English is not widely spoken by Argentines. In contrast to nations in the northern hemisphere which have greater contact with native English speaking tourists, businesses, music and movies, Argentina has had relatively little contact with the English-speaking world. Also, until fairly recently, Argentines considered French to be of a higher standing than English and those who had the means and interest to study a second language tended to learn French.

Although Argentines are fast changing their attitude, English is rarely spoken well by Argentine natives. This represents a great benefit for those wanting to learn Spanish as they will be forced to use the local language to get by.

Argentines are easy to understand. Argentines do not speak overly fast, and they do not mumble, which can be be common for Caribbean or Central American speakers. Many newcomers to Spanish have trouble distinguishing words with spoken Spanish due to them not being able to hear the stopping of one word and the beginning of the next. Learning Spanish in Argentina reduces this issue.

Talking a lot is common in Argentina. Spanish students will find no problem in finding others to practice with because Argentina has a talkative culture. You can strike up a conversation with perfect strangers. Uninhibited students progress well in such an open environment.

Just do a little research on the internet. Whether you prefer a short month long study holiday, a half year home-stay, or something inbetween, Argentina will have something just right for you.

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Like everyone I know, you just figure that English is more popular and that you can get along anywhere with your own knowledge of the English language, right?

Oh my, how wrong could I have been.

I realized my mistake when I was sent to France for an assignment. I was like a real fish out of water.

Literally everywhere I went, restaurants, bars, shops, galleries, offices, transport - everyone was speaking French. Finding somebody who could speak my native tongue was like trying to find someone in England who could speak Swahili.

Yikes, I just felt completely lost.

That experience nonetheless, I still made a silent resolve not to learn the language, since I wasn't going to be coming back to France.

My boss told me when I got back that I'd be returning to France in 3 months. Not only that, but this time I would be staying for much longer than the last time.

I protested, but she didn't bulge.

There and then I made a commitment to myself to learn French before the 3 months was up.

Being a lover of audio books, I went right ahead and bought some “Teach yourself French” foreign language audio books which I played while preparing for work in the morning, while exercising, during my commute to and from work and any other time when my hands were busy but my mind was free.

To be honest, I didn't really pay too much attention to the "Teach yourself French" lessons in the beginning, because it was all very strange to me.

As the time wore on, it all started to sink in and make sense to me. What really helped was the translations to English for any word spoken in French.

This really confirmed what I had read sometime ago about the power of listening. No wonder God gave us 2 ears and just one mouth. You can learn virtually any language from just listening - it really is that powerful.

I couldn't believe it, but I gradually started to pick up the language and was able to master quite an large amount of French just six weeks after I had started.

Can you just imagine the look on my superior's face, when I spoke to her completely in French without even mixing it a little with English!

She was amazed by my achievement and wanted to know exactly how I'd done it. So I told her my secret - it was audio books!

My superior was so amazed and impressed that I had taken the time to learn the language, that she promoted me to the head of delegation for the next trip we had planned to France. I was going to represent our entire company.

She made sure every other member of my team got their foreign language audio books and did exactly what I had done.

When I eventually got back to France 3 months later, I was no longer "a fish out of water".

It was incredible, but I was able to achieve this without taking any classes, without hiring any private French tutor, without reading any "French tutorial" books.

All of this was possible within 3 months just listening to French audio book lessons.

Do you know what was most intriguing about this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.

Now, if I could do this within just three months, I am absolutely certain that anyone else can do it too.

I can honestly say that if there is any foreign language that you are itching to learn, do exactly as I did and you'll be amazed by the results in just three months, simply from the power of audio books.

There are several audio book versions of many books on learning foreign languages that you can get on the Internet.

You can start your search from SpokenNetwork.com direct, or through the many search engines. Simply type in the phrase or particular title you are interested in and you will be presented with the best results… within seconds.

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