<p>So i am taking the first semester in Spanish and i already feel so behind. Can anyone give advice for the best way to study language efficiently at the college level. Gracias!</p>
<p>well i'm a native speaker, so i don't really know how to "study" it, but i hear many people that learn the most by constantly speaking it with those who are fluent, and by watching the spanish channel. i would speak with you, but unfortunately that's kind of impossible. sorry :(</p>
<p>Do the exercises in the sections even if they aren't assigned. When you are assigned pages to read, make sure that you know the material backward and forward. If it's only taking you a half hour to read 20 pages, you're not spending enough time.</p>
<p>Make flash cards for vocabulary. If Spanish is anything like German, then never ever learn a noun without learning its gender. Try to identify what is most difficult for you, and spend extra time on that.</p>
<p>definitely with an language with grammatical genders, learn the gender of a vocabulary term as an inherent part of it.</p>
<p>Is this your first time with Spanish? What language did you take in high school?</p>
<p>languages in college go mad fast. I suck at languages so I'm trying to stick it out through 3 semesters past 202 for IR.</p>
<p>Study vocab like crazy. Do exercises, check your answers. Find more exercises online.</p>