Vocabulary
and grammar
Being bored is the biggest enemy to learning! Providing students with the best resources to use outside of class is important to help their progress. Consistency with practice is essential to retaining information and there are several things you can do during your day.
The resources below have proven to be very useful to students and teachers:
Resources for learning
Spanish vocabulary online:
*These are suitable for both Intermediate and advanced Spanish Speakers.
Apps to learn Spanish vocabulary:
Spanish flashcards
(IOS-Android)
The purpose of this app is to increase your vocabulary with conversations and flashcards. With this app, you can create your own flashcards, organize them into folders and more.
Memrise
This app gives you access to
user-generated courses that offer different topics that may be interesting for you. The free account gives you access to a good amount of content, but if you want to use additional features, you need to pay $8.49 per month.
Anki
It is an online flashcard program that helps remember things easier. You can use it in your computer, phone, Ipad or any other device. Anki is completely free both on the computer and on Android version, but the iOS version costs $25. If you can’t pay for the app, you can still use Ankiweb.
Apps to memorize
words and phrases in Spanish:
*Both have user-generated flashcard sets or decks, but you can create your own ones.
If you struggle with one of these, make your flashcards with a notecard and a pen and put them on the walls with sticky tape. Writing out each flashcard yourself will help you remember the words and phrases better than simply typing them, but this takes longer than making flashcards online.
Websites to learn and practice
Spanish grammar:
Lingolia
Here you will find explanations and exercises on Spanish grammar topics and also useful wordlists that can increase your vocabulary by topics. All grammar lessons on Lingolia are free, but if you want to access to hundreds of digital grammar exercises for Spanish, you need to get a paid membership.
Aprender Español
(Free)
This website has many grammar lessons, exercises, readings, audios, videos and more.
Spanish Learning Lab
(Free)
They provide free grammar lessons, lots of examples, vocabulary, Spanish listening exercises, tests to prove your comprehension and more interesting materials.
Apps to memorize
words and phrases in Spanish:
Spanish verb conjugator
(IOS-Android)
(Free)
If you are not sure how to pronounce or conjugate a verb, use this app. It has over 700 verbs conjugated in 20 tenses.
Conjugato
(IOS-Android)
ConjuGato is free for the first two tenses and 250 of the most popular verbs. If you need more advanced practice, there’s an affordable version that unlocks everything in the app forever. This costs $6.
Verbal Nomad
(IOS)
You can find and practice the conjugations of over 825 verbs in 19 tenses.