Spanish words and phrases: most effective ways to improve your Spanish

1. Listen to the radio in Spanish

Pick up one radio station (there are plenty on the internet) that doesn’t play too much music, but concentrates on news instead. Don’t worry if you can’t understand anything you hear. The point is to become familiar with the sound. Don’t be discouraged. As you build your knowledge of Spanish words and phrases, as well as the grammar, you will start hearing the words you know and after a while you will start to understand simple sentences.

2. Pick up a book

Grab a book for kids. These kinds of books use basic grammar and words. Similarly to the radio you will not be able to understand much at the beginning. But the more time you spend reading the more you will be able to understand. Reading in Spanish will improve your use of phrases, words and grammatical forms.

3. Learn new vocabulary

The only way to speak any language is to know the vocabulary. However, you don’t need to know the entire dictionary of Spanish words and phrases to speak the language. Lear only what’s useful. Choose 10 words and expression every day, write them down on a piece of paper and simply memorize them. Repeat those words every few hours for the next couple of days. That way they will stay in your head for good. To practice the use of those words and phrases use an exercise book or language learning software.

4. Polish your grammar

It is possible to speak Spanish without knowing any grammar, but you probably won’t be understood. So do study grammar. Do it one thing at the time. If you haven’t mastered present tense don’t start studying past tense.

5. Talk

You can spend hours each day reading, listening, memorizing vocabulary and practicing grammar, but if you don’t practice speaking than all this time is wasted. You have to speak with real people if you want to be able to use the language. So find a speaking buddy, ideally native Spanish speaker. Meet with them once a week for an hour and talk. Try to use all the Spanish words and phrases you’ve picked up during the previous week. Don’t worry that you make mistakes. It’s natural at the beginning. Ask your speaking partner to correct your errors. Your progress will amaze you.

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