Here is a little poem that will help with rolling the 'rr's in spanish. Like the rest of this course, you have to do it out loud, and repeatedly.
Rr con rr cigarro
Rr con rr barril.
Rapido corren los carros
Del ferro carril
Want some good practice Rolling those Rs?

dsandife
May 15, 2006

nevjohnson
May 16, 2006
Like the rest of what course?
Sal2
Nev

dsandife
May 25, 2006
I assume you said 'what course' with tongue-in-cheek. I was referring to the Rocket Spanish Course, in case you were serious. I've been taking it in my spare time (about an hour a day). I belive that I can learn to comprehend general spanish conversations by the time I complete it. I dont think I will be able to speak it well, though, without a good bit of face-to-face practice - a tutor or something. I am considering going to Costa Rica for a couple weeks, after I complete the course. They have spanish immersion schools there, where you study the language for 4-5 hours a day. Additionally, you live with a non-english speaking host family, which certainly would help augment the learning. Price runs around $2k for a couple weeks, plus airfare. Not too bad, if one is serious enough.