A great tip I found at 200 Words a Day is to use flashcards. You take index cards, and have the Spanish word on one side, the English translation on the other. Then you go through the cards, testing yourself either from Spanish to English or English to Spanish as you prefer.
Here’s how to mark yourself in order to learn to speak Spanish fluently:
If you know the correct translation instantly and without hesitation, that is a correct answer. You just know it.
If you hesitate even slightly, of have to ‘go into your head’ to find the answer, this is an incorrect answer.
Put the flashcard for words you do know into your right pocket, or on the table to your right side. For the cards you get wrong, put them in your left pocket or on your left side.
Now the next time you test yourself, only use the cards on your left. You already know the cards on your right, so there’s no point wasting your time going over them again. Again, correct answers to the right, incorrect to the left.
Gradually, you whittle the deck down until you know all the translations. Then it’s time to learn some new words!
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