I am trying to find the best way to improve my written Spanish. I learnt Spanish in Spain informally, a long time ago, so can have a conversation, and I can read Spanish, however, my written Spanish is A1 appalling, so I'd like to know how best to improve my written Spanish. A friend in UK says I only need to practise, but how should I do this? Does anyone have any recommendation as to the best course I could undertake with a view to improving spelling and grammar? Thanks in advance!
Posts: 33 | Location: Near London, England | Registered: 23 November 2002
Thanks Jer. I like your idea of listening to tapes, CD's etc., and then transcribing what was said, so I am going to try that. Only thing is, I don't know anyone with free time who could check my transcriptions! I think I shall have to find a penpal!
Posts: 33 | Location: Near London, England | Registered: 23 November 2002
as tedious as it sounds, actually typing out spanish texts really helps. you get to learn where the lo, la, and se goes, when to put the subjunctive down, how to phrase certain things....it really works.
i also make my english students do this in English and i am amazed at how much their writing improves.
also, it removes the necessity of having a spanish reviewer.
i also find that it helps to do this with info you find interesting---for example, i'll do gastronomy reviews from elpais.es or travel articles from spain.info so, at the same time i am learning to write better, i am also learning something cool about this country that i love.
buena suerte maja!
Posts: 1001 | Location: MADRID! | Registered: 09 November 2002
Along a similar line, I've found it greatly helpful to participate in online forums in Spanish. I participate in a Spanish yahoogroup, of which there are many on tons of different topics. Unfortunately, no one (usually) corrects my entries, but I participate in conversations about things of interest and learn a lot simply by reading and responding to others' posts.
I'm a Madrileña girl so if you want to correspond with me via emails please let me know so I can give you my email address. That way, we can chat by MSN. So if interested please let me know. Regards from Madrid
Posts: 4 | Location: Spain | Registered: 19 September 2006
I've just seen your posts. Whatever question you have please ask and I'll try to help you, alright? Oh and if you have a topic to talk about just let me know so we can write and wite to improve our 2nd languages. Catch ya later ;-)
Posts: 4 | Location: Spain | Registered: 19 September 2006
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