grammar, listening, reading, comPrehension Practice—and fun!
Want to watch a subtitled comedy show in Spanish about two roommates for comprehension practice? Need some listening practice? Looking to watch a video on a grammar topic you're struggling with—or practice it through targeted activities? Searching for a quick read in Spanish to improve your reading skills? Get all of the above—and much more—in the treasure-trove offered on the website aprenderespañol.org. Click here.
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TOP 5 mistakes
LEARNING STRATEGIES: It's a myth that intelligent people are better at learning languages, says teacher Anne Merritt in an article in The Telegraph (UK). Most good language-learning skills are HABITS. That means, unfortunately, that you can develop bad language-learning habits, too. What are these bad habits? How can you kick them? To find out click here.
what's your level of proficiency?
PRACTICE ASSESSMENTS: How proficient are you at reading, writing, reading, speaking Spanish? To try a sample STAMP test (a.k.a. Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency), click here. To try your hand at the AAPPL proficiency test (a.k.a. Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages) spearheaded by ACTFL (a.k.a. American Council on the Teachers of Foreign Languages) , click here. You'll need speakers or speakers and a microphone
DUOLINgo - practice 5-10 minutes a day
Duolingo - The world's best way to learn a language. With the free mobile app or web and a few minutes a day, everyone can Duolingo. Learn online with bite-size lessons based on science. (Duolingo was designed by a Carnegie Mellon professor the the inventor of captcha and recaptcha!) Put in just 5-10 minutes a day and watch your ability level increase by leaps and bounds! That's really all it takes to improve significantly. Try it on the bus to school. Or right after you get home. Click here.