CARLA: Spanish Grammar Strategies

I'm looking for a strategy that someone has used successfully to learn a specific grammar form. Moods Subjunctive Imperfect subjunctive Conditional Conditional perfect and pluperfect subjunctive Commands Pronouns Relative pronouns Simultaneous use of direct and indirect object pronouns Direct and indirect object pronouns in affirmative and negative tú commands Reflexive pronouns in present perfect constructions Tenses / Aspect Preterite Imperfect Preterite vs. imperfect Ser and estar Por vs. para Gender / Agreement Gender of nouns Gender and number agreement Other Demonstrative adjectives Lo + adjective Hacer and desde in time expressions Negative words Superlatives I'm looking for strategies that match my learning style and that can apply to various grammar forms. Auditory Rhymes Songs and chants Talking to native speakers Visual Color coding Decision maps Drawings / Mental images Note cards Playing with verbs Quasi-math formulas Quick grammar references Kinesthetic Physical behaviors Writing it over Memory aids Acronyms Initials as a vehicle for mnemonics Phrases as memory aids Phrases as vehicles for syntax Cognitive English sentences with Spanish syntax English sentences with Spanish words inserted Focusing on meaning Learning material as a chunk Learning grammar by explaining it Using archetypical sentences Using L1 to keep forms and functions straight Context-based Making associations Observing use in context Other Avoiding avoidance Combining perceptual modes What's the reason for using one strategy or another? Spanish grammar sites Glossary

Writing forms and saying them aloud

"I can remember how the words sound. … I think [I'm] a bit more of an auditory learner at times, but I'm kind of a mixture of visual and … auditory."

This student reports that she remembers things primarily through sound, but also by means of visualization. If you listen to her, you will note that she further identifies herself as a hands-on learner as well. When she leans new grammar tenses, she likes doing the following things:

writing the forms in Spanish with their English equivalents, and

saying the forms out loud in Spanish while visualizing them in English.

Combining these perceptual modes works very well for her. Listen as she describes how she expands this approach to reading and to fill-in-the-blank exercises. In both cases she reads through the text out loud "'cause it sticks more in my head if I say it out loud."

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I'm looking for a strategy that someone has used successfully to learn a specific grammar form.

I'm looking for strategies that match my learning style and that can apply to various grammar forms.

Writing forms and saying them aloud