Spanish Steps – Taking a Taxi Ride and Checking into a hotel
My first experience of Spanish Steps course has been very good. I feel like I have learnt quite a lot.
I have learnt the basics of taking a taxi ride and checking into a hotel in Spanish. These were only two elements out of the five making up a unit. This Spanish Step course has around about six units. I may or may not complete all six units because of my busy schedule of completing other University Assignments.
My Learning technique for each element is to print out a transcript of the slides, watch the slides and repeat them with my mouth to get the correct pronounciation. Then I would write down the English equivalent to the Spanish words on my printed Transcript. I would then repeatthe Spanish words and then watch replays of the Slides. Afterwards, I would complete the first activity of re-arranging the conversation, matching the Spanish words to the correct slide.
Afterwards, I would complete the second activity of guessing what some Spanish words meant. These words were loosely connected to the scenario of the slides. The third activity stretched the Learners ability to adapt to new information as it encourages to apply what has been learnt to new Scenario’s. Through these Scenario’s in this activity, new words, grammar formations and phrases are also taught.
Finally in the last activity, the Learner then needs to be involved in a similar scenario to the original elemental slides by typing out the correct responses to the scenario.
A really helpful aid in these elements, is the fact that replays of the slides, with written and sounded words are shown after every activity. The repetition enables rote learning and further reinforces what has been learnt.
