Cognados     

*Sounds/Looks like a word in English*

Conexiones     

*I can figure it out using what  I know in Spanish and English*

Colecciones      

*Not easy to make a connection.  I’m just going to have to skip over this word!*

Ejemplo: el órgano

Razón: Looks very similar to ‘organ’ in English and means ‘organ’ in English!

Ejemplo: grupos locales

Razón: We know that adjectives usually follow nouns in Spanish, so we can assume that ‘grupos locales’ means  ‘local groups’.

Ejemplo:  jóvenes

Razón: We can’t really connect this word to anything.  We’ll just have to skip over the word ‘jóvenes’ and