The beginning of a new academic year is a great time for assessing your skills and making goals. Linguafolio provides a tool to document your progress in the acquisition of a new language. Use this self-assessment grid to reflect on what you “can do” with Spanish. Then, compare your “can do” statements at the end of the semester: https://linguafolio.uoregon.edu/documents/LFGrid.pdf

It’s August, which means it’s time to get ready to get back to school! Here are three apps to consider downloading for the new school year:

1. Duolingo offers “bite-sized” language lessons that you can do anywhere anytime, for free.  https://www.duolingo.com/

2. WordReference contains bilingual dictionaries. Be sure to check out the language forums for frequently (and not so frequently) asked questions about words and expressions. http://www.wordreference.com/

3. Stack the Countries is a fun educational game that will help enhance your geography skills. Switch the language to “español” to learn country and city names in Spanish. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-the-countries/id407838198?mt=8