Improving your Spanish always seems like a daunting task,except if you crash it down into a challenge. Thirty days of practicing the language means that you acquire to occupy baby steps, seamlessly incorporating your lessons into your daily life.
Do you always discontinue at a coffee shop in the morning? Great, and practice ordering in Spanish (even if it's just while you're waiting in line). Writing out your to-do list for the month? Do it in Spanish,too! That, plus other simple steps, or like downloading a vocabulary app and watching a movie in Spanish without subtitles,will improve your bilingualism in no time.
Day Challenge
Day 1
Write out your monthly goals in Spanish.
Day 2
Order your coffee in Spanish.
Day 3
Listen to a song in Spanish and try to decipher the meaning of the lyrics.
Day 4
Gchat with someone in Spanish.
Day 5
Download an app (like Duolingo) to practice vocabulary daily.
Day 6
Write an email in Spanish.
Day 7
Translate the morning's headlines.
Day 8
Write all your tweets, photo captions, and Facebook posts in Spanish.
Day 9
Challenge your friends to beget a conversation in Spanish for at least five minutes.
Day 10
Teach your significant other some keywords in Spanish.
Day 11
Start reading your favorite book in a Spanish translation.
Day 12
Quiz yourself on the Spanish translation of items while walking through Target.
Day 13
Journal about your day in Spanish.
Day 14
Read a newspaper article in Spanish.
Day 15
Watch an episode of a novela,then write out a summary of what happened.
Day 16
Listen to a podcast in Spanish.
Day 17
Write down everything you see during your commute (or lunch crash).
Day 18
Label the items in your apartment with their Spanish names.
Day 19
Create flashcards for your most commonly used and forgotten words and phrases.
Day 20
Create a Pinterest board with some of your favorite Spanish words and memes.
Day 21
Learn five fast facts (in Spanish!) about your favorite South American country.
Day 22
Start following an Instagram account where the captions are in Spanish (think Latina fashion bloggers or chefs).
Day 23
fade to a Latin-influenced restaurant and order in Spanish only.
Day 24
Commit to speaking at least one full hour of Spanish (even if it's to yourself).
Day 25
Find and write down a favorite quote in Spanish on the top of your to-do list.
Day 26
account for basic Spanish grammar to a friend.
Day 27
occupy notes in Spanish at a assembly.
Day 28
fade faded school and write out difficult vocabulary words and their definitions, five times each.
Day 29
Change your phone's and computer's language to Spanish.
Day 30
Watch a movie in Spanish sans subtitles.
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Source: popsugar.com