I work at a place where most people speak Spanish, and I want to be able to hold conversations with them. I’ve watched a couple of YouTube videos, but I haven’t been able to retain the information. I need to write down flashcards and notes. I’m wondering, and I don’t mind if it’s proprietary, what is the best and fastest way to learn Spanish?
The best language learning system I’ve ever used is called Language Transfer, and it’s completely free (supported by donations).
It focuses on getting you to use constructs and patterns that you already know in your own language and transferring those to the new language. That way you start off with a good vocabulary and basic grammar.
They have Spanish, as well as German, French, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Swahili.
There is also an app, which is plain but extremely usable.