and the structural elements of its predecessors in Anatolia, the Roman thermae and Byzantine baths, with the Central Asian Turkish tradition of steam bathing, ritual cleansing and respect of water. It is also known that Arabs have built many of their own version of the Greek-Roman baths they encountered following their conquests of Alexandria. However, the Turkish bath has a more improved style and functionality from these structures that emerged as annex buildings of mosques or as re-use of the remaining Roman baths.

The hamams in the Ottoman culture started out as structural elements serving as annexes to mosques, however quickly evolved into institutions and eventually with the works of the Ottoman architect Sinan, into monumental structural complexes, the finest example being the “emberlita Hamam” in Istanbul, built in 1584.

A typical hamam consists of three interconnected basic rooms similar to its Roman ancestors: the scaklk (or hararet -caldarium) which is the hot room, the warm room (tepidarium) which is the intermediate room and the soukluk which is the cool room.

A Turkish bath provided for a harem.

The scaklk usually has a large dome decorated with small glass windows that create a half-light; it also contains a large marble stone at the center that the customers lie on, and niches with fountains in the corners. This room is for soaking up steam and getting scrub massages. The warm room is used for washing up with soap and water and the soukluk is to relax, dress up, have a refreshing drink, sometimes tea, and where available, nap in private cubicles after the massage. A few of the hamams in Istanbul also contain mikvehs, ritual cleansing baths for Jewish women.[citation needed]

The hamam, like its early precursors, Roman (at least pre-Christian) thermae, is not exclusive to men – hamam complexes usually contain separate quarters for men and women, or alternatively they are admitted at separate times. Being social centers, in the Ottoman Empire, hamams were quite abundant, and were built in almost every Ottoman city. Integrated in daily life, they were centers of social gatherings, populated on almost every occasion with traditional entertainment (e.g. dancing and food, especially in the women’s quarters) and ceremonies, such as before weddings, high-holidays, celebrating newborns, beauty trips etc.

There existed some special accessories of which some are still used at modern hamams: such as the petemal (a special cloth of silk and/or cotton to cover the body, like a pareo), naln (wooden clogs that would prevent the wearer from slipping on the wet floor, often decorated with silver or mother-of-pearl), kese (a rough mitt for massage), and sometimes jewel boxes, gilded soap boxes, mirrors, henna bowls, perfume bottles and such.

Tellak (Staff)

Tellak

Detail of an illustration from the Hubanname (The Book of the Handsome Ones), supposedly an eighteenth century homoerotic work. Date of publication uncertain. Said to be by the Turkish poet Fazyl bin Tahir Enderuni.

Hamam Omerye

The Bowery “Ten Cent Turkish Bath” New York C. 1884

A Harem bathhouse.

Traditionally, the masseurs in the baths, tellak in Turkish, who were young men, helped wash clients by soaping and scrubbing their bodies. They also worked as sex workers. We know today, by texts left by Ottoman authors, who they were, their prices, how many times they could bring their customers to orgasm, and the details of their sexual practices (From the Dellkname-i Dilk, eighteenth century work by Dervish, Ismail Agha; Ottoman archives, Sleymaniye, Istanbul).

They were recruited from among the ranks of the non-Muslim subject nations of the Turkish empire, such as Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Albanians, Bulgarians, Roma and others.

At times the relationship between a tellak and his client became intensely personal. It is recorded that in the mid-18th century, a janissary an elite soldier in the Ottoman army, also often of European descent had a tellak for a lover. When the latter was kidnapped by the men of another regiment and given over to the use of their commander, a days-long battle between the two janissary regiments ensued, which was brought to an end only when the Sultan ordered the tellak hanged.

After the defeat and dismemberment of the Ottoman army in the early 20th century, the role of tellak boys was filled by adult attendants that scrub and give massage.

Operating Examples

Dating back to French rule and located in the heart of Nicosia’s old town is Hamam Omerye – a true working example of Cyprus’s rich culture and diversity, hard struggle, yet sense of freedom and flexibility. The site’s history dates back to the 14th century, when it stood as an Augustinian church of St. Mary. Stone-built, with small domes, it is chronologically placed at around the time of Frankish and Venetian rule, approximately the same time that the city acquired its Venetian Walls. In 1571, Mustapha Pasha converted the church into a mosque, believing that this particular spot is where the Khalifa Omar rested during his visit to Lefkosia. Most of the original building was destroyed by Ottoman artillery, although the door of the main entrance still belongs to the 14th century Lusignan building, whilst remains of a later Renaissance phase can be seen at the north-eastern side of the monument. In 2003, the [EU] funded a bi-communal UNDP/UNOPS project, “Partnership for the Future”, in collaboration with Nicosia Municipality and Nicosia Master Plan.

