Just came back from Honduras and wanted to learn how to speak better Spanish. I have taken many classes in High School and College but I still cannot speak it very well. I wanted to know if there were any programs that could help me improve my conversational Spanish. I checked out Rosetta Stone but wasn’t sure if it was very effective. Was skeptical because it costs so much. Any other programs similar but at a better price? Thanks!

To tell you the truth. The best way to actually learn a language is go to the country and work there. Stay there for at least a year. The best job you can take is an au pair. If your not too bad with children, you’ll have a great time and the family will probably allow you take extra language courses and will start to speak Spanish with you once your move confident. The is a website called au pair world. You’ll have to speak spanish when out shopping etc. I think that is the best way to do it, if you really want to learn spanish. If your not too keen on working as an au pair then you can always do any job you want. Just au pair seems the best bet if your not very confident in the language.
Well thats just my idea. I’ve been an au pair in France for a year and can now speak fluently. Or you could do voluntary work. But trust me it is really the best way to go rather than learning from a cd. There is a site called Au Pair world that you can put your profile up. You don’t need a lot of experience with children. And there are families on there from most spanish speaking countries. I don’t know how you are for time and money though. So thats just an advice. Obviously if its not possible for you to do this for a year then I would suggest just watching lots of spanish movies (although thats not the best way) reading books and just generally listening to cds. Stories and music. There is also a site called interpals which is quite cool. Which allows you to contact spanish people. They could help you.
But again sorry for saying this go to the country!! If you can.
Sorry I talk a lot i’ll be quite now.