Sharpening up your Spanish in the New Year - 5 Ideas
Is your New Year’s Resolution to improve your Spanish this year?
Here are a few ideas to get you going:
1. Join, or create, a local Spanish enthusiasts meet up, with meetup.com - read more about this here, in the forum.
2. Make a list of three or four grammar points you feel you have never got the hang of and resolve to clear them up once and for all. Spanish.about.com has great explanations for this sort of thing. Still annoyed by saber and conocer for example? I finally managed to clear up the four ‘porques’ last week!
3. Plan a trip to Spain or South America. But steer clear of touristy areas, and you will have much more chance to use your Spanish. Just knowing you will have to test your Spanish later in the year can provide a big motivation boost.
4. This one is really random: make a video diary in Spanish and publish it on youtube! Just make sure you tell us about it afterwards!
5. Share your favourite words, ask questions, look for interesting resources in the Learning Spanish section of the Notes in Spanish Forum!
Over to you: more ideas in the comments below please!
January 4th, 2007 | Posted in: Learning Spanish - Tips and Resources | Comments: 6
Comments:
Comment from que
Time: January 4, 2007, 8:08 pm
Im going to crack this Spanish thing this year, so help me god. 
So anyone got a list of top places in Spain to visit where you would be more likely to need your spanish?
Comment from Ben
Time: January 5, 2007, 9:27 am
That sounds like a post in the making for NFS!
Comment from que
Time: January 5, 2007, 1:24 pm
Done:
http://www.notesfromspain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1643
I couldnt find one already, so correct me if a thread has been started.
Look forward to the posts
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Comment from ilai
Time: January 6, 2007, 5:57 am
in reference to suggestion #4, blip.tv (no affiliation) is a nice alternative to the trashy youtube sprawl, and as far as I know still independent of large media ownership.
another thing to check out for finding videoblogs en español is this “vlog map”.
Feliz año a todos……….
Comment from Ben
Time: January 6, 2007, 2:46 pm
Thanks ilai, I’ll check them out!
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