{"id":50,"date":"2017-12-20T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T09:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingua.avant.net\/v\/?p=50"},"modified":"2023-02-25T23:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:55:15","slug":"espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingua.avant.net\/v\/espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"espa\u00f1ol<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

My goal is to read and write in Spanish, and converse well enough to have a basic conversation with a native speaker.<\/p>\n

Actualizaci\u00f3n: He olvidado mucho de mi espa\u00f1ol. Voy a actualizar esto m\u00e1s tarde.<\/em><\/p>\n

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lista de quehaceres<\/span><\/h2>\n

+ currently deferring study<\/em><\/p>\n

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recomendaciones<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are approaches that I have found the most useful, and would recommend to anyone learning Spanish.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n1. Study for at least 600 hours.<\/strong>
\nWhether you study a little bit every day for many years, or you cram for 10-hours a day for 60 days, you’ll do well after 600 hours<\/a> of immersion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Embrace the Sexiness of Spanish.<\/strong>
\nAfterall, it is a romance language: everything has a gender<\/a>, it sounds sexy, and conjugations<\/a> are basically verbs making love to pronouns. Learn with sexual metaphors, everything will be more memorable.<\/p>\n

3. Get to know the Cognates<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nSpanish is a cognate language to English. There are tens of thousands of similar words between English and Spanish. Most English speakers have encountered many of these words already. Get to know the cognates<\/a>, as well as the false cognates.<\/p>\n

4. Escribe un diario en espa\u00f1ol, cada d\u00eda<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nWrite to yourself daily, this was painful at first because there was little I knew how to write, but eventually I started journaling in Spanish.<\/p>\n

5. Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nRead in Spanish daily; comic books, novels, newspapers, whatever you find the most interesting. The Spanish translation of Harry Potter is particularly popular amongst language learners.<\/p>\n

6. M\u00fasica y pel\u00edculas en espa\u00f1ol<\/span>.<\/strong>
\nWatch and listen to as much as you can. Dubbed movies can be fun, and listen to music that you enjoy (Zo\u00e9 es fabuloso). I found Netflix somewhat helpful for Spanish dubbing (e.g., Guerra do los Clones). Here are some other resources:
\nhttp:\/\/univsion.com<\/p>\n

Inicio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n