Spanish for Travelers: A Learning Journal
The process of writing a travel journal and self-study guide for people traveling to Spanish-speaking countries.
What is Spanish for Travelers?
Spanish for Travelers: A Learning Journal is a beautifully designed and innovative self-study guide for people visiting Spanish-speaking countries. It features a series of interactive, self-directed lessons on Spanish for a specific purpose: to increase readers’ communication with and connection to the Spanish-speaking world while traveling in it.
The structure of the book
The book is divided into eight chapters that target Spanish for different aspects of traveling, including preparing and packing for a trip, introducing yourself, transportation, shopping, and, of course, eating. Each chapter encourages readers to customize their learning journey through use of practice space for listing new foods that were tried, places visited, new words learned, and other highlights.
Spanish for Travelers has been written and designed to accompany readers through their traveling experiences with beautiful illustrations and a travel-themed layout.
The creation process
We came up with the idea over a year ago while doing research for a Spanish book. Reflecting upon our own experiences as students and travelers, we realized that we wished we would have had a place to keep and revisit our memories and learning process.
Writing Spanish for Travelers was particularly challenging because we didn’t want to create a book that would only focus on giving readers a set of rules to follow. Since we know that not everyone learns the same way, we structured the book in a way that can adapt to different learning styles.
We wanted to teach Spanish, but we also wanted to give readers the opportunity to create their own knowledge as they experience things in their unique way.
A learning journal just for you
This book will encourage you to create your own learning experience by providing working and creative spaces throughout its different chapters. You will learn vocabulary words, basic grammar, common questions and answers, short dialogues, and local expressions that will help you become a more independent traveler.
We wanted to write a book that could teach Spanish for your specific needs, but we also wanted to give you the opportunity to add your own learning experiences. At the same time, we wanted to create a place that can help you see your learning progress.
To achieve this, we will work in different areas of interest and need, so that the topics to be addressed are of full relevance to you, and will help to increase learning motivation and awareness of the usefulness of learning Spanish as a second language.
This learning journal will be focused on you through a self-study format and on communication over grammar, thus facilitating your learning process and making it much more meaningful, close, and motivating for you.
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