| If you're taking a luxury holiday in Spain, tailor-made | | | | you have already been learning. Spanish newspapers |
| for rest and relaxation, you might not be too | | | | will help you become interested Spanish life and you |
| concerned about putting a huge amount of effort | | | | might begin to pick up more by taking an interest in |
| into learning Spanish while you're there. But when | | | | current events. |
| you're in a foreign country, it's far easier to learn their | | | | 5) Notice the written words around you |
| language than it would be back home. | | | | Read advertising fliers and look carefully at road signs |
| Here are a few handy tricks you can use to greatly | | | | and posters. It will help you to learn Spanish if you |
| improve your vocab within a satisfyingly short space | | | | try and decipher the common words and phrases |
| of time. You don't need to walk around with a big | | | | they will use. |
| dictionary or spend your evenings swotting up to | | | | 6) Turn on the Spanish radio |
| make some good headway into learning Spanish on | | | | Listen to local radio, where you absorb unconsciously |
| holiday. | | | | more than you may think. Learning Spanish by |
| 1) Make use of what you already know | | | | listening to it being spoken is a tried and tested |
| Don't worry about getting things wrong. If you have | | | | method. |
| already been learning Spanish words or phrases, say | | | | 8) Turn on the telly |
| what you can say. You will find the Spanish | | | | If you're on a tailor-made holiday in Spain, luxury |
| appreciate the effort you make to speak their | | | | hotels generally have versatile Televisions, which can |
| language and are usually very kind. Once you start | | | | help you learn Spanish in a short space of time. |
| speaking the language, you won't be able to stop! | | | | Watch the adverts, where key words are often |
| 2) Spend time with Spaniards | | | | repeated. If you're planning a night in on your Spanish |
| To practice, put yourself in normal Spanish situations | | | | holiday, watch a Spanish film on TV, using teletext to |
| as much as you can. Places that can help you to learn | | | | supply subtitles provided for the deaf. |
| Spanish on holiday include the market, shops and | | | | 9) Keep it simple |
| public transport. Spend your evenings in Spanish-run | | | | Never translate a complicated English sentence in |
| bars or restaurants. | | | | your head. This can be detrimental to learning Spanish |
| 3) Listen to the young | | | | as the difficulty might just put you off. |
| Although you can expect excellent service on a | | | | 10) Be determined |
| luxury holiday in Spain, tailor-made packages don't | | | | You must have a positive and determined approach, |
| include an option to make the Spanish slow down so | | | | as any kind of language learning does not come |
| you can understand what they're saying! If you have | | | | naturally to adults - it is a lot easier for children. But |
| the opportunity, listen to children, who tend to speak | | | | once you start to really learn Spanish you will be glad |
| more slowly, simply and clearly. | | | | you made the effort, and it will come back to you |
| 4) Read the newspaper | | | | easily on your next Spanish holiday! |
| Buy a Spanish newspaper and try to pick out phrases | | | | |