Spanish for teen with busy summer schedule?
Hi! My rising 10th grader would love to learn more Spanish, but has a lot scheduled this summer. Does anyone know of an intensive program that they can do for a few days or a week here and there over the summer? They're already doing Duolingo, taking Spanish in school (they'll be going into Spanish 3), etc.
Thanks so much!
May 12, 2022
Parent Replies
A rising 10th grader going into Spanish 3 already seems pretty good at Spanish! I would think about having them get into a Spanish-language original tv show (like intertwined... D+ has a lot) and watch w/o subtitles, a couple episodes a week. it was great for my 6th grader's Spanish as a classroom supplement.
I love, love, LOVE, the Spanish language podcasts “Radio Ambulante” and “El Hilo.” They have a companion app called Lupa for Spanish Language Learners to use in conjunction with Radio Ambulante in order to improve their Spanish language skills. Check it out here and see what you think. The weekly episodes are riveting (mostly, depending on what you are interested in): https://radioambulante.org/en/education/lupa
Sign them up for virtual one-on-one classes/conversations with a Spanish teacher. It's around $12/hour and they will improve by leaps and bounds. I like this school in Guatemala https://plqe.org/. You can do it on your schedule. If they just want to practice speaking, they can do that. Or work on whatever they like. The teacher may also have suggestions. The first time my kid had a session, he said afterward that it was like concentrated learning, especially because they are not often pushed to use Spanish in a class with 30+ kids in it.