Spanish Steps – “Using a Cash Machine” and “At a Market”
Today, I completed two more Elements of Spanish Steps in the “Shopping” Unit. These first two Units involved learning about numbers, bargaining and other topics that would help you to shop in Madrid.
One thing that I noticed today from completing these first two Elements was the fact that the first two elements of each Unit are of the same difficulty level. This means that a Learner can complete any Unit of the Spanish Steps in any order.
I have also noticed that the Spanish words and phrases that I have learnt through this course is starting to stick in my brain (evidence of how effective this course is). While I was walking to class today, random Spanish words and their meanings randomly ’popped’ into my head. This has probably been the result of having slides, activities, games and transcripts being repeatedly used for teaching the content, allowing what has been taught to stick into my head through repetition in various forms.
I have also found another way to enhance my learning. In my last post, I said that the different activities following the original scenario presented in each Element provided the learner with too many new words to learn. However, I have found that if I wrote down these new words and their translations from these activities, my learning would incorporate these new words – enhancing my learning experience. Through this, I have also proven that my preferred learning style is really read/write.
