CLEP Spanish: Best way to learn for someone with ZERO prior knowledge

[bjcheung77]

The cheapest/easiest/fastest way to 3-6 or 9 credits is the CLEP, however; because you're starting from scratch and I doubt you know a second language. I recommend you taking the Study.com courses instead, 3 courses of Spanish in one month if you can cram all that into your daily schedule. I recommend at least 3-4 hours a day, 30 days = 90-120 hours.

You can try to supplement that with the Modern States Spanish CLEP prep materials. The only way to learn a language is by "paying for it" with money & time spent "learning" the material and immersing yourself in it... Whatever you do, don't take the StraighterLine Spanish, as I hate using Rosetta Stone material, I don't know how others love it...

If you want to do more, you can, it'll cost you another subscription... I would do it this way, review the MS/CLEP materials for 1 month, do 3 courses from Study.com for 1 month and you'll have 180-240 hours total if you do 3-4 hours a day for two months. Heck, I'll even recommend you to get some DVD/CD/Book combo from the library and use that as review material for another month, 3 months total - 270 to 360 hours of Spanish knowledge crammed!