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Stelle wrote:So far, I think we’ve read four or five books together? Come agua para chocolate; el tiempo entre costuras; both of those terrible zombie books (I didn’t even bother picking up the third one in the trilogy); io non ho paura (the lone Italian book on my list).

Don't forget La casa de los espíritus! I didn't even read the second zombie book after seeing how unimpressed you were with it.

Glad to have you on board, Stelle. We'll have to read some more Italian together sometime

Also, I definitely need to read more García Márquez.

For that person who asked about the official exams: I am considering taking one maybe next year. I could maybe take one this year but I work all year round and I haven't planned for it. My parents are the type too to discourage me from taking such exams in the first place, especially if I have to travel far to take them, such as I would have to with the SIELE. (How do you pronounce this, by the way? I say 'Sel-eh', just like I say 'Del-eh', but maybe it's pronounced 'See-lee'?) I told my dad these are the type of exams you'd want on your resume because they're recognized pretty much globally, not some certificate course like he was telling me to take. Those are available from community colleges but don't really guarantee you anything. I think he's just afraid of what he doesn't know. I think I would take the A2 DELE, but I just read the other day the lower level tests aren't that reliable. I don't know what level I am to be honest. I know I can't speak well, that's for sure. It's something to think about though. Maybe when I'm better at listening I can take a whack at speaking more, if I have money to pay somebody for practice on italki.

Hi all. I just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about our read along (although I can't quite figure out how March came around so quickly). Should I create a new thread for the read-along or do you fancy discussing Borges here?

I think a dedicated thread would be better. I am ready for the read-along.

I created a thread for the read-along. ¡Vamos allá!

Spoonary wrote:I created a thread for the read-along. ¡Vamos allá!

Count me in! Just downloaded it on my Kindle

Hola! Me llamo es Lilia. Estoy en español 4. Me gusta aprender sobre las ciudades en España. Barcelona es mi ciudad favorita. En Barcelona hay muchos lugares para visitar. La Sagrada Familia es una lugar muy bonita.

Would appreciate any and all advice given.

I'm in rut with the garnering and memorization of new vocab. I basically have three options I want to follow.

- Put it off until I finish Assimil in about 3 months
- Start using Clozemaster
- Read articles (from Veinte mundos) or graded readers and put the unknowns into Anki (or a Gold list or Iversen list)

Because I'm studying Spanish as a hobby and don't really use the language actively, via speaking. So it's hard for me to pin down what to do next and how to approach it. I sometimes feel I'm in a hurry and want to do as much as possible. So any advice would be appreciated.

Jaleel10 wrote:Would appreciate any and all advice given.

I'm in rut with the garnering and memorization of new vocab. I basically have three options I want to follow.

- Put it off until I finish Assimil in about 3 months
- Start using Clozemaster
- Read articles (from Veinte mundos) or graded readers and put the unknowns into Anki (or a Gold list or Iversen list)

Because I'm studying Spanish as a hobby and don't really use the language actively, via speaking. So it's hard for me to pin down what to do next and how to approach it. I sometimes feel I'm in a hurry and want to do as much as possible. So any advice would be appreciated.

Readlang. Music videos, short stories, long stories with translation when click on word.

Lyricstraining - listening practice.

Both something fun, dip in and out. Key words repeated loads. Few unusual words every now and then. Clicking puts the words into a list.

I find vocabulary easier than grammar, speaking etc. So might be different for you and others.
Also I'm a novice at language learning. Others will have better suggestions but I liked the ones above.

Jaleel10 wrote:Would appreciate any and all advice given.

I'm in rut with the garnering and memorization of new vocab. I basically have three options I want to follow.

- Put it off until I finish Assimil in about 3 months
- Start using Clozemaster
- Read articles (from Veinte mundos) or graded readers and put the unknowns into Anki (or a Gold list or Iversen list)

Because I'm studying Spanish as a hobby and don't really use the language actively, via speaking. So it's hard for me to pin down what to do next and how to approach it. I sometimes feel I'm in a hurry and want to do as much as possible. So any advice would be appreciated.

Readlang. Music videos, short stories, long stories with translation when click on word.

Lyricstraining - listening practice.

Both something fun, dip in and out. Key words repeated loads. Few unusual words every now and then. Clicking puts the words into a list.

I find vocabulary easier than grammar, speaking etc. So might be different for you and others.
Also I'm a novice at language learning. Others will have better suggestions but I liked the ones above.