Ask a Question

(Create a thread)
Go Back   Spanish language learning forums > Teaching & Learning > Teaching and Learning Techniques


Spanish Conversation Help

 

Teaching methodology, learning techniques, linguistics-- any of the various aspect of learning or teaching a foreign language.


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old June 14, 2016, 04:50 PM
wilbuchanan14 wilbuchanan14 is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 1
wilbuchanan14 is on a distinguished road
Spanish Conversation Help

Hola, mi nombre es Wil y soy de Georgia.

I first visited South America in August as a graduation trip, and absolutely loved it. Loved it, fell in love with the culture and wanted more of it. I hated that I wasn't able to talk to others. After returning, I began studying out of a book only, which at the time seemed completely logical, but I later found out how far I was from speaking it when I returned to South America in Colombia. I began focusing my studies on speaking and listening to the language to better comprehend it. I started studying other resources such as Accelerated Spanish by Timothy Moser, which seems to have prompted an increase in my comprehension skills. I was hoping to find any suggestions for continuing to practice my spoken skills. Thanks for the time.
Reply With Quote
   
Get rid of these ads by registering for a free Tomísimo account.
  #2  
Old June 14, 2016, 05:05 PM
wrholt's Avatar
wrholt wrholt is offline
Sapphire
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 1,401
Native Language: US English
wrholt is on a distinguished road
I made the most significant gains in speaking and listening skills while spending several weeks living with a family in Central America. I had already completed my high school's 3 year program in Spanish when I went. My aural/oral skills continued to improved over the next few years due to ongoing opportunities to use Spanish; university classes in Spanish language and literature, living with native speakers as roommates and fellow residents in my residence hall, and working for a few years at a place that provided services to foreign students including many from Spanish-speaking countries.

Spending as much time as you can participating in unscripted conversations can help a lot, particularly when at least some of the people who you are conversing with speak Spanish better than you do.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old June 14, 2016, 05:58 PM
poli's Avatar
poli poli is offline
rule 1: gravity
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In and around New York
Posts: 7,810
Native Language: English
poli will become famous soon enoughpoli will become famous soon enough
Find a mate or a friend who is will to speak Spanish with you. If they speak no English, and need your help, this will help you as well. This may be easier said than done. Something easier to do is listen to songs, not contemporary music so much as boleros from Cuba sung by Mexican and Cuban masters like Olga Guillot or Tonia La Negra. Luis Miguel did a modern very clearly annunciated bolero album maybe fifteen years ago. Find the written lyrics, get a translation and perhaps sing along.
__________________
Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias.
Reply With Quote
Reply

 

Link to this thread
URL: 
HTML Link: 
BB Code: 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Site Rules

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Can you please look over the Spanish letter and conversation I wrote? Yoodle15 Practice & Homework 1 December 11, 2012 03:20 PM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:03 AM.

Forum powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

X