Write On! 6 Incredible Apps to Practice Spanish Writing

Spanish is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas. It is the world’s second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese, and the world’s fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi.

Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages of the Indo-European language family, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century. Modern Spanish was then taken to the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire beginning in 1492, most notably to the Americas, as well as territories in Africa and the Philippines. 

Did you know you can perfect your Spanish writing skills without staring at an empty notebook or blank word processor page?

There are lots of unique Spanish apps designed to improve your written grammar, sentence construction and vocabulary, all on your phone.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a little good-old-fashioned pen-to-paper practice—but sometimes you need to shake things up.

Plus, these apps let you focus on specific writing skills or even point out your mistakes.

Here are six Spanish writing apps that you can use to improve your written language from the palm of your hand.

Multibhashi:  

The Bangalore based educational platforms offer a wide range of language learning opportunities at your convenience where all are where the choice is yours. The platform is exclusively online. You can get a classroom-like atmosphere from here with lively interaction from the language expert and your classmates. The classes  are of two types, Group webinar class and one class. The duration of the courses is 30 min per class. The minimum number of classes that you can take is 30 classes. It can be increased according to your preference.  You can take the group class provided by Multibhashi or, if you prefer learning alone then you can take one class also. The fee structure of both the classes is different. The timings of the classes are also flexible and are up to you to decide. Plus point here in Multibhashi is that you can take a free demo class before deciding where to join. The result will be satisfactory!

Dive into Dications with Dictado

I can’t tell you how many times I used dictations to teach English to my students in Spain. The exercise was initially met with groans 100% of the time, only to become the favourite activity of the day.

It’s the same in Spanish. This is where you test your writing abilities against your comprehension. The trouble for most Spanish learners is that they don’t have a native Spanish speaker available to read out a long paragraph on a moment’s notice. Well, now you don’t need one.

Go Beyond Dictionary Definitions with Linguee

You may already be familiar with the web version of Linguee. It’s essentially a dictionary that gives word-for-word translations (sometimes even well-known idiomatic phrases). Linguee has one key advantage over similar apps, though: it provides context.

If you insert a word in English that you want to translate in your Spanish writing, it’ll give you two columns. The first column will be a list of full-length English sentences that include the word you’re trying to translate. Then, you’ll have the corresponding Spanish sentence on the other side. This is incredibly valuable!

Write New Words from Real Videos with FluentU

Many beginners put off writing practice because they don’t feel they have enough words in their stockpile to write with. FluentU solves that problem in the most entertaining way possible.

FluentU takes real-world videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.

Other sites use scripted content. FluentU uses a natural approach that helps you ease into the Spanish language and culture over time. You’ll learn Spanish as it’s actually spoken by real people.

FluentU brings native videos within reach with interactive subtitles.

Meet New Pen Pals with HelloTalk

Okay, so now you’ve done your dictations and written your original Spanish paragraphs, but you want to take your skills to the next test: writing with natives.

Check out HelloTalk, a social media platform that allows you to text message and chat with people from around the world. You can use this app to start live chats with real Spanish, many of whom are more than happy to correct you when you’ve made a mistake. Plus, you can participate in the online discussion boards where there are loads of people trying to improve their writing just like you.

The best part? It’s totally free and very accessible. You can carry on writing messages to native francophones throughout the day at your convenience, just like you would text a friend.

Get Focused Writing Practice on italki

italki is another conversational app that allows you to speak with strangers but, from my experience, has some benefits over others like it. First, this is an app that allows you to find language professors around the world. That means that you’re connected with real human beings and you can set up paid lessons to help improve your Spanish writing from anywhere on your schedule.

There are thousands of qualified tutors you can choose from based on your budget, language needs and ratings from previous students. There are many specialized Spanish tutors that can teach you Spanish writing for specific contexts, like exam prep or the business world.

Okay, you may never quite reach Federico García Lorca status, but you can certainly improve your Spanish writing skills from the convenience of your smartphone! The bottom line is that you’ll only improve so much as you consistently work toward your goal. And with these six Spanish writing apps, you’ll be learning to write Spanish the right way.

All the best!!!