IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEARN SPANISH WITHOUT LIVING ABROAD' Second, If I go abroad to learn Spanish, native speakers will correct my mistakes and in a short period of time my Spanish will be flawless. This is just another misconception. Most Spanish people will be reluctant to correct your mistakes for several reasons. If they do not know you, they will not want to seem rude pointing out your mistakes. If they are friends or yours, they might correct a few. However, correcting mistakes is hard work, It is not easy to correct a mistake on the spot (if you do it, the communication stops) and sometimes the native speaker will not be able to detect those mistakes in the middle of a conversation. Third, I will learn the language just by immersion in the Spanish language 24 hours a day. Although living in a Spanish speaking country may provide you 24 hours a day of immersion in the language and culture, learning Spanish does not only consist in listening and speaking. There are other areas like grammar and writing that also need to be learned.