Improving Spanish by doing your daily routine

Hi,
In this blog post you won't find any Spanish word or Spanish grammar, I promise.

If you want to learn a new language you have to contact with it as much as you can.

Where?

1. news(papers)
2. TV
3. radio
4. Internet
5. movies
6. games
7. music
8. anything... Really, if you can find something in your native language then you can find it in Spanish almost always.

If you want to read  news in Spanish, you find some sites here or if you simply surf on the Internet just try to select Spanish language instead of English, French, German or whatever you use daily. Furthermore, if you want to watch a movie then watch it with Spanish subtitles or audio. Music? Yes. All people love music, and I bet you can find a  band who sings in Spanish that you will like. Well, if you like rock music then I think you will enjoy Ill Niño.If you hate rock music just try this song. Last but not least, games. If you play computer games then try to play it in Spanish. Most of the time you can understand a lot of things without understanding the language itself. Uh, that sentence was a bit odd but it's true.

Let's learn some words: Insects

Hi, as I said few days ago, now I am going to write some words in the topic of insects. Also I have "uploaded" a great starting book that I have started to use too because while we learn these words we ought to learn the Spanish grammar too.

Inglés - Español

insects - insectos

bee - abeja: If you now the game Oddworld, then this will be really easy again, but if you don't then click on the link and in my opinion it's quite hard to forget this "guy". Just combine with a bee on his nose or something like that.
hornet - avispón: You can connect it to the avispón =>spoon.
ladybug - mariquita: This and the butterfly were quite easy for me because I could connect it to my mother's name and imagine it really really easily, but if you don't have any friends or relatives called: Maria, then finding a famous person might be a solution or you can also connect it to chiquita.
butterfly - mariposa: Same
ant - hormiga: You can connect it to horn or the mig aeroplane .


As I have said a lot of times these imaginations should be funny, absurd, lots of movement in it. Please note that those things that I have mentioned so far for words are just hints and not the only way to learn these words. There is always a better alternative method, so please feel free to learn it differently if you find out a better solution :).


Task:
Try to find another 5-10 words and imagine it alone. 
p.s. If you would like to share it, you can do it under this post.

Let's learn some words: Animals 2

Hi again,
             this is the second word package, which is related to animals. I hope by the time you read this post, you can use the learning technique that I have mentioned in my second post. If you can use it then nothing can stop you from learning these new words in a really short period of time but if you can't, then just check it again ;)! I think I will write every animal that I have just memorised and of course I will give you hints too, but not for all, because you need to "do some words for yourself". . You simply have to learn to do it by yourself too. Maybe that was a bit rude from me, but I can't be there always if you learn a new Spanish word to tell that you have to imagine this and imagine that and then how to combine it. :) Let's get it started!

English - Spanish
animals - animales

cat - gato: gato - "o" and +  "e" =gate , imagine that a cat is jumping on a gate
fox - zorro: that's all, impossible to forget
fish - pez: no need to change the Spanish word, pez like the candy, imagine a fish shaped pez

goat - cabra: easy one, Chupa(cabra), ready... next one :)
frog - rana: just imagine a running frog like this, well, okay... I know that this is a dancing frog but you still can't forget it :D
monkey - mono: another easy one, imagine this monkey in a TV while he is pointing one the mono sound
chicken - pollo: pollo - "l"= polo, and imagine a chicken who plays polo
owl - búho: you can find a litte similiarity between the Spanish word and what the owl "says"

Okay, that's all for now. I'm pretty tired now so I think I'm going to sleep.:) Just go on in the same way with the following words.

dog - perro
horse - caballo
rabbit - conejo
bear - oso
stork - cigüeña
deer - ciervo
pig - cerdo
pigeon - paloma
squirrel - ardilla
wolf - lobo
bull - toro
beaver - castor
rhino - rinoceronte
goose - ganso
shark - tiburón
turtle - tortuga
pheasant - faisán

In my next post I will write some insects or insectos. Maybe this is quite odd for you and you might ask this question: " Why do I learn these words instead of the Hi(Hola), How are you(¿Qué tal? ¿ Cómo estás?), Good day(¡Buenos días!), etc.". The answer is easy. These words are perfect for practicing the word learning technique and if you learn it now, then every word will be easier.


If you want to chill out a bit, you can play game(s) here, if you like computer games or just simply go outside for a walk or do some exercises or whatever you would like to do:). Have fun!

Let's learn some words: Animals

Okay, just start with some simple and easy words, which you can learn instantly. These words have only a little difference or maybe nothing: You can learn the Spanish pronunciation here.

English - Spanish
animals - animales
jaguar - jaguar
lion - león
zebra - cebra
giraffe - jirafa
gorilla - gorila
penguin - pingüino
tiger - tigre
leopard - leopardo
serpent - serpiente
crocodile - cocodrilo 
dolphin - delfín
hippopotamus - hipopótamo
mouse - ratón
rat - rata
hyena - hiena
camel - camello
panda - panda
elephant - elefant
kangaroo - canguro

How to learn the words easily

Hi, here is a really easy and effective technique to learn foreign words.
The technique based on the mind control(Silva method). There are lots of words, which you can connect to something. For example: "pen" is "pluma" in Spanish. So you have to connect these two words somehow.

a.) pen - pluma
Step 1: Close your eyes
Step 2: Breath deaply few times and relax a bit(you should do this when you start the learning but of course you can repeat this anytime)
Step 3: Imagine the English word, now it's "pen".
Step 4: Now we just need to find something in the foreign word. "Pluma", just forget about the "a" and that's it! It's the "plum" the fruit.
Step 5: Here is the final step, imagine the two words in one picture. For example: the pen is stabbed through the plum or anything else, which is the most suitable for you.
b.) duck - pato
Step 1 and 2: Are the same as before.
Step 3: Imagine the English word, now it's "duck" It's really important how you imagine it. Just think about it and check these images. duck 1 , duck 2(psy duck from Pokemon). Which is the one that you can remember more easily? I bet the second one:)!
Step 4: Same as before. Pato, minus "o" and add an "h". "Path".
Step 5: Combine them. Check these pictures and choose one if you need it.

The first 5-10 words might be a bit odd to learn in this way(it will be easier and more natural if you practice it daily) but if you do it as I said, you simply can't forget these words.

Bio, plans, blogging scheme

Hello,

I'm going to write about my spanish learning journey, for example learning techniques, words, grammar. I'm starting from 0 Spanish knowledge because in the first semester I barely learnt anything, which is related to Spanish :). Hopefully my English will improve too.

So, my plan is quite simple: B2 level(CEFR) in a half or maximum 1 year. Mostly by self-taught.

 Blogging scheme: I am going to regurarly update my blog and  post those things, which I have learnt and how do I learnt those things. Furthermore, I am going to show some language learning techniques and the connection of mentality and language learning.