Budapest has four working Turkish Baths, all from the 16th century: Rudas Baths and Kirly Baths are currently open to the general public, while Rcz Thermal Bath is just being reconstructed opening 2010 and the Csszr Spa Bath is not a public thermal bath.

Introduction of Turkish baths to Western Europe

Turkish baths were introduced to the United Kingdom by David Urquhart, diplomat and sometime Member of Parliament for Stafford, who for political and personal reasons wished to popularize Turkish culture. In 1850 he had written The Pillars of Hercules, a book about his travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848, in which he described the system of dry hot-air baths which had been in use there, and in the Ottoman Empire, very little changed from those which had been so popular in Roman times.

In 1856, Richard Barter, having read Urquhart’s book and worked on the construction of a bath with him, opened the first modern Turkish bath in the United Kingdom at St Ann’s Hydropathic Establishment near Blarney, County Cork, Ireland. The following year, the first bath of its type to be built in England since Roman times was opened in Manchester, and the idea spread rapidly through the north of England. It reached London in July 1860 when Roger Evans, a member of one of Urquhart’s Foreign Affairs Committees, opened a Turkish bath at 5 Bell Street, near Marble Arch.

During the following 150 years, well over 600 baths opened in Britain, while similar Turkish baths opened in cities in other parts of the then British Empire. Dr. John Le Gay Brereton, who had given medical advice to bathers in a Foreign Affairs Committee-owned Turkish bath in Bradford, travelled to Sydney, Australia, and opened a Turkish bath there in Spring Street in 1859, even before the bath had reached London. Canada had one by 1869, and the first one in New Zealand was opened in 1874. Urquhart’s influence was felt even outside the Empire when, in 1863, Dr. Charles Shepard opened the first Turkish bath in the United States at 63 Columbia Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn.

Today there are just fourteen Turkish baths remaining open in the United Kingdom, although hot-air baths still thrive in the form of Russian steam baths and the Finnish sauna.

See also

Alhama (Spanish placename) and Alfama (Portuguese placename) derive from the Arabic word.

Bath house

Culture of the Ottoman Empire

Gellrt Baths

Hamam Omerye Baths

Harem

Haseki Hrrem Sultan Hamam

Kirly Baths

Kek

Bacch

Onsen and sent, the Japanese equivalents

Soapland

Steam Shower

Sleymaniye hamam

Footnotes

^ (Toledano 2003, p. 242) “[Flaubert, January 1850:] Be informed, furthermore, that all of the bath-boys are bardashes [male homosexuals].”

^ (Gazali 2001, p. 106)

^ Kemal Slay (1994). Nedim and the poetics of the Ottoman court. Indiana University. ISBN 1878318098. 

^ (Yilmazkaya & Deniz 2005) discusses occasional licentious activity

References

Cosgrove, J. J. (2001), Design of the Turkish Bath, Books for Business, ISBN 9780894990786, http://books.google.com/books?id=D4cHAAAACAAJ 

Gazali, Mnif Fehim (2001), Book of Shehzade, Dnence, ISBN 9789757054177, http://books.google.com/books?id=PY2LAAAAIAAJ 

Toledano, Ehud R. (2003), State and Society in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521534536, http://books.google.com/books?id=uDQJvkYcTeEC 

Yilmazkaya, Orhan; Deniz, Ogurlu (2005), Turkish Baths: A Light Onto a Tradition and Culture (2 ed.), itlembik, ISBN 9789756663806, http://books.google.com/books?id=psdNPwAACAAJ 

Meunier, Pascal (2009), The last hammams of Cairo A Disappearing Bathhouse Culture, American University in Cairo, ISBN 978 977 416 243 5, http://books.google.com/books?id=Rlvp2KmeZMUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+last+hammams+of+cairo&ei=zN6ES7qiEqO4ywSFie3rCg&hl=fr&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hammams

Hamam History

Hamams in Islamic tradition (cyberbohemia.com)

Photos of Hamams in Muslim and Arabic countries

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The last public bathhouses of Cairo : photos by Pascal Meunier

Introduction of Turkish baths to Europe

Comprehensive site on the Victorian Turkish bath

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How To Bathe In A Turkish Bath: A Guide For Foreigners

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Editing

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Fiction

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International markets

Australian Writer’s Marketplace The essential resource for getting published in Australia and New Zealand.

