LEARN SPANISH NEWS Vol.1: English to Spanish THIS EDITION: The
dual-language text has been arranged into sentences and shorter
paragraphs for quick and easy cross-referencing. The source text is
the Spanish language edition of Voice of America (VOA). The Spanish
text has been translated into English for this dual-language
project. The primary purpose of this text is to equip a foreign
language learner with the ability to start reading news in the
particular foreign language: to be able to read only in the foreign
language, and extract enough understanding to continue the language
learning process fruitfully this way. A reader might like to go
back to reading dual-language news for reinforcement and further
development, returning to foreign language only news with a deeper
understanding. By going back to the same 'old' news, you are going
over words, word patterns, and passages with which you already have
a certain familiarity. The process of reinforcement, learning or
retaining of what is new, and exposure to what is unfamiliar, is
much easier this way - even though the news may seem a little
dated. The aim of informing the reader about actual news is
secondary, especially given that the content will become less
current (and less relevant) over time. If you are having trouble
with the level of difficulty in the text, a suggested path for
learning languages is as follows: Familiarise yourself with a basic
language instruction book - or re-read the one you have. Once a
student has studied the basics, a suitable book about basic grammar
can be helpful. The suggestion is that any grammar book be studied
more with the intent of recognition and understanding, rather than
memorising and obsessive rote learning. Go through as much of the
grammar book you feel you can digest - maybe even the whole book -
skipping over what is not easily understood. After this, read
through a portion of text in a book called 'Spanish Sentences', by
2LanguageBooks, looking for examples of what you have picked up (or
gleaned) in your hopefully not so arduous study of grammar. Even
repeatedly seeing a word that you remember seeing listed as a
'subject pronoun' or a 'third person plural' verb of some sort is a
great help. Then, depending on your inclination, return to the
grammar book (or your basic Spanish book), or move on to lengthier
bilingual text - like in 2Language Books texts containing news or
stories, for example -, or find some suitable Spanish text: a
simple novel, a Spanish news website, etc. Grammar books will
likely have some verb charts. However, there are currently good
on-line resources that go further - dictionaries with a verb
conjugation 'search' option. Many basic language books offer some
form of audio support. Internet services - primarily news based
radio stations - offer podcasts. Audio from television is an
additional resource, and can be formatted for use on various
digital platforms. However, if audio is an important component of
your interest in languages, electronic devices that support quality
text-to-speech (TTS) will likely be appealing. With a library card,
TTS technology (in a device that supports the relevant content),
and the above mentioned resources (in digital format), an entire
language learning system is available for not much more than a cup
of coffee There is no substantial financial outlay to get you
started. Furthermore, there are no additional ongoing fees (and
updates), and there are no expiry dates on 'premium' content and
resources. (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books
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