Fun Ways to Help Learners Improve Their Spanish

If you are serious but not too serious about learning Spanish you will love the tips below here; different, creative ways to help learners improve their Spanish in a fun way. Because one reason why many people give up learning a language such as Spanish is that it can be boring. Simply learning new words or conjugating verbs can quickly lose its appeal. Add in some fun or interesting activities, however, and enthusiasm for Spanish can soon be rekindled.

• Have a Spanish Party!

For Spanish learners who are learning in a class or group, why not try holding a Spanish themed party. Guests will only speak Spanish and this is a great way to practice the language in an informal setting. Many people find that their confidence increases in informal settings when they are feeling relaxed and not under pressure.

• Label Household Items

An easy way to start learning the names of household items is to label them with the Spanish name. Simply write the word on to a piece of paper and attach this with a low tack tape such as masking tape. This is a useful way of learning as it helps to reinforce the image of an item with the word. This can be developed further by adding relevant adjectives and verbs to the paper.

• Spanish Magazines and Newspapers

One way of making Spanish come alive is to read it in a context that interests the learner. Any language appears dry when it is just a few words on a page, however put this into another context and it becomes useful and interesting. Someone who is interested in cooking, for instance, may well find that it is easier to read and comprehend a Spanish cooking magazine than exercises in a text book. The same applies for a football fan, who will find reading about recent matches in a newspaper an interesting way to improve vocabulary and language skills.

• Spanish DVDs

Many DVDs are available in a selection of languages including Spanish. This is a very useful way for learners to familiarise themselves with spoken Spanish. Children’s films may offer a good alternative for beginners who find feature films difficult to follow in Spanish. Some films have subtitles and this is another useful way of connecting Spanish words to sounds. When watching Spanish DVDs keep a pen to hand and make a note of any unfamiliar words that frequently occur. This is a useful way of extending common usage vocabulary.

• Tips

Here are some tips to help get the most from fun and interesting Spanish learning techniques:

-  Always set some goals for any learning activity – however informal it may seem. While this may seem dull, it is one of the best ways of ensuring that progression is achieved.
-  Mix and match activities, so one week watch some Spanish language video and another week do more conventional activities such as leaning vocabulary.
-  Think ‘outside the box’. There are many other fun ways to help learn Spanish, for instance listening to Spanish popular music, looking at Spanish websites and much more.

 

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El Clima  => The Weather

What’s the weather like in Peru? = “¿Qué tiempo hace en Peru?”

Is it  sunny in Lima? = Hace sol en Lima? (Literally it makes sun)

It’s sunny and hot = Hace sol y calor

Peru is located into the tropical belt and near to the equatorial line, but its CLIMA is not as it is supposed to be for this area. Peru can be divided into three major regions, each having its peculiar CLIMA conditions: la Costa (the Coast) with 3,079 kilometres (1,900 miles) of Pacific Coastline. La Sierra Andina (The Andean Mountains)  with the central Andean Highlands.

La Selva Amazonica (The Amazon Basin) with the remote eastern vastness of the Amazonian jungle. This country has a range of CLIMAS and climates that make it so diverse and different from other countries. In the world, you can find a total of 32 kinds of climate and Peru has 28 of them (87.5% of the total!). In other words, a trip through Peru can signify to come across with hot deserts and arid tropical clime(e.g. northern coast of Peru, Piura region), dry forests (e.g. Cusco surroundings), humid savannas and pampas (e.g. Puno and Madre de Dios regions in the Jungle), plain rainforests (low jungle, located on the Amazon plain, e.g. Iquitos area), cold plateaus(e.g. south of Peru in the Tacna region), cool steppes (e.g. the Andean area, located between 1,000 and 3,000 meters above sea level) and icy mountains (e.g. Andean area, from 5,000 meters above sea level or more).