Author Network – resources for writers including links, articles, monthly columns and ePublishing services.

Canadian Writer’s Journal Canada’s Independent Writer’s Magazine.

Freelance Spain – the Online Spanish resource for editors and journalists.

FreelanceJournalist.co.uk Helping journalists build a presence on the web. The web directory for UK freelance journalists.

Freelancers.co.uk offers you the complete guide to freelancing for publishers as a copyeditor or proofreader.

New Zealand Writers Website Writing Resources for New Zealand writers

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Journalism

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How Helpful is a Learn Spanish Audio

Back then, Learning Spanish can only be done within a classroom or through self-studying. Due to the innovative mind of people, Spanish classes then become available online. Now, there are learn Spanish audios available as well.

Through this learn Spanish audio, you can learn speaking in Spanish just by listening to it. This is applicable to those who want To Learn Spanish and yet, they are too shy to attend language classes. Learning a new language is really intimidating that is why some people came up with the idea of putting Spanish Lessons into audios so that those who want to learn the Spanish Language can do so through these learn Spanish audios. Listening to learn Spanish audios can help you a lot in fully grasping the functions of grammar, verbs and sentences formation. Remember that when learning Spanish or any other language, it is important that you can converse freely to enhance and practice your skills or the things that you have learned.

There are various ways on how you can get these learn Spanish audios as the internet is literally flooded with tons of audio files that can be accessed online, can be downloaded, or can be burned in a cd for your repetitive use. Through the search engine, you can easily find websites that can provide you with learn Spanish audios that you can access anytime you want or need to. You can also try to find audios that are easier to understand if you are a beginner so that it will not come as hard to you. There are Online Spanish courses that provides learn Spanish audios which are included in their lessons.

Although there are lots of available sources on the internet when it comes to learn Spanish audios, some of these sources might be of low quality or disorganized. That is why it is important for you to listen to the audios first and know what these audios are – for beginners, intermediate, Advanced Spanish speakers – before downloading it so that you do not waste time downloading the wrong audio references. And again, you will find high quality learn Spanish audios by enrolling in a Spanish Language Course. Here you do not have to worry about the quality of the audios that you will listen to since they do have audios tailored for those who want to learn Spanish effectively. When looking for learn Spanish audios, find something that has electronic guides for you to be able to Learn Spanish Language quickly and easily. But of course, to have it all in one package, it is still recommended that you enroll on a Spanish language course that is, if you are really serious about learning the language.

When choosing Spanish language courses, make sure that the one you chose to enroll at is legit and is not just scamming on you. Try to find feedbacks about the course from its past students so that you have an idea if they are worth the money that you will be paying. You may also opt for the free ones if you do not want to spend anything at all.

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Is it possible to learn Spanish as a 2nd language?

I am planning on taking Spanish 101 this summer at my local community college. I have not taken Spanish since High School. (many years ago…) It will be my only class this summer. I am interested in learning Spanish as a 2nd language. I don’t expect to become completely fluent. But, I want to learn as much as I can to be able to communicate. The class includes lab hours with audio CD’s. Should I get some CD’s on my owon and play them in my car while driving? Would that help? English is my only language. What are the possibilities of an American English speaking person learning Spanish at the advanced levels? Does anyone know?
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From my own experience, it’s all about how dedicated you are to learning the language. I’m also American and was able to learn French and attain fluency, and there are countless other English speaking Americans who can speak multiple languages.

In my opinion, the audio CD’s meant for driving in the car are only good for hearing pronunciation, but you can get that for free on the internet, over the radio, or on the television (what better way to absorb the Mexican culture than watching a tella novella?). It’s not even necessary to understand what any of the songs, programs, or clips are talking about– they are useful in hearing the rhythm of the language and the sounds. If it is accompanied with a transcript in Spanish, even better because you can match what they are saying to the words and learn pronunciation along the way.

