<p>My middle-schooler's Spanish 1 teacher thinks she is misplaced in Spanish 1 and encouraged her to skip over Spanish 2. But my middle-schooler has no special knowledge of Spanish. It's just that they don't have honors classes, so the class is pretty slow-moving for her. She's been thinking of trying to self-study the material, hopefully with a little assistance from the teacher. But even though the teacher seems supportive, it's also clearly not her job responsibility to individually coach a kid in material she doesn't teach, so I imagine there's only so much help we can expect. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions on self-study materials which might be useful. I am particularly concerned about speaking/conversation/pronunciation since the grammar and vocab can easily be learned from books and our family can help out with that. Thanks.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind some low grades at first, then if they pop into a higher level, they will pick up the basic stuff as they go along. We moved to Germany when my DD was in the second semester of 6th grade. She had to just jump into German 1 but she picked up everthing after a bit.</p>
<p>Also I would ask for a copy of the Spanish 1 book and then maybe get a high school student from teh Spanish Honor society to help out</p>
<p><a href=“https://conjuguemos.com/[/url]”>https://conjuguemos.com/</a> is a helpful site for practicing conjugating verbs in various tenses. I believe it also has vocabulary exercises. Rosetta Stone is especially good for listening but is pricey. And then there’s getting a tutor.</p>
<p>First of all, my favorite all time language resource for just doing drills and such is conjuguemos.com. It allows you to conjugate common verbs, go over vocab, and it’s really just a fun resource IMO. It also breaks down vocab by common textbooks (<a href=“https://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=vocabulary&division=book&language=spanish[/url]”>https://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=vocabulary&division=book&language=spanish</a>) </p>
<p>Duolingo is also an excellent resources. I’m using it to learn German right now and can hold a basic conversation with my sister (she’s fluent) after only about a month of just studying on the bus. It does allow for speaking and correction. </p>
<p>I can’t speak to just general Spanish 1, but this is how I eventually learned to practice Spanish (it was really a struggle for me until I actually went and lived in Spanish-speaking country):
-For comprehension: Watched teen telenovelas. They’re readily available here in America via youtube and other sources. They’re really entertaining and if you watch them long enough, you start picking up what they’re saying. It just takes a while. (Consentidos is one that I got hooked on while in Latin America… lol)
-For speaking: There are probably language centers where you can go practice the language. Check the local high school (or even university!) for resources. Language tables are very common and are almost always held on weekends or in the evenings. </p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
<p>Thanks, the conjugemos should be very helpful, maybe more helpful than the duolingo because she can focus on specifically learning material she’s missed. Learning more is great in theory, but this is already a big project for a busy girl and I don’t want her to get overwhelmed, or end up still lacking the particular material she missed and which the Spanish 3 teacher will assume she had.</p>
<p>She can’t just jump into Spanish 2 because our school doesn’t allow course changes after the first 10 days of school and it didn’t really occur to us at that time. There are also some scheduling issues. Also, while I think she can catch up, at this point, she’s two semesters behind. It will definitely take time, and it would stress her too much to be failing. </p>
<p>It’s native speaker programming that we most need. Her sister finished AP Spanish last year and should be able to answer all the grammar questions. But I think it’s important to internalize the sound of the language and that isn’t going to happen listening to a high school student with a clearly American accent.</p>
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