Recently retired, now live in Punta Cana and need to learn Spanish. I know there will be a cost. I have a flexible schedule, am willing to go to a school for formal classes or live on-line learning approach. Thank you.
If that isn't working out for you, try Babble. If you have decent internet. It's helping me prepare for my trip. I think it should start out more basic but it is what it is. Not a bad price either. Good luck with it.
What I learned the hard way is Dominican Spanish is jacked up. They drop the "s" from the end of everything. Took a moto and told he driver "los corales" and he had no idea. Then I remembered and told him "lo corale" and e knew exactly where I needed to go. So words like "tiene" and "tienes" are interchangeable in DR. And that "s" is the difference in conjugation for pretty much every single verb.