Drill yourself on intermediate Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts such as direct and indirect objects and the imperfect, preterite, and imperative tenses.
Did you know that you may be wasting a huge portion of your time learning Spanish due to inefficient learning methods? Let me tell you how you can learn FASTER.
It’s all about a new technique called Intelligent Cumulative Exposure. As much as we’d like to think that we can improve our Spanish by watching movies or just being dumped in the right country, our brains are proven to best absorb new language concepts one-at-a-time, in small increments. And I don’t mean just learning word lists one-at-a-time. I mean building your actual sentence-forming skills from the ground up.
Intelligent Cumulative Exposure (ICE) is the system of introducing concepts incrementally, at gradually increasing difficulty, in the context of REAL sentences, while repeating the tough concepts in the right intervals of time based on YOUR confidence levels. ICE is also a method that explains grammatical nuances in PLAIN ENGLISH rather than hoping you just “figure them out” through immersion.
There's no reason you should be hearing totally unfamiliar strings of gibberish fly in one ear and out the other. You should be building yourself up by scaffolding one concept at a time.
The problem is that there are currently NO apps on the market that apply the simple ICE method. Creating a comprehensive curriculum based on Intelligent Cumulative Exposure takes WORK, and most app developers are more concerned with flashy software than with actual learning sciences.
UNTIL NOW.
Brainscape’s learning scientists from Columbia and Yale Universities have spent the past THREE YEARS developing a complete, scientifically optimized Spanish curriculum tailored specifically for the mobile environment. In the process, we have created the first web and mobile app based around Intelligent Cumulative Exposure. Check out our 40-page white paper on our website, explaining the cognitive science behind why this works.
With Brainscape's Learn Spanish, you get:
We look forward to working with you over the months and years to come. You’ll be glad you joined the Brainscape community.
# | Deck Name | Num. of Cards |
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1 |
The prepositions POR vs PARA and some more restaurant vocabulary |
59 |
2 |
This deck covers terms dealing with distance, fear, and furniture. This roughly covers cards 1540-1580 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
44 |
3 |
The majority of this deck deals with grammar words. This roughly covers cards 1580-1650 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
74 |
4 |
Telling time, days, months, and ordinal numbers |
85 |
5 |
This deck deals with many general topics of vocab words, chief among them luck, mail, possibility, and honesty. This roughly covers cards 1650-1740 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
83 |
6 |
This deck presents vocab terms dealing with religion, courage, and buildings. This roughly covers cards 1740-1820 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
77 |
7 |
The preterite (past) verb tense, "here" and "there" recap, and demonstrative adjectives |
108 |
8 |
In this deck, you'll learn a series of computer and entertainment words. This roughly covers cards 1820-1900 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
82 |
9 |
The vocab in this deck deals for the most part with exercise, geography, and hair. This roughly covers cards 1900-1990 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
90 |
10 |
Direct and indirect objects, reflexive verbs, and body parts |
121 |
11 |
This deck presents terms covering such topics as jewelry, marriage, math, and memory. This roughly covers cards 1990-2060 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
72 |
12 |
Use this deck to learn vocab terms dealing with music and organization. This roughly covers cards 2060-2140 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
81 |
13 |
The imperfect (past) verb tense, and the verb ACABAR ("to have just") |
57 |
14 |
In this deck you will learn a variety of social and time words. This roughly covers cards 2140-2230 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
86 |
15 |
Use this deck to memorize vocabulary dealing with a range of topics like argument, belief, care, and cause. This roughly covers cards 2230-2300 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
69 |
16 |
GUSTAR ("to like") and similar verbs, clothing, colors, and other key vocabulary |
69 |
17 |
This deck mostly contains intermediate vocabulary about clothes, along with comparison words. This roughly covers cards 2300-2380 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
85 |
18 |
In this deck you will find terms and phrases that have to do with guessing, hurry, imagination, improvement, and negation. This roughly covers cards 2380-2460 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
77 |
19 |
Common verbs irregular in the preterite (past) tense |
53 |
20 |
Learn vocabulary terms dealing with a diverse spectrum of topics, from peace and planning to relaxation and speed. This roughly covers cards 2460-2540 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
84 |
21 |
This vocab deck touches on such topics as surprise, trouble, habit, agreement, and nature. This roughly covers cards 2540-2600 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
71 |
22 |
The imperative verb tense, transportation, and directions |
93 |
23 |
Here, you will learn words related to books, convenience, diet, drugs, and energy. This roughly covers cards 2600-2690 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
75 |
24 |
This deck focuses on intermediate food vocabulary. This roughly covers cards 2690-2790 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
97 |
25 |
A quick introduction to the present perfect, past perfect, and conditional. |
71 |
26 |
This deck presents more intermediate food-related terms. This roughly covers cards 2790-2850 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
66 |
27 |
Use this deck to learn basic vocab about guns, law, and materials. This roughly covers cards 2850-2940 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
88 |
28 |
This deck contains intermediate people words, as well as a group of terms dealing with possession. This roughly covers cards 2940-3000 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”). |
57 |
29 |
Use this deck to hone your Spanish listening comprehension skills! |
119 |
30 |
Spanish Translation Practice 2 This deck serves as a way to both develop your translation skills and learn a wide range of common colloquial Spanish phrases. |
130 |