{"id":3971,"date":"2018-01-02T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2019-09-05T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:18:14","slug":"spanish-grammar-practice-and-the-practice-makes-perfect-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/spanish-grammar-practice-and-the-practice-makes-perfect-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish grammar and the \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Practice makes perfect,&#8221; so the old saying goes, but it would be more correct to say <strong>practice makes permanent<\/strong>. &nbsp;The quality of your Spanish grammar practice\u2014indeed, practice of anything\u2014is vital because if you&#8217;re not careful, you\u2019ll end up making the wrong habits permanent. In fact, that&#8217;s probably what you&#8217;re doing every time you open your mouth to speak Spanish. I\u2019d like to convince you why you should <a href=\"\">test your Spanish grammar<\/a> and then practise with high-quality Spanish grammar exercises.<\/p>\n<table align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beware of repeating mistakes!\" src=\"\/files\/spanish\/blog\/2017\/08\/repetition-symbol.jpg\" width=\"178\" height=\"177\" align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Beware of repeating mistakes!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Psychological studies have shown that it&#8217;s not just how much you practise, but how you practise that makes the difference in your skill level. As early as 1899, Bryan and Harter<sup>[<a href=\"#footnote-1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup> established that simply doing something repetitively does not always lead to an improvement of skill, showing that telegraph operators quickly reached skill plateaus. In 1958, Keller proved that these plateaus were unnecessary, demonstrating that with different and better training methods they could easily be exceeded. When they <a href=\"\/learn\/deliberate-spanish-practice\">practised deliberately<\/a>, experienced typists and Morse code operators were still able to achieve substantial improvements in their skill level despite performing the very same tasks routinely in their jobs. Repetition alone doesn\u2019t produce the best results.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, in 1993, cognitive psychologist Anders Ericsson went even further. He published a paper<sup>[<a href=\"#footnote-2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup> that debunked the idea that people have an innate talent for things and that this is the defining factor in success. His analysis found that innate skills played a far less critical role in the acquisition of expertise than previously thought in many different areas including music, sport and chess. &nbsp;What did make the difference was <a href=\"\/learn\/deliberate-spanish-practice\">deliberate practice<\/a> over a long period.<\/p>\n<p>You might wonder what relevance this has to learning to speak Spanish?&nbsp;Learning a language is different to learning to play an instrument after all. Everyone can speak a language, it\u2019s something we pick up instinctively, but only a few people can play the violin.&nbsp;Whilst this is true for your first language, learning a second language later in life, when the natural language acquisition machinery of the brain has atrophied, is much more akin to learning to play an instrument. Practising in the right manner becomes much more important.<\/p>\n<p>Ericsson showed that the very best pianists did not move on in their practise when they made mistakes in a piece.&nbsp;Instead they stopped and practised that phrase until they perfected it. They were at pains to identify their errors and fix them. Ericsson\u2019s research shows why repetition alone is insufficient for improvement. Repetition does lead to motor learning, but the problem is that unless one is careful, one ends up <a href=\"\/blog\/dont-practise-your-mistakes-in-spanish\/\">repeating\u2014and therefore learning\u2014mistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking Spanish as a foreign language, one of the biggest challenges you face is identifying where you are making mistakes so that you don\u2019t repeat them into permanence. Since you already speak English, the temptation is to think in English, translate into Spanish in your head, and speak the result. Often this leads to what are known as <a href=\"\/learn\/grammar\/spanish-transference-errors\">transference errors<\/a> where Spanish grammar differs from English grammar. I certainly <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> want to discourage you from speaking Spanish at every opportunity.&nbsp;You need to practise your confidence as well as your grammar and the only way to do that is to speak.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re serious about improving, Spanish grammar practice and tests are vital so you can find out where you\u2019re making errors, learn how to correct those cases, and then practise the correct forms over and over. Our online <a href=\"\">Spanish grammar kwizzes<\/a>, powered by Kwiziq, will help you not only identify your mistakes but will then guide you so you can optimise your Spanish grammar practise.<\/p>\n<p>Start by taking our <a href=\"\">Spanish placement test<\/a>, which will tell you your level to the <a href=\"\/blog\/cefr-levels-the-common-european-framework-of-reference-for-languages\/\">CEFR standard<\/a>.&nbsp;From there, you\u2019ll be able to drill into more detailed tests at your level. Our online Spanish grammar quiz is dynamic: the questions change each time, allowing you to practise the underlying patterns. The system will identify your mistakes and create personalised study plans with links to carefully designed Spanish grammar lessons focusing on the areas where you make mistakes. This will help you to isolate those errors quickly and genuinely practise until perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/dont-practise-your-mistakes-in-spanish\/\">Don\u2019t practise your mistakes in Spanish!<\/a>&nbsp;Our <a href=\"\">Spanish grammar activities<\/a> can help you practise Spanish grammar properly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nThanks for reading! 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