Reach Out Honduras » Learning Spanish http://reachouthonduras.org Sat, 12 May 2012 21:36:41 +0000 en hourly 1 Learning Spanish – Ideas http://reachouthonduras.org/2010/01/27/learning-spanish/ http://reachouthonduras.org/2010/01/27/learning-spanish/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:43:44 +0000 laura http://reachouthonduras.org/?p=576 Fruitful cross-cultural ministry is based on a mutual respect between one human being and another.   An attempt, however small, to learn the language of the people you hope to serve, is a statement that you value that person and their unique culture.

Our family uses Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) with Audio Companion for our primary preparation tool.  We do love it.

The newest version of Rosetta Stone, version 3, is outstanding and covers all language learning areas.  It is a computer-based immersion program.   While our toddlers cannot use the program well, they do ask to ‘do my ‘panish’ and we work on very, very basic vocabulary with them.   Our 6 year old is doing a fantastic job and our 9 year old is rockin’ and rollin’ and putting us old folks to shame!

Additionally, we purchased the book 501 Spanish Verbs at Half Price Books and are attempting to learn 5 new verbs per week and 10 new nouns per week.

Some fun ways to strengthen basic Spanish can include:

  • You Tube – videos for kids… (Pocoyo, Sesame Street, etc.)
  • Spanish praise music – we love our Gen X cds
  • Spanish books for kids – can buy for cheap at 1/2 Price Books or on e-bay
  • Find a friend who speaks Spanish and barter with them to speak only in Spanish with your family
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