Improve memory of Spanish words
I started to learn Spanish 4 weeks ago with Rosetta stone and Spanishdict. I can write perfect sentences with my list of vocab words however when it comes to ask me to write something under time pressure I find it hard. To remember the words with out looking on my list of Spanish words.
Is there a way I can improve my memory of my Spanish?
Empecé a aprender español hace 4 semanas con Rosetta stone y Spanishdict. Puedo escribir perfecto sentances con mi lista de vocab palabras sin embargo cuando se trata de preguntar para escribir algo bajo presión por falta de tiempo me resulta difícil. Recordemos las palabras de búsqueda en la lista
¿Hay alguna manera en que pueda mejorar mi memoria de mi español?
2 Answers
Welcome to SpanishDict.
Practice!
Learning the verbs is great, but don't forget, to write actual sentences you need to also learn how to conjugate. I strongly suggest taking advantage of our free lessons.
Using a course like Rosetta Stone should ingrain the most common words and forms in your mind through constant repetition, but in terms of the vast swathes of vocab that natives take for granted yet don't actually use everyday (just thinking off the top of my head, for example, 'peanut': everyone (native) knows what it is, of course, but how often do you really use it ?), I find I go through a process of learning & forgetting each word several times before it eventually sticks. I find the games on Spanishdict, like '¿ Qué es esto ?' and 'Pon una y toma una' excellent for this.
If you get a chance to use the Michel Thomas course, he gives useful lessons on how you can use your exiting English vocab to expand your Spanish, e.g. English words ending in '-ion' which often translate to more or less the same in Spanish, ending in 'ión'...
If you can become proficient in the most common words (it's reckoned these number only 800-1,000), and, crucially, in your audio recognition of them, then the less common words should pose less of a problem because you'll identify them as 'strangers' & know what to query of the individual with whom you're conversing. However, if you don't get to grips with the most common words, then it'll all just sound like an incomprehensible sea of Spanish (sadly I often find myself 'listening to the sea', even after 8 or 9 months of learning, but I'm beginning to detect ripples of sense, on occasion).
Buena suerte 
