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Aug 17, 2013 - 10:02 AM
Reading children's stories is a good place to start. I'm studying Italian but I found this site http://www.bookbox.com which you may find helpful. The stories are available in several languages, including spanish. They're animated stories with subtitles. Sometimes a note appears at the top of the animation that says you can download the book in both english and spanish. The videos are free but I don't know if the downloads are.
Aug 17, 2013 - 12:17 PM
If you have any friends with kids who speak Spanish, see if you can borrow some children's books. My boss had a few books from Chronicle Books that are bilingual and having the Spanish and English is hugely helpful. http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/... Try covering up the English and reading the Spanish, and then comparing how you did. Even if you don't have someone to borrow the materials from, just check out your local library. To help with pronunciation, I also read them aloud. In addition to Fluenz, I also borrowed some Pimsleur discs from my library and use those lessons to reinforce my listening comprehension.
Probably less reliable, but sometimes if I want to say something, I will figure out how I think it should be and then type the English phrase into Google Translate. It's not perfect, but it helps me make sure I'm on the right track.
I've also been using http://www.studyspanish.com/ to drill verb conjugations.
Probably less reliable, but sometimes if I want to say something, I will figure out how I think it should be and then type the English phrase into Google Translate. It's not perfect, but it helps me make sure I'm on the right track.
I've also been using http://www.studyspanish.com/ to drill verb conjugations.