Anyone have any advice on a girl getting ready to take spanish?

im going to have a spanish class in a few months and im a little worried about failing and if i fail i can't get the degree i want. Does anyone have any advice?Anyone have any advice on a girl getting ready to take spanish?
If it's a starting level spanish class, then you shouldn't worry about a thing.





Just pay attention, take notes, practice practice practice!





Flash cards work very well for words, verbs, and conjugations.





Find another spanish speaking friend/person and practice talking with them.





Memorize the verbs, words, and information you receive.





Learning a language can be hard, but very rewarding at the end if you work hard at it.





It's also fun. Don't worry about it, and have fun while still paying attention and taking notes.





Also, you can always get a Spanish language CD to help give you an added boost to learning. Those range from $10 and on.





Best of luck.Anyone have any advice on a girl getting ready to take spanish?
Yes....





Learn how to conjugate verbs regularly in the 6 tenses for ir, er, and ar verbs and IGNORE THE IRREGULAR VERBS WHILE YOU'RE LEARNING THIS.





Unfortunately, the most commonly used verbs are the one that have irregular conjugations, however, they'll be much easier to learn and apply once you have the rules down pat.





Masculine words don't always have masculine traits. Get use to it. (same for feminine words).





There are two words for ';but';, don't expect to learn the differences in one day. (por and para)





Realize that learning a second language is about 20% figuring it out, and 80% memorization. There's no way to get around this. That said, you can often guess and get it close or even right (.....and sometimes dreadfully wrong e.g. ';false cognates';)





They say the ';house red'; rather than the ';red house';.





That said, the order of things in sentences doesn't matter as much:


Voy a la casa (I go to the house)


A la casa Voy. (To the house I go)





(it sounds cavemanish, but it's correct to say either way). And note that ';Voy'; (I go) comes from the verb ';ir'; and is irregular





Lastly, if you have a choice in teachers, check em both out and talk to people. There is a very wide range when it comes to language teachers.





You may consider picking up a $25 CD course and going through the first of it. They do a fair job of starting you from absolute 0 and making it interactive and fun. Whatever time you spend on it, will probably reduce your studying in the class by 50% or more.





Once you can ask someone (in Spanish) why they say X instead of Y, you're learning will take off (especially if you're living in a Spanish speaking country).





Buena Suerte!
Learning textbook Spanish is a great start, but what you need is to be able to practice speaking it. The more you do this, the better your comprehension and pronunciation. Don't be shy about practicing; don't worry if you mess up at first. talk with the instructor to see if he/she has advice for you about conversing more.
I'm at the end of my first year of Spanish right now. The best advice I can give you would be pay attention, and take really really good notes!!


Also,,,don't use the internet translators to try to cheat on your homework. Sadly, they don't help :(
just be ready to learn. its not hard but then again its not easy. just study and practice as much as you can and you'll be okay.