How to Learn Costa Rican Spanish?
If you are asking yourself this question, you are in the right place! I’m going to show you three simple tips that will definitely help you learn Costa Rican Spanish.
The best idea to learn Costa Rican Spanish is to go to Costa Rica. You can travel there or move there for a few months. Here are the tips that will help you do it.
If you can’t travel – don’t worry, you can also put these tips to use. Just immerse yourself online. Find Costa Rican speakers on the Internet, look for some native Costa Rican speakers in your city. Read this article and you’ll surely find some ways to put these tips to use!
1. Introduce yourself on social networking sites
Before you go to Costa Rica, introduce yourself on social networking sites such as Facebook or Couchsurfing (a community for travelers). Get to know some people and meet with them face to face when you arrive in Costa Rica! Thanks to this, it will be very easy for you to immerse yourself.
2. Challenge yourself
Don’t be scared of speaking. Try to speak Spanish at every opportunity. Ask people for directions, chat with people on the street, on the bus, while waiting in lines. You can find friendly people all over the world and Costa Rica is no exception. Latin American culture is very laid back and casual, so it will be very easy for you to speak with strangers every single day.
3. Forget about your native language
It’s very simple: if you want to learn Spanish in Costa Rica, don’t use your native language there. Speak only Spanish, think only in Spanish, read only in Spanish and even avoid people who speak your native language. Interact with native speakers as much as you can, even if your Spanish skills aren’t very good (you’ll improve quickly!).
Keep in mind that Costa Rican speakers usually use “usted” as a second person singular pronoun and tuteo isn’t used.
That’s it: three simple tips on how to learn Spanish in Costa Rica. I’m pretty sure that thanks to these tips you can learn Spanish even in a few months. So, learn some basics and buy a ticket to Costa Rica! Pura vida!
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