The number of people who speak Spanish is increasing every day, especially in the United States.

Learning Spanish can help you communicate with people you otherwise might not be able to. It can help you understand people you communicate with better. It can even result in more job opportunities and higher income.

In this article, I'll show you how to learn Spanish quickly.

The first step to learn how Spanish quickly is to get some basic Spanish down. Either purchase or check out from the library an instructional CD set to help you learn to speak Spanish. I like the ones with nontraditional teaching methods that teach you how to THINK in Spanish instead of only giving you vocabulary to learn. Vocabulary can be picked up along the way.

Set aside time each day to practice Spanish. Once you have some of the basics down, move to step three.

Join a local Spanish social group, and meet with them regularly. Not only will you learn to speak Spanish quickly, but you will also make new friends- Spanish-speaking friends who you can have fun learning the language with.

Watch television shows that are in Spanish, such as the news. I'm not normally one to advocate soaps, but to learn Spanish fast, Spanish soap operas can be helpful because of their intonation and facial expressions.

Listen to Spanish music, paying attention to the lyrics and the way words are pronounced. Whip out a vocabulary book to help you.

The key to learning Spanish quickly is to immerse yourself in the language whenever you can, and the key to immersion is to incorporate Spanish into your everyday life. The more you are involved with the language, the more Spanish you are going to learn, and the faster you will do so!