I will have a bachelors in Information Systems as well as a second major in Middle East Studies/Arabic. I've already taken Spanish classes through the 400s and into the 5s. I need to choose between a minor in Spanish or a minor in Latin American Studies... I've taken all of the classes to have both but you cannot have two minors from the same department at my school. So, what would look better on a resume?

And how long did it take? I've been taking Spanish classes since the 6th grade (I'm now in 10th) and I know verryyy LITTLE Espanol. I have a few Honduran, Dominican, El Salvadoran, and Guatamalen friends at school but we don't speak in Spanish when we're around each other. It's kinda crazy because half of my family's Cuban, I just never known how to speak the language. Any suggestions?

I really want to be able to speak Spanish fluently but I don't really have the time or money to take Spanish classes. I've had a lot of Brazilian friends so I can understand some Portuguese which I know is very similar to Spanish. How can I learn to speak Spanish fluently!?

Also, how do I ask "So who is your lab partner?" in Spanish.

I absolutely love both of my astounding parents - mom who is white and father who is one hundred percent mexican. I'd say from a personal standpoint, I look 75% mexican and 25% white but usually, people assume that I am full mexican at first glance. However, I dont speak spanish! While I never really feel embarassed or rebuked at times when people/friends say: "What! no habla espanol?", I really would like to become very fluent at one point time or another, at least before I graduate from UC Irvine. Im 18 now, and I've taken quite a few spanish classes but it just seems that the workload from other classes always tends to outdo the actual learning aspect of spanish - in other words, I usually find myself studying just for the grade itself, rather than learning the language in its completeness (again, due to the workload of other classes). I really would like to study spanish during the summer/winter, when classes aren't so darn harsh. Are there any programs that you guys recommend?

I'm currently in the process of learning Spanish. I learned a bit of Spanish in high school...then I promptly forgot. Now I'm going through multiple Spanish classes in college and things are coming back to me, but I really don't want to forgot how to speak Spanish again. I'd also like to reach some level of fluency.

How do I keep from forgetting the language? I don't have any friends who regularly speak Spanish, so that's not an option.

I am considering moving to Puerto Rico in the future. I have visited there twice, loved it, and i had no problems communicating with the locals, as most of them seemed bilingual. I know some basic Spanish such as, "Como Estas?" "Muchos Gracias" "Por Favor" etc. But is speaking Spanish fluently a requirement to get hired at a job? I have experience in the restaurant business as a chef and my "kitchen spanish" is decent. I was planning on taking Spanish classes to become more fluent once i moved there. Any info would be helpful.

I'm a Filipino college student taking up Spanish as a 3rd language (4th, if you consider the Visayan dialect dissimilar from "Filipino"). I've already studied English and am passably proficient at it.

The school offers two Spanish classes, one offering Castellano (Spain Spanish) and another offers Latin American Spanish.

I'd like to learn both, and I anticipate working a lot with Latin Americans, but I also might transfer to Marbella, Spain in the near future.

Which learning transition would be less problematic?

Learning Latin American Spanish and then taking up Castellano, or learning Castellano prior to studying Latin American Spanish?

i'm in in college spn 101 now. would 3 semesters of spanish do the trick or do i need to take more spanish classes to be able to speak spanish really well like a native???

I am taking a Spanish1 course in high school and intend on taking Spanish classes into collage. I have never used my language skills outside of class. When do you suppose I will have to speak Spanish everday just to get around in American society? Has there always been this many Spanish-only speakers in America, or is the number getting higher every year? If so, by how much?