The Ultimate Guide to Praciticing Spanish Verbs
This post is going to show you exactly how you can improve your Spanish by practicing Spanish verbs. Spanish verbs are very tricky for us English speakers and we therefore need to practice as much as we can. But what type of practice will benefit us and how can we make sure that the work that we’re putting in will bring benefits to our general Spanish?
The biggest problem most learners face when learning Spanish is being able to speak freely with native speakers. Most learners feel quite comfortable when reading Spanish, at least in comparison to their speaking and listening skills (the two skills needed in conversation). So, in order to practice Spanish verbs effectively, you should focus your learning on these two skills.
This goes against what most people do when they want to improve their ability to learn the different verbs. What many students do is to read or be taught the ways in which the regular verbs all have similar conjugations, while the irregular verbs are tricky and need to be learned either independently or in groups. But, when you think about this, the verbs that you are able to conjugate easily when speaking involve a lot of irregular verbs (I presume). The tricky verbs seem to also be the verbs that you can conjugate. All the verbs that most people can conjugate easily have one big thing in common: they are all commonly used verbs.
What this tells us is that instead of thinking about verbs in terms of regularity and irregularity, we should list the verbs that we are comfortable with and realise that it the practice of using these verbs when we are talking that makes them easy to use.
So, this means that we should focus our attention on trying to practice using verbs as often as possible. There are two clear ways that you can do this:
- Through regular conversation with Spanish speakers, and
- By doing verb drills as naturally as possible.
The first option is great for your general Spanish too, and any advice that talks about improving your spoken Spanish should include lots of speaking practice. The second option is more targeted at the specific verbs which means that you can start using the verbs that aren’t as common in everyday speech, so that when you come to using them, you should feel confident about coming up with the verb conjugation without any hesitation.
To do this you need a conjugator in order to set up the verb drills for you, and to make it a verbal exercise through the use of audio. This will help your ability to practice Spanish verbs in a fun way, focusing on the verbs and the tenses that you feel you need to practice the most.
Doing these oral verb drills will help you greatly with your regular Spanish, specifically your conjugating ability when speaking with native speakers in Spanish.
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Good luck with your learning!
February 13, 2012 at 6:14 am Comments (0)