In my Spanish vocabulary classes I like to teach new words by showing the images to my students and practising with examples. This way, they remember the new vocabulary better to use it in their conversations and texts.
The topics that we normally work on from the initial level are the description of people, the city and the neighbourhood, hobbies and routines, home, travel, work… You know this from your Spanish classes, right?
But, in addition to these basic topics that we see in Spanish vocabulary classes, there are other more specific topics that we may not see in detail during our classes, but that sooner or later you will need as your Spanish becomes more advanced.
Some examples of these more specific Spanish vocabulary classes are:
In this article we are going to work on four topics that are among the most successful in my Membership Programme.
Let’s start!
We start with the first of four Spanish vocabulary classes: the parts of the week and the parts of the day.
The four parts of the day that we use in Spanish are morning (la mañana), noon (el mediodía), afternoon (la tarde) and night (la noche).
When we talk about our routines, it is very common to refer to these parts of the day. The mistake that many English-speaking students make in this case is with the preposition that is used in front of the day part.
This is because the preposition used in English is “in” and many times, it is directly translated by the preposition “en”. This is incorrect. The preposition that must be used in Spanish to refer to the parts of the day is “por”:
In this video you will also see the two parts of the week. When I talk about the weekend, I say that it starts on Friday afternoon 😁 Keep in mind that I am Spanish!
If you want to learn more vocabulary about everyday actions and routines, I recommend this series of courses from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme:
In the second of the four Spanish vocabulary classes, you will learn three cooking verbs that only those who are very fond of cooking or food would know how to differentiate in Spanish: roast (asar), bake (hornear) and gratinate (gratinar).
Do you like to cook? Hit play!
If you want to learn more about cooking and domestic chores, I recommend this series of three courses from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme:
We continue with the third of the four Spanish vocabulary classes where you will learn the names of several wild animals that live in Africa.
Personally, I really enjoyed designing the video lesson and activities for this course because I love animals!
If you want to learn more vocabulary about animals and wild animals, I recommend this series of two courses from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme:
In the last of these four Spanish vocabulary classes, we are going to explore the topic of describing people. To describe people, we usually talk about character or personality, physical appearance, and emotions and physical states.
Specifically, in this video, you are going to learn the most common physical states in Spanish:
If you want to learn more vocabulary about describing people, I recommend this series of three courses from the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme:
I always tell my students that grammar is the skeleton of Spanish, it is as if it were the inner structure of a closet. And the vocabulary is the clothes that we hang and keep in the closet. Both things do their job.
Therefore, although Spanish vocabulary classes are essential for your learning of the language, you need more.
Reading in Spanish (books adapted to your level) is an activity that will help you a lot to integrate language structures, new words and colloquial expressions. In addition to reading, you can practise other entertaining and relaxing activities such as listening to podcasts in Spanish or watching television series and movies. This will continue to help you improve your fluency with the language.
If you liked these four classes, I encourage you to visit the Your Spanish Hub Membership Programme, where, in addition to having vocabulary courses, you can also access grammar, pronunciation and conversation courses.
Enjoy the courses!
