¡Excelente video! Soy profesora de español de IB y estaba buscando inspiración para mis clases cuando encontré tu video. Es muy interesante escuchar tus consejos y ver cómo has vivido el proceso. Gracias :)
Hi, thank you so much for uploading this video, it's very helpful! could you please show us some samples of your papers that got high marks so that we understand what exactly is required to get a level 7. Thank you!
Lot of these are like super long term tips which totally makes sense as language learning is more of something you have to do over a long period of time than cram it towards the end, but how do you stay so consistent? My HL subjects take up like all my time and I have 0 time for spanish plus my prof never teaches grammar lol. My class cant conjugate verbs even in present tense and we're almost into the second year :(
Haha I definitely wasn't super consistent (it's a struggle!). But I did try to fit it in here and there, like conjugating verbs in my head while sitting in the bus on my way home, or journaling several sentences in Spanish on what I did that day…writing (attempting to) makes me actively put into practice the material, and it’s a way to test myself on whether I really know how to use it or only am vaguely familiar with it. The present tense conjugations are pretty quick to understand, and then it’s a matter of reviewing and applying it to various verbs and contexts, and seeing whether I can actually use it! In general Spanish verb conjugations are quite predictable, and yes there are a few irregular ones that don't fit the pattern and need to be committed to memory. If you have a textbook, maybe that could help in guiding yourself through grammar essentials? Textbooks probably also have short example passages that go along with a lesson, so you could test yourself in various ways with those, e.g., while reading the passage, every time I come across a verb, ask myself, what conjugation/tense is this? Or, let me try conjugating it in the other forms (yo/tú/usted él ella/nosotros(as)/vosotros(as)/ustedes ellos(as)). Testing yourself can actually be fun:) And doesn't have to be long, even 10 min a day (and it won't seem that daunting because you've broken the big problem into small manageable chunks). It’s not too late yet to catch up, plus you have the summer! You can do this! Let me know if you have more questions:)
@@spifuntastic621 I'm in the same situation, Maths&physics&chem HL just doesn't leave me any time for Spanish and it has literally become my worst subject lol
It really does depend on your current level, but here are just a few places where u might find short texts to read. I tended to just do a quick search on google and find random short articles that look interesting from websites like 121spanish.com/i-readings and spanish.kwiziq.com/learn/reading As for stories, ¡Viva el toro! was interesting and I found it suitable for my level, or another option could be to try children's fables and short stories such as from An Elementary Spanish Reader by E. S. Harrison (which is available free on the Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org/files/22065/22065-h/22065-h.htm ). Hope this helps!
Yes! As the IB website says, "The language ab initio course is a language acquisition course for students with no prior experience of the target language, or for those students with very limited previous experience." I did take a semester of basic Spanish in middle school but by the time I started the IB program I had forgotten most of it, so I was almost starting from scratch.
Me trying to listen to this the night before my writing and listening exam
real, my oral is tmrow
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@@ibstudenttu had exams a month ago??
¡Excelente video! Soy profesora de español de IB y estaba buscando inspiración para mis clases cuando encontré tu video. Es muy interesante escuchar tus consejos y ver cómo has vivido el proceso. Gracias :)
Watching this 2 hours before my paper 1…also my school made IB Spanish a 1 year course!!! I wish I had two years
Its my first year of IB and I'm pretty nervous to start a whole new language, so I would just like to say thank you for this!
You got this!
Heyy, I’ll be in the same situation next year. What’s ur experience?
Can you please give the resources which you used for Spanish AB? I don't know what to use .
Hi, thank you so much for uploading this video, it's very helpful! could you please show us some samples of your papers that got high marks so that we understand what exactly is required to get a level 7. Thank you!
i have my Spanish test in 2 hours
i love this and appreciate you!! thank you💕
Hey, I've Just started IB Spanish ab nitio, are there any sources where i can find practice exams
Lot of these are like super long term tips which totally makes sense as language learning is more of something you have to do over a long period of time than cram it towards the end, but how do you stay so consistent? My HL subjects take up like all my time and I have 0 time for spanish plus my prof never teaches grammar lol. My class cant conjugate verbs even in present tense
and we're almost into the second year :(
Haha I definitely wasn't super consistent (it's a struggle!). But I did try to fit it in here and there, like conjugating verbs in my head while sitting in the bus on my way home, or journaling several sentences in Spanish on what I did that day…writing (attempting to) makes me actively put into practice the material, and it’s a way to test myself on whether I really know how to use it or only am vaguely familiar with it. The present tense conjugations are pretty quick to understand, and then it’s a matter of reviewing and applying it to various verbs and contexts, and seeing whether I can actually use it! In general Spanish verb conjugations are quite predictable, and yes there are a few irregular ones that don't fit the pattern and need to be committed to memory. If you have a textbook, maybe that could help in guiding yourself through grammar essentials? Textbooks probably also have short example passages that go along with a lesson, so you could test yourself in various ways with those, e.g., while reading the passage, every time I come across a verb, ask myself, what conjugation/tense is this? Or, let me try conjugating it in the other forms (yo/tú/usted él ella/nosotros(as)/vosotros(as)/ustedes ellos(as)). Testing yourself can actually be fun:) And doesn't have to be long, even 10 min a day (and it won't seem that daunting because you've broken the big problem into small manageable chunks). It’s not too late yet to catch up, plus you have the summer! You can do this!
Let me know if you have more questions:)
@@studywithjo8713 Omg thanks so much for the response! This helps :)
@@spifuntastic621 I'm in the same situation, Maths&physics&chem HL just doesn't leave me any time for Spanish and it has literally become my worst subject lol
watching this the day before my exam lol
Haha I love this video! You're very funny and passionate, Joanne!
Are you from South of West Island School, in HK ?
Hey lovely where’d you get past papers for Spanish from?
examples of texts to read to practice? stories and articles?
It really does depend on your current level, but here are just a few places where u might find short texts to read. I tended to just do a quick search on google and find random short articles that look interesting from websites like 121spanish.com/i-readings and spanish.kwiziq.com/learn/reading
As for stories, ¡Viva el toro! was interesting and I found it suitable for my level, or another option could be to try children's fables and short stories such as from An Elementary Spanish Reader by E. S. Harrison (which is available free on the Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org/files/22065/22065-h/22065-h.htm ). Hope this helps!
Here's part 2: th-cam.com/video/egDqxJwrTiY/w-d-xo.html (Sorry it took forever!)
7:44 it's 5%
Thanks for catching that lol
is this course really designed for people who never learned to Spanish before?
Yes! As the IB website says, "The language ab initio course is a language acquisition course for students with no prior experience of the target language, or for those students with very limited previous experience." I did take a semester of basic Spanish in middle school but by the time I started the IB program I had forgotten most of it, so I was almost starting from scratch.
damn girl you got 44!! which college did you end up going to?
Tufts! 🐘🐘