Tips for Success in the Foreign Language Classroom

I will succeed!

1. Study daily!Practice whenever

you canSpeak over and over

until it becomes familiar

Nothing can replace practice

2. Do not be afraid to make a mistake.Mistakes can help

you to learn or identify any problems

3. Build on what you already knowMastering Chapter 1

is essential for acquiring Chapter 2

4. Take your best guessTry to make a

connection in English or even another language you know

If you are unsure how to say something, try it!! You may surprise yourself and be right.

5. Use Your Knowledge of EnglishCognates (examples: república, fruta,

restaurante)**Watch out for false cognates (éxito, embarazada)Borrowed words (examples: fiesta, piñata,

taco, patio)The alphabetSubject-verb order (Alicia studies=Alicia

estudia)

6. Distinctive differencesPunctuation marksThe punctuation

marks can be extremely helpful when reading

AccentsLetter sounds

7. The Spanish Speaking world!What 3 continents have

Spanish-speaking countries?

In what country did Spanish originate?

What country has the largest Spanish-speaking population?

There are 4 cities in the U.S. with over 1 million Spanish speakers, which are they?