Tips to maximise your learning experience from the start

Video with tips to keep in mind at the start of your journey

Busuu - Alternative to Duolingo and with European Spanish

 Busuu

You can start for free and choose European Spanish if that is the variety you are most interested in.

 Conjugato - App práctica de conjugación

Conjugato

Duolingo - vocabulary and some structures practice

 Duolingo

Good for regular practice, vocabulary building and some structures

Duolingo is not enough on its own because it does not help you put language into context, build your knowledge of the language structures in a coherent way and use what you learn productively in real conversations.

However, if you take it as an extra element of your course it can enhance your vocabulary retention and help you practice some structures. 

Regular exposure and practice is key so spending 5 or 10 minutes every day with some simple exercises on the app can make a difference.

You can add your friends and family to your list of challenges for a bit of healthy competition and support. It can be fun!

Duolingo

 Spanish Dictionary

Página web y app

Spanish dictionary

Memrise - vídeos

 Memrise 

Página web y app

Website Memrise

Verb practice with 'Conjuguemos'

Conjuguemos

This is a nice website where you can find lots of different games to practice conjugating verbs in Spanish (think of 'yo hablo, tú hablas, él habla ...´

Conjuguemos

OU Open Learn Free Language Courses

OU Open Learn Free Language Courses

OU Open Learn

BBC Languages Spanish

BBC Languages
Spanish

Excellent website with lots of advice, guides, games, clips and links to other resources.

BBC Languages - Spanish

¿Por qué voy al cole?

Voy al cole...     porque quiero avanzar

Campaign from the Government of Perú about the importance of school education.

Structures:

Verbs with -o ending (yo tengo, quiero, sueño)
Present tense of ´ir´ (to go): voy
Verbs: estudiar, trabajar, vivir, ser, avanzar

Voy al cole

Tengo un sueño que quiero cumplir

estudiar, trabajar y vivir feliz.

Mi familia, un negocio, viajar, ser doctor.

Sueño en grande con un mundo mejor.

Yo lo quiero lograr

Lo voy a lograr

Voy al cole porque quiero avanzar

Yendo al cole yo puedo avanzar

Voy al cole porque quiero avanzar

Voy al cole porque quiero avanzar

Terminar el colegio es el paso para alcanzar tus sueños

Gobierno de Perú

Progreso para todos

¿Eres Tú, María?

Detective series in slow Spanish

¿Eres tú, María?

• Mystery plot
• Clear pronunciation and articulation
• Slow pace

This is an old programme but it can still be quite useful, given the speed at which the characters speak. 

The link above will take you to vimeo, where you can find nine episodes of the series. 

Unfortunately, the final episodes are missing on vimeo but you can find them on you tube:

Last episode


Here´s another link that contains all episodes:

¿Eres tú, María? diez episodios

BBC Mi Vida Loca

Excellent interactive series to learn and practise Spanish:

BBC Mi Vida Loca

• Topic based episodes with an underlying mystery plot
• Excellent views of life in Madrid
• Interactive element (you are also a character with a mission)
• A learning section (with exercises and printable versions of the vocabulary, grammar and practice pages)
• Transcripts
• Subtitles
• A talking phrasebook
• Authentic dialogues with real people 
• Very high quality production, dramatisation and acting

A very enjoyable way to enhance your learning experience.