I'm learning independent study Spanish this summer. What tools will be useful to me?

Question

I already completed Spanish 1 this past school year. I breezed through the class and decided to take independent study Spanish 2 this summer. I have the Spanish 2 text book and am curious as to what tools may assist me in learning this material. What would you suggest?

Answer 1

Why, this website, of course!!

I find a good dictionary (hard copy) to be helpful. I also have a book+CD of 500 verbs which I used for quick reference on conjugations.

Watching Spanish television programs has been an enormous help, too.

Answer 2

My advice: throw away anything that says "reflexive verbs", because it will confuse you beyond imagination, and you'll never get a feeling for what a pronominal verb is.

P.S. If you have books, don't throw them to the chimney, because the evil fumes will hurt you. Just throw them to the bin and let someone else suffer the curse.

I'm pretty sure reflexive verbs are the easiest thing this part of Spanish has to offer. I'm more concerned with the tenses of verbs than the reflexive forms of them. - jbierfeldt, Jun 5, 2011

Answer 3

I just finished Spanish 2 in school. Next year, I'll be heading to Spanish 3 Honors, whoo hoo!

In Spanish 2, we covered in verb tenses:

• Reflexive Verbs
• Preterite [Regular & Irregular]
• Imperfect [Reg & Irreg]
• Tú commands
• Future
• Progressive

I would try looking on websites for an a book on the topics above! Also, again look on websites for a big book of vocab.

I'm sorry this is a bit vague, but if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.