Hi. I'm new here, and I'd like to ask for your advice. I greatly desire my children to have the advantage of growing up with two languages. Four years ago in college I was conversant in German and had some basic Hebrew. (Which I had to work very, very hard for. Languages do not come naturally to me, and I am hard of hearing, which means that to some degree I have to learn to lip read in any new language I attempt). However, my mediocre abilities in these languages have definitely declined in the past few years. My husband served a two year mission in Argentina and is basically fluent in Castillano (dialect of Spanish). I want him to speak Castillano to our baby girl (and all future children as well), but he believes this would be ineffective, as I am going to be the stay at home Mom and primary caregiver. He's willing, however, if I learn the language as well. I have been trying to learn using free materials from the library, but frankly I am very intimidated and discouraged. It was difficult enough trying to adjust to the new sounds of German as a freshman in high school, but my hearing has gradually been getting worse over the past ten years or so. Hebrew was far, far more difficult to adjust to than German, and I'm finding Spanish even more so. I've made some progress with reading Spanish children's books, but my oral comprehension skills are just terrible. We don't have the money for me to enroll in a class (so I can see an instructor's mouth as they teach), but computer programs with only audio are no help, and dubbed movies are worse. The Spanish channel is only slightly better, because they go so fast I can hardly understand a word. I'm sorry I went on so long, I'm just not sure what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions?