I am a Spanish major at the senior college level. This year I will be entering my eighth year of study of the language. I have been to Mexico twice for study abroad programs. My first experience I went to San Luis, Potosi for two months with a no English rule. I was awarded an excellence award for entering the program and abiding by the no English rule. My second experience I went to Cuernavaca for four weeks. I learned additional culture and history of Mexico through traveling to nearby areas. Additionally, I am tutoring on campus as a Spanish tutor. Fall 2009 will be my third semester tutoring. I tutor all levels the campus offers. With this blog I would like to take what I have learned from my travel abroad, my own studies, and my tutoring experiences and share them with you to give you a guide to learn Spanish.
My personal interest in this topic is helping others learn more about Spanish. I would like to use this as a resource and learn more from others who have additionally experiences. I hope that you will find some useful tips that will help you learn Spanish. My main hope is that by following this blog you will discover a passion for the Spanish language and culture. I developed an interest and came up with the idea for this guide through Spanish after studying Spanish and working with introductory Spanish students. I know there are some common topics in the language where additional practice and clarification could be useful. I would like to explore those topics. I would, however, also like to explore some fun cultural topics and interesting history to keep the passion for the language alive in this blog. This guide is important to me because I want to help others develop a passion for the Spanish language and build their communication skills.
I hope that students of Spanish or those with an interest of knowing more about the Spanish language, culture, history, or literature read this blog. It would also be wonderful for those with helpful links and resources or have more knowledge about a specific topic to comment and add helpful or interesting information. I am a firm believer that at no matter what level you are in the language you still have valuable information to contribute. Also, if you have any questions and would like to know more about a specific topic please comment and we can explore that topic!
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Your passion for your subject is evident from your blog entries. I, too, love the Spanish language and the rich cultures of the native speakers. Currently in 203, I am doing well in the class but find that I have two huge frustrations. One is that I am having a difficult time training my ear to hear and translate conversation. The second problem is that I feel completely ignorant of the proper grammatical structure, and it makes me reluctant to enter into conversation. My husband and I are currently watching telenovelas to try to improve, but I am still running the Spanish closed-caption as I watch. Is this normal? Or should I be doing better at this point? And do you have any advice for improving?
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