My Spanish tutor has been out-of-town for over two months, but has now returned. Therefore my Spanish instruction may continue! I did not spend much time studying independently. I have a hard time doing that with Spanish. I much prefer to study other things. As such, I feel as though I’ve lost much of what I had previously gained. So we will have to spend much time recovering what we had previously studied.
We had previously spent a considerable amount of time with grammar. Imperatives, negative imperatives, subject/object pronouns, personal pronouns, reflective pronouns, verb conjugations in present, past, future, and conditional tenses, and the subjunctive in various tenses. So many conjugations. It has been hard to remember them all. Especially when listening to people speak at 100mph.
I intend to resume studies on Monday for an hour a day. I’ll probably start by spending most of the time reading. In the past, my instructor has chosen various short stories that center around my reading level. I’ve benefited from those exercises, but I’d prefer to stay with one subject.
I have a small book (125 pages) in Spanish entitled, “Libertad: El Evangelio de Dios” by Jaime Adams. Jaime (or James as he’s called in the US) is a pastor in Phoenix of a Reformed Baptist church. Reading has proven to be a pretty helpful way for me to acquire new vocabulary and to see the grammatical rules I’ve learned in action.