My teenager is struggling with spanish and I have no idea how to help...any suggestions?

Answer 1

see if she can have her teacher say after with her or try to see if she can get a tutor. or go on the internet and go to ask.com and see if you can come up with any sites that could help. try typing in easy way to learn spanish or something like that. it should bring up some helpful sites Maybe if you know anyone that is fluent or knows some spanish to help your child to use the spanish then that would help alot bc if your child does not use it often then they will forget what they learn.
good luck.

Answer 2

Spanish radio. Pipe in Spanish radio through the internet. If you have XM radio or any local Spanish stations (most metro areas and SW US areas have them in range) play them when they are in the car.

Spanish emmersion trips. My daughters regularly go out at least once a quarter with a bunch of their friends and they speak only Spanish for the evening. Sometimes their teacher joins them!

Answer 3

first, bravo for being an involved parent...

Secondly, you struck an area near and dear to my heart. I've been learning spanish the last three years and I have alot of resources that I would LOVE to share with you.

Websites:
http://www.spanishprograms.com/culture.htm

http://spanish.about.com/cs/grammar/a/otherlessons.htm

http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/board.php?FID=57

http://www.transparent.com/newsletter/Spanish/index.htm

http://vclass.mtsac.edu/spanish/contents.htm

http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/games/html/home.html

http://www.sjeds.com/programs/resources/spanish/about.htm

http://transparent.com/

http://conjuguemos.com/

http://learnspanish.com/

http://spanishspanish.com/

Books:
Breaking out of Beginner's Spanish

1001 Pitfalls in Spanish

Complete Idiot's Guide to spanish (for beginners)

Complete Idiot's Guide to Intermediate Spanish

Practice makes perfect: spanish verb tenses

Practice makes perfect: pronouns and prepositions

Practice makes perfect: Spanish Grammar

The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs: 555 fully conjugated verbs

The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary

The Big Red Book of Spanish Idioms

Magazines

Selecciones del Reader's Digest

People en Español

Shows:

The news in spanish

¿Qué dice la gente? (it's either univision or telefutura. I forget but it's on their site)

PBSU Educación Española ( if you have dish satellite it's in the 9000 and it's a program produced by the University of Arizona- Flagstaff. reaaaallly good stuff. goes from first to ninth grade)

Anywho, basically anything that immerses him or her in the sound to practice comprehension.

¡Buena Suerte!

Answer 4

I recommend you try the Rosetta Stone suite of pc based self teaching aides for learning a foreign language. It's cheaper than hiring a tutor.

Answer 5

Watch those spanish tv shows. That's what worked for me. The longer you watch them the more you will understand. It's amazing.

Answer 6

see if his/her teacher offers tutoring?
sometimes other high school kids will tutor as well, check with your teenagers school.
hope this helps:)

Answer 7

immerse them in the language. a job at taco bell, or mcdonalds will do the trick.

Answer 8

get him a tutor