Tips For Dating Latin Women: Tip #1

Tip #1: A Little Spanish or Portuguese Goes a Long Way:

Whether your dealing with a Latin women at home or abroad, you can use your lack of knowledge of her language to your advantage. This particular tip is especially useful if your dealing with a Latina at home where you both speak English or if your interacting with a Latin girl abroad who knows English. I’m assuming you’ll both be communicating mostly in English, but you’ll need to use the little Spanish or Portuguese that you know to add some flirtation and fun into the interaction.

One important thing to remember is that you don’t need to be fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese to make a good impression. Like the tittle states, a little knowledge of the language goes a long way. In fact you probably know some common phrases already, like: “gracias”, “como estas?”, and “estas muy bonita” (you are really cute). I bet you knew or have heard at least two out of those three phrases. If you put a little effort into it you can probably learn 20 to 30 phrases in a weeks time.

Most latina women will find your knowledge of her language very endearing. They may asked you where you learned that? Or compliment you on your knowledge of her language, even though it may be very little. You might get a chuckle because you pronounce something wrong or because you mixed words up. The point is to make your use of her language fun and lite hearted, but at the same time you must be interested in it, and willing to learn more, particularly from her. In many cases you can use your lack of knowledge of her language as an excuse to make her your language teacher. This can be a good reason to exchange phone numbers and contact information and an even better reason to setup another date.

Your lack of language fluency can also come in handy when you find yourself in those awkward moments when neither of you have something to say. A good safety net is to just think of something or look around and ask her how you say that in her language. Many Latin women will appreciate the fact that your taking time to learn her language and culture.

This tip applies to Latinas but it can also apply to other foreign women you may meet either locally or abroad. As long as you can communicate in another language with the foreign girl (most likely English), you can use your lack of knowledge of her native or second language as useful conversational tool.

Beginners Guide To Learning Spanish With Pimsleur

One of my personal favorite ways of learning a language is with the Pimsleur training courses. Pimsleur courses are based on listening only. This means you can burn CDs or put the MP3 files on your laptop or MP3 player and learn a language anywhere either – in your car, on the bus, while working out, in the waiting room of your dentist or while you are doing your housework. This approach can be quite effective because it saves time, for those of you that are very busy, but it also taps into the potential of your subconscious mind.

The pimsleur audio courses contains only those words and phrases a native speaker would use on a daily basis. this means you don’t have to learn any vocabulary that you don’t need in your conversations. The main difference between Pimsleur courses and conventional programs is the way the information is presented rather than the information itself. The Pimsleur method is based on two principles: Graduated Interval Recall and Principle of Antipipation. The former has to do with how your memory works as this is the most important aspect of learning a second language. Dr. Pimsleur found very effective ways of memorizing new vocabulary. That’s why the Pimsleur programs reintroduce bits of information at specific intervals during the learning process to optimize retention until you have memorized the words and phrases entirely. There is more to Pimsleur though, for example the voices in the training courses are pleasant and the dialogues are easy to understand, and you can certainly google it to find out more. As, for me, it’s my preferred method of learning a language.

The complete Pimsleur language training course includes 3 levels. Level 1, 2, and 3. Each level usually cost around $200+ for a new course and 100+ for a used course. You might be able to find better deals on ebay or craiglist, but that’s about the average price on amazon.com.

I wouldn’t recommend the full Pimsleur spanish language training course without first trying the system out. Although I personally find the Pimsleur method very useful and efficient, there are probably many of you who have different learning styles and won’t be able to benefit as much from and audio training course like Pimsleur.

For this reason I recommend that you get the Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish 2nd Revised Edition. You can get a used version for as low as $8 and a new one for about $16. Since I’m assuming you’re a total beginner and don’t know a word of spanish, then this small little training course will teach you about 75 words and some of the most common phrases that you will use just about anywhere you travel where you’ll need to speak spanish.

If you already know a little spanish, you might just want to pick up this course to brush up, but also to see if the Pimsleur method is right for you. If you really like the Pimsleur approach to learning Spanish then think about getting the entire training course. I feel it would be a good investment.