How do you study for a Spanish test?
1) Create a flash card for each vocabulary word or phrase you need to know, and write the Spanish on one side and the English on the other. 3x5 index cards work well because their thickness prevents you from seeing through to the other side.If you don't have flash cards at home, there are some websites available that can make printable versions using your words. 2) Create a separate set of flash cards for verb conjugations. On one side, write the base verb and definition ("hablar: to speak"). On the other side, write the six conjugations. If you were studying the present tense, you would write "yo hablo," "tú hablas," "él habla," "nosotros hablamos," "vosotros habláis," and "ellos hablan." 3) Run through each set of flash cards repeatedly. Start out slowly to allow for mistakes, and only stop when you can rush through the flash cards and identify everything correctly. 4) Shuffle the flash cards periodically. You want to make sure you're actually learning the words and not just the order. 5) Make a mind map of all the words, phrases and sentences you need to learn for your test. Be sure to make it colourful and free-flowing, as the human mind is more likely to remember it. 6) Reading through notes and essays from your Spanish lessons and making summaries or mnemonics of the material can really help. 7) Get a friend or family member to read the English phrase to you, and try to reply with the Spanish version. If you need to learn a lot of text (for example, an essay in Spanish), break it up into sections and work solidly on learning one section at a time in 15 minute bursts with short breaks in between, then see how much you can repeat to someone else.
What's the best way to study for a Spanish test?
This is a question that I get all the time with my students. We have an exam coming up, so how do we study for it?In my experience, virtually all Spanish exams, at almost every level, have somewhat of the same structure. The exam will more than likely test the following three things:VocabularyGrammarWritingHere are my tip:Make a list of the vocabulary that you need to know. If your exam is chapter based, study the words in the glossary. Unfortunately, plain memorization isn’t the best way to learn a language…but for a Spanish exam it is what it is. Pick out the most important vocabulary words first. These should include verbs and words that you went over in class the most. To make memorizing easy, follow these hacks:Make connections with the words. Spanish words might look like an arbitrary random word in English that has nothing to do with the meaning. That’s OK. Use whatever crazy funny tip you have to memorize the word.Look for cognates. Cognates are words that are similar in English and Spanish, and have the same (or somewhat of the same) meaning. This will make your life easier.Grammar is the bane of every Spanish student’s existence. Make a list of the biggest grammar topics and go from there. I prefer outline form. If, for example, you are learning present tense regular verbs, make a list of verbs. Then, write down the important conjugations of those verbs (you don’t have to know everything, i.e. vosotros). Look for patterns among the verb endings.Writing is the one that gets most students. Before going into the exam, you should have some hint about the topic that will be on the exam. Write down FIVE verbs and FIVE nouns that you will use the most throughout your essay. Create an outline of sample sentences that are easy to remember. You can use these multiple times, and mix and match words as you see fit.Good luck! Buena suerte!For more study hacks and tips related to Spanish, feel free to shoot me an email: mjameel91@gmail.com. I’m passionate about Spanish and love helping my students out!Mariam
How to study for spanish finals?!?
So I have finals on Wednesday thru Friday and i have my Spanish final on Thursday. I haven't really been studying very much...at all but i need a good grade in that class! (well...not an F anyway) I have 7 pages of the exam and i have no idea how to study for all of that in just a few days!!! I barely know how to study at all!! How do you study or a 7 page final in a foreign language?!
How do you study for a Spanish Oral Exam?
ugh I hate that. I know what you mean. i take AP spanish this year, and i know its a pain. You could ask a fellow student in your class that speaks fluent spanish(like a mexican, or portarrican) then ask them if they could help you by having face to face conversation in spanish.
How can i study for the spanish regents?
The spanish regents is extremely easy and is 70 percent multiple choice, 10 percent short-answer (2 100 word paragraphs) and 20 percent verbal (which you should have covered earlier on.) As long as you can read spanish, and take away the meaning of what it's telling you, you'll be able to pass. I got a 92 on it because I didn't do one of the two short-answers. Don't stress about it =).
How can I study for AP Spanish over the summer?
I took the AP Spanish exam in May. There’s three main areas. Reading, writing, and speaking.Reading: read a book in Spanish or some news articles. Then try to summarize it in Spanish. This may seem boring, but it’s worth it. It helped.Writing: write some pretend emails. Pretend you’re Hillary Clinton sending scandalous illegal emails to authorities and criminals. Just don’t get caught ;)Speaking: talk. Talk to yourself. Talk to your dog. Talk to people. Watch spanish TV.Good luck! It’s not that hard, don’t worry.
What is the best way to study for the Spanish CLEP exam?
I am a senior in college trying to bypass my foreign language requirement. I am taking the CLEP Spanish exam in December, and I would like to know what the best way to study for the exam would be. I am not a native speaker, but I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, and still use some of it today, and I tested out of Spanish 101. I would just like to know what I need to do to get a score higher than 65.
How do I study for the AP Spanish Literature Exam?
Yes, someone taking my all-time favorite AP!I’ve written about Span Lit briefly in other answers, but here are some general tips.Know and love all the required reading pieces. Okay, so maybe it’s a little hard to love a few of them — particularly the ones regarding Latin American colonialism — but you should feel comfortable defining the purpose and context of the piece within Hispanic culture and/or history, in most cases. There’s a few vocab words you’ll want to know for each piece, in case you’re asked to write about them.For example, if you’re asked about Don Quijote, your mind should ideally word-vomit out the following:Barroco literaturethemes: illusion and disillusionment, duality of manParody of caballería novelsAnd you take this word vomit and make it into a coherent short answer, citing paraphrased evidence you remember from the text and combinint it with all your mad skills.Learn your literary/rhetorical analysis terms. You should’ve gotten a packet in class with the terms that you’ll want to know for the test (particularly the multiple choice) – if not, let me know in the comments and I’ll gladly track one down for you.In terms of AP test prep, what really worked for me was to make a document with all the names of the required reading pieces, then write yourself a very brief summary – maybe identify the era when it was written, and a few of the literary devices used.Here’s an example, though it may not be great because it’s been a year:If you say “Volverán las oscuras golondrinas…” I should be able to say:This is a Romanticism poem written by Bécquer about how love cannot ever be the same again after he and an unnamed woman have separated, because no one will love her like he did and because the things they appreciated together (the swallows and the honeysuckle) will never seem as beautiful. It’s written in heptasílabo/endecasílabo style, which represents the breaking of traditional structure that happened in this era. It’s also highly emotional and expressive(duh), a rejection of Neoclassicism and its rather stoic tone.Thanks for requesting my answer. I hope it was helpful, and I hope you’re loving the class!