Getting Started 4: Try to teach someone else to speak Spanish

Try to teach someone else to speak Spanish. There is no faster way to learn something than to try to teach it to someone else, as you are going to have to make sure that you are familiar with all of the miscellaneous grammatical rules and regulations, as well as necessary vocabulary. You are going to find yourself having to put in the extra effort, as you cannot teach someone else what you do not know.

Your children make excellent test subjects for this theory. Because they do not speak Spanish (or at least we are assuming that they do not) they will be beginners just as you are. That means that they will need to learn all of the verbs and basic vocabulary right along with you, and are not going to be offended when you have to take the time to look something up. Working with your children is also going to have another added benefit-they are bound to be more patient with the learning process than you are, as they are accustomed to having to work to learn things that they do not know (admit it, you have found a comfortable point in your life and are unaccustomed to a challenge of this magnitude. It happens to all of us!)