One way I have been practicing my Spanish is to translate portions of Scripture from Spanish into English. Trying to decode the grammar and hunt down verb tenses can be a bit like detective work and it certainly has helped my language skills. One benefit of this exercise is that it has the effect of forcing you to slow down, pay attention to every word and truly digest the text. A second benefit is
the added perspective it can give on certain words or phrases. For example, the sons of Korah write in the forty-second psalm: