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__ **15 Ways to Practice and Improve Your Spanish** __

Just because you have finished your homework and have reviewed your notes doesn't mean you are finished! Try to spend 15-20 minutes every day working on something Spanish. Here are some ideas...
1) Go to [] for level 2 [] for Honors (Junior IB) [] for IBSL (Senior IB) and do a couple of activities or games.

2) Listen to some music in Spanish. You can listen to streaming music for free on [|www.pandora.com] or [|www.batanga.com]

3)When you become familiar with a song, sing along, karaoke-style using [|www.lyricsgaps.com] . You can use your Facebook log- in.

4) Practice vocabulary on [|www.freerice.com]. The activity benefits the World Food Program sponsored by the United Nations.

5) Pick up a free Spanish newspaper from the grocery store or a Spanish-speaking restaurant. Skim through to see what words you recognize or can figure out.

6) In your Spanish newspaper, choose one article to read and see if you can answer who, what, when, where, why, how about the story in Spanish.

7) In your Spanish newspaper, choose an article that you might want to tell someone else about and write a key-word summary. Choose 8-10 important words and incorporate them into a paragraph of 4-5 sentences that tells the key information about the article.

8) Chat, IM, or text a friend in Spanish.

9)Find a program in Spanish and watch for about 15 minutes. Try to pick out familiar words and figure out what the speakers are talking about.

10) Watch a favorite movie in Spanish with the Spanish subtitles and dubbing on.

11)Go to [|www.studyspanish.com] and review a grammatical topic. Take one of the free quizzes from the section.

12) Practice flashcard vocabulary on Quizlet by visiting [|http://quizlet.com]. You can use your Facebook log-in and go to []. Request to join the appropriate group for your level and you can practice the vocabulary posted and/or create and share your own flashcard sets with other students. There is also an app, although some of the functions are not available on the app.

13) Check out Nulu at [] . The site has news articles with comprehension questions and you can hover over a section of text to make sure you understand what it says. You can also listen and read along as the article is read to you. New articles every day!

14) Play an app or game in Spanish. You can play Ruzzle, some versions of Scrabble, and 4 pictures/1 word in Spanish. Other free or low-cost apps are Duolingo and MindSnacks Spanish.

15) Download Dragon Dictation (free app) or other dictation app that recognizes other languages. Change the setting to Spanish, then practice your pronunciation by reading or saying song lyrics, tongue twisters, or any other text selection until the screen displays what you said. You may have to slow down and enunciate more!