The audio CD’s sold are very basic, slow, and limited. The major pitfall is that you can’t connect what you are saying to written words. My suggestion to you is that if you are truly interested in learning Spanish, take the time to sit down often (everyday if possible, for immersion is key) and learn the language. If you are so busy that the only time you have is when you are driving, I’d suggest either freeing up your schedule or accepting that you just have too much stuff on your plate.

Spanish 101 is very basic Spanish, so it’s going to take a while (years even) before you attain advanced levels, but trust me, it’s worth it in the end

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It’s fun and easy to learn to talk Spanish fast. The most popular method is learning Spanish Online, however, you can also take a Spanish class in a classroom where an instructor can monitor your progress, and provide extra lessons if needed

To learn to talk Spanish you have to be dedicated to it. Regardless if you are in a classroom, or leaning at home online, you need to take your lessons seriously and practice. As the saying goes “practice makes perfect” holds true for learning any foreign language.

You should spend as much time as possible practicing the language to learn to talk fluently. Practice every day read books, listen to television, chat online in Spanish. If you practice in this manner, you will learn to speak the language easily. Trying practicing while you are performing your daily routine like cleaning the house, walking the dog, cooking, in your car, gardening, or anything else you do everyday. You can download audio files and listen to them on CD as you go about your daily activities.

There are also workbooks and assignments with online courses that help to practice writing and reading Spanish. You can even start out slowly reading Spanish Childrens Books, and other materials that are simpler and easier to read. Once you have learned the basics, you can move on to the more difficult reading levels. Practicing every day by reading, writing, and Speaking Spanish out loud will help to Learn Spanish Quickly and effectively as well as naturally.

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What are some good childrens cds/dvds for Spanish Rhymes or songs?

I would like something for older children not babies. Something for elemertary shool age children. Any sugeestions with links would be appreciated. It can be all in spanish. Someting like toungue twisters or anything that helps with pronunciations. Books or tapes are okay too. I want it to be something that helps with Spanish Language skills and not something american translated into spanish. Word play is good too. Anything verbal is good.

Yaheeda.com has one good CD (most of them are in french) I think it’s called somos amigos. It ways 3-8, but I don’t let my middle schoolers see the case, and they enjoy the songs. Sing, Laugh, dance and eat Tacos is an oldie, but goodie
Try teachersdiscovery.com, or google Applause Learning or Carlex. Both of those are sources for Spanish language teachers, and you should be able to find a large assortment.

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Learn Spanish At Home – the Various Ways You Must Know

We are all aware about the reasons for Learning Spanish. Although learning Spanish is becoming a necessity, there are many ways that this can be accomplished. You will need to choose which way best suits your goals. Here is a little information on each method:

How To Learn Spanish at your home

1. Online help to learn Spanish: Learning Spanish Online is perhaps the best way to learn the intricacies of the language. One can take online Spanish Lessons with the help of an Online Spanish Tutor or a live Spanish Tutor Online, according to one’s preference. The training can be keyed in, or can be oral, based on whether one has a microphone or not. The best part of Learning Spanish Online is the fact that one can learn from within the luxury of his home and proceed as he chooses.

2. Books and libraries, the tested method: Books are the tested and proven method for amassing knowledge. Today’s well developed libraries with books and audio and video cassettes are sure to have enough material to provide you with necessary lessons to learn Spanish. Of course, no one can keep library material indefinitely at home but you can keep on renewing the material and learn only as fast or as slow as you need to.

3. Correspondence School – This is a school where you take classes at home and mail in your homework. This is another method of learning at home and learning at your own pace. The downsides to this method include the lack of real-time interaction, lack of live practice, and waiting for the mail to bring your grades as well as your next assignment.

4. From a live instructor: A live Spanish tutor can teach the language at the student’s residence. This method can provide quality training since the teacher can correct homework and give attention even to accent. But there is a dearth of such home instructors and home classes cost quite a lot.

5. Special Interest College Courses ? Often, most of the foreign languages are offered for a small fee at the local colleges as a special interest. This might be one to two nights a week for approximately two hours. You do have to go to the local college, but you still can do a great percentage of the training at home.

6. DVD or CD/ROM: DVDs and CDs also help with taking a Conversational Spanish course, in more or less the same way audio and video cassettes do. It can be played on a computer screen or television screen and affords to the learner the privilege of replaying the discs as many times as he chooses, to suit his ability to learn. Different TV channels also air Spanish lessons meant for small children. These may come in handy for a Beginner Learning Spanish.

There is no shortage of means for learning Spanish. The quality and superiority of each system, for learning Spanish at home or outside, is purely based on the learner’s predilections.

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Natalia Picado, an e-business counselor, works as a consultant with Learn Spanish At Home which was founded in the year 2006. Lejos Learning gives complete freedom to choose their schedule and their real live private tutor to learn Spanish online.

where can I find cd or dvds for teaching children polish?

I have been searching for quite some time and the only childrens learning dvd’s are in Spanish, Italian, French, German and Chinese. Or other languages. All I’m finding is bilingual books or cd-roms for much older kids. My child is almost 2 and I wanted to find her something fun to watch on the TV. Does anyone have any suggestions or information?
Thank you for your help, but the problem is that none of those cds/dvds are geared towards children. I’m looking for something like the equivalent of “German for kids” dvd but in Polish. All of the Pimsleur and Betlitz etc is just for adults. If anyone can help it would be appreciated. Maybe there is a company out there that I haven’t hear of that makes one.

You could try a book that I used learning Japanese, It’s called “How to learn ______ in 10 minutes a day.
It’s very basic, it teaches you colors, numbers and all the basics. It’s not too hard, and it really works, and usually it comes with a computer disk that contains games that help you learn. I would recomend it, it’s a very good way to learn and its not too hard.

Hope it helps
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what do you do when you commute one hour everyday?

I don’t want to waste 2 hours of my life just driving.
I was wondering what you do to make use of that time…
Im open to any ideas…
Listening to the radio gets boring for me…
I was thinking of downloading motivational cds, spanish language cd’s ?? What else Im not sure…
Thanks in advance!

Well, I am part of a vanpool, so I tend to sleep, unless it is my day to drive the van. But I also have books and podcasts loaded on my phone, and I can listen to them when I can’t sleep. Occasionally I read a real book, but since I tend to sit in the back of the van, I get carsick, so not too often. And when all else fails, there is conversation, which some of the others are really good at, but I’m not.

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How to Learn Spanish Easily

If you have been thinking about learning How To Speak Spanish, you may be wondering how to fit this endeavor into your busy life. Many people think that learning a foreign language is difficult and time consuming, and that they will have to attend courses at a local college in order to achieve this goal. Fortunately, this is no longer the case – there are many options available to help you Learn To Speak Spanish quickly and easily. One option is to purchase CDs you can listen to in the car during your commute, on your lunch break at work, or any other time when you have a few minutes free. Audio CDs are good tools for learning a new language, because they provide step by step instruction, starting with basic phrases and working up to sentence structure and correct grammar. They are also good for the beginning Spanish learner because they provide modeling for correct pronunciation. Another advantage of using audio CDs is that you can upload them to your computer’s hard drive, and download the audio files to your MP3 player. This gives you added flexibility, allowing you to learn Spanish Language Lessons without the hassle of carrying around CDs.  DVDs are another good option for Learning Spanish.

They offer the same benefits as audio CDs, but they also incorporate visual elements to help you remember words and phrases, verb conjugation, and other elements of the Spanish language. For visual learners, this can be a very effective means of learning the language quickly, without the confusion and frustration that can sometimes come with traditional Spanish language courses.  For many people, though, Learning Spanish Online is the best option. It offers several advantages over traditional classroom learning, audio CDs, and DVDs. First, it offers a convenient place to access audio and video instruction, as well as tutorials, exercises, and self assessments. No matter whether you learn most efficiently through videos, audio files, or hands-on instruction, you will find the materials and resources you need to accelerate your learning. Online Spanish language training also gives you access to highly skilled instructors who can help you with some of the more difficult aspects of learning the language. While audio and video instruction can provide a great foundation for learning Spanish, it does not give you the ability to ask questions, obtain clarification, and work through stumbling blocks.

Having access to instructors makes it easy to avoid confusion and learn the language in the shortest time possible. Spanish learning websites also typically feature forums, where you can ask questions of other students. The forums are frequented by both novice and Advanced Spanish speakers, many of whom have had real world experience with speaking the Spanish language. These people can help you understand the nuances of the language, so you can learn how Spanish is used in the real world. Online Spanish language courses have opened the doors for thousands of people to learn this complex language. By taking an online course, you can study from the comfort of your own home, and Learn The Spanish Language more quickly than you ever thought possible.

If you have been thinking about learning how to speak Spanish, you may be wondering how to fit this endeavor into your busy life. Many people think that learning a foreign language is difficult and time consuming, and that they will have to attend courses at a local college in order to achieve this goal. Fortunately, this is no longer the case – there are many options available to help you learn to speak Spanish quickly and easily.

One option is to purchase CDs you can listen to in the car during your commute, on your lunch break at work, or any other time when you have a few minutes free. Audio CDs are good tools for learning a new language, because they provide step by step instruction, starting with basic phrases and working up to sentence structure and correct grammar. They are also good for the beginning Spanish learner because they provide modeling for correct pronunciation.

Another advantage of using audio CDs is that you can upload them to your computer’s hard drive, and download the audio files to your MP3 player. This gives you added flexibility, allowing you to Learn Spanish Language lessons without the hassle of carrying around CDs. 

DVDs are another good option for learning Spanish. They offer the same benefits as audio CDs, but they also incorporate visual elements to help you remember words and phrases, verb conjugation, and other elements of the Spanish language. For visual learners, this can be a very effective means of learning the language quickly, without the confusion and frustration that can sometimes come with traditional Spanish language courses. 

For many people, though, learning Spanish online is the best option. It offers several advantages over traditional classroom learning, audio CDs, and DVDs. First, it offers a convenient place to access audio and video instruction, as well as tutorials, exercises, and self assessments. No matter whether you learn most efficiently through videos, audio files, or hands-on instruction, you will find the materials and resources you need to accelerate your learning.

Online Spanish Language Training also gives you access to highly skilled instructors who can help you with some of the more difficult aspects of learning the language. While audio and video instruction can provide a great foundation for learning Spanish, it does not give you the ability to ask questions, obtain clarification, and work through stumbling blocks. Having access to instructors makes it easy to avoid confusion and learn the language in the shortest time possible.

Spanish learning websites also typically feature forums, where you can ask questions of other students. The forums are frequented by both novice and advanced Spanish speakers, many of whom have had real world experience with speaking the Spanish language. These people can help you understand the nuances of the language, so you can learn how Spanish is used in the real world.

Online Spanish language courses have opened the doors for thousands of people to learn this complex language. By taking an online course, you can study from the comfort of your own home, and learn the Spanish language more quickly than you ever thought possible.

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Learn Spanish With Software

If you want To Learn Spanish, software may really be the way to go. The advances in modern technology mean that the software available now to teach you Spanish is second only to visiting Spain itself! It’s literally amazing what some of this stuff can do, but there are still a few sticky points. I’ve compiled a few tips for you here which will help you choose how to proceed.

Learn Spanish Software- Tip 1

Shop around. As I already said, there are some excellent pieces of software around today, but there are also some real stinkers. It always pays to shop around, as it can be pretty easy to fall into the trap of buying something that looks too good to be true. Always try to find something with reviews that are available or (genuine) testimonials from previous satisfied customers.

Learn Spanish Software- Tip 2

Remember that you get what you pay for! If you skimp on stuff like this and go for the cheapest course, you may not be getting the best quality! Learning a language is quite a big deal, so you want it to be as smooth as possible. Put it this way, if you were having brain surgery, would you hire the most expensive surgeon you could find, or would you go for the cheapest?

Learn Spanish Software- Tip 3

Make sure the software you get is tailored toward exactly what you want to do. If you want to be able to take the lessons away and study them for example, it may be worth going for something which has CD or MP3 downloads, so then you can use them in your car or on your Ipod or whatever.

Learn Spanish Software- Tip 4

Use it! Studies have shown that when buying foreign language tuition material, only 40% of people even take them out of the box! The only way to get any benefit from it at all is if you actually put it to use. Even 5 minutes a day will make a world of difference in your knowledge and understanding.

As you’ve seen, Learning Spanish from software may not be as straightforward as you first thought. Hopefully these tips can be of some assistance. For further information on Spanish courses, check out the links below.

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How do I teach Spanish to my 5 year-old?

My daughter and I have been learning some basic Spanish together by listening to a CD with lessons and songs. She loves it, and has shown quite an aptitude for it. I’m looking for experiences with more advanced programs such as Muzzy or other ideas on how best to teach her Spanish. We’re learning it together, if that matters.

The Muzzy is good. have her watch regular DVDs in Spanish. My girls watch DVDs in all languages offered.