subject: One Speedy Trick To Learn Spanish [print this page] When you are in the midst of learning Spanish it should be understood that there are three absolutely vital things that need to be taken into consideration: You need to build on the layers of what you already know, you need to split tasks into manageable sizes, and you need to constantly review what you have already learned. The most effective courses are developed into the way your course is structured.
There is one idea, recorded about by a man named Stephen Krashen, that is summarized by the formula I + 1. to summarize the theory, it states that the most efficient way to teach something is to take what you have already learned, and keep adding just a bit more at a time, rather than learning an overloading amount all at the same time. Try to imagine that you are a house builder and are building a house from bricks. It would be near impossible throw a few bricks together and then attach a roof; it must be built up, piece by piece, in a standardized way, in a technique where the bricks connect and are solid, before the next layer is put on. This method builds a strong house. Learning Spanish in this way builds a durable foundation too.
If you have already picked up a few things in Spanish, the first sentences you learned probably werent totally new. It was created around an experience that you were undoubtedly familiar with; meeting people and introducing yourself. In any culture globally, there is normally a standard set of events that take place when you meet a person and introduce yourself. So, in preparation for what you thought was going to take place you could have recited what you were to say, and what you would be likely to hear.
But, how can you use this theory to make you learn Spanish much faster than normal?
Despite how you practice your language, whether it be by reading newspapers, writing and practicing phrases, using internet forums, you can use I + 1, too.
I know many people that use labels around there home with Post-it notes, its is a great idea and can work wonders. If this is you,go and add some describing words (adjectives). Add as many as you can to describe, say, your fridge, or oven. Challenge yourself to describe them as fully as you would in English (though it might be a little difficult to describe an oven!). Now, make a sentence about this thing, talk about it in a meaningful way, using what you know about action words (verbs) and their endings, and add some descriptions there too (how did the cat eat his dinner? Fast, slow?
If you are out, try to order off a restaurant menu, in your head prior to the waiter coming round if necessary, completely in Spanish, using not only the words for the food but also try and emphasize the words before such as 'I would like'..by now your little bits of Spanish understanding can be connected and the separate bricks of information you have been learning can connect to begin to build a solid structure of Spanish. At this stage, keep on building bricks, piece by piece, connecting them with all that you have already learned. It wont be long before you will be amazed at the level of the foundation, and your ability to converse in Spanish.
