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Need a little help?
General Survival Skills
Meet the Challenge!
You can do anything if you put your mind and heart in it!
- Study your vocabulary for 10 minutes every night!
- Bring your Spanish notebook with you to class each day. When you receive worksheets, parent letters, etc. immediately
place them in your notebook. When you get home, do your homework and give your parents any notices, papers to be
signed, etc. After you complete each assignment, put it back in the folder immediately.
- Keep your spanish notebook organized. Put each paper in the correct section of the notebook, and number the page.
If you aren't sure which section it goes under, please ask me.
- Fill out your agenda. This important tool will help you to be organized. Carefully record each assignment at
the beginning/ending of each class. Make note of any upcoming tests or projects. Beside each assignment, record
the items you need to take home with you. When you are packing to go home, check your agenda to see what books
you need to bring with you.
- Choose the best place for you to do your homework. Now you can use your planner to guide you through your
assignments. Check off the margin as you complete your work!
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Don't wait till the last minute to study for a test. A little bit of review each night will keep you ready
for anything and you will be a "star" in class the next day!
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Each school day try to do your very best.
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Levels of language acquisition
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Level 0
not understanding the story at all
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Level
1
understanding
the gist of the story
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level 2
able to retell the story in English
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level 3
being able to retell the story in Spanish, but
with
gaps and pauses
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level 4
being able to retell the story in Spanish with
ease
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level 5
able to easily retell the story from a different perspective
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Learning Styles
Would you like to find out how you learn best? Then take these tests and they will give you insight on how you
learn best.
Below is a link for a Left Brain/Right Brain test. I had taken one in the past. The results were that I was
very right brained and not very left brained. However, I took a different test and it came out much more accurate.
I am 51% Left Brained and 49% Right Brained. I thought it was a mistake so I took it again. The results were similar.
So, why don't you try it out. This test is really cool!
- First click on the Link for Left Brain Right Brain Test.
- Then, scroll down to the very bottom of the page.
- At the bottom, you will see a link that says Click here for BRAIN activity.
- Click on that link.
- A window will come up that says File Download. Do you want to save this file?
- If you want to save this file to your computer, click on Save. If not, click Run.
- If you click run, a window will come up that says "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to
run this software?" Click Run.
- If you saved the file to your computer, look for where you saved it. The icon will say BRAINT~1. Double click
on the icon.
- A window will come up that says "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?"
Click Run.
- Then you can begin the test.
Left Brain/Right Brain Test
Below is a link for a Multiple Intelligences test you can take online. Just click on the link and scroll all the
way down. At the bottom, it will ask you to insert a name, whether you are male or female, left or right handed, and
your age. After you fill out the info, Click on Begin. You will see your results at the end.
Below the link for the test are links so you can read more about your dominant intelligences.
Multiple Intelligences Test
Multiple Intelligences Definitions
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If you are having trouble remembering vocabulary, make some flash cards.
On the front side, write the English word.
On the back side, write the Spanish word, an association to help you remember what it means, a picture, and a sentence
using the word.
Whenever you have a few minutes to spare, take the flash cards out and quiz yourself. As you are quizzing
yourself, put the words you are having trouble with in a separate pile. After you are finished, go back and quiz yourself
on the problem words until you have mastered them.
General Study Tips
- Make flashcards
- Repeat words aloud
- Don't be afraid to make mistakes
- Speak to others in Spanish
- Watch Spanish television on cable
- Praise yourself
- Listen to Spanish tapes/CDs
- Go to a Mexican restaurant and order in Spanish
- Eavesdrop on people talking in Spanish
- Name objects in Spanish
- Relax before going to class or before studying
- Don't worry about your age or aptitude
- Talk to yourself in Spanish
- Try not to translate in your head
- Practice speaking Spanish with friends
- Form a study group with classmates
- Review class notes
- Reward your successes
- Guess when in doubt
- Re-write class notes
- Record new vocabulary and grammar in a notebook
- Make review cards grouping verbs, nouns, etc.
- Don't pretend to understand when you really don't
- Paraphrase when necessry
- Listen to Spanish radio
- Rent Spanish videos and watch them
- Stay alert; don't "zone out" in class
- Hang in there; be persistent
- Read ahead
- Use mime and gesture
- Write down words you don't know
- Keep a language diary
- Keep your expectations reasonable
- Highlight your text
- Practice daily
- Memorize using image, sound, rhyme, etc.
- Don't miss class
- Teach children
- Be assertive
- Use cognates for association with English
- Read Spanish newspapers
- Use what you learn
- Make study sheets
- Do homework immediately after class
- Try not to use the dictionary very much
- Check out Spanish children's books from the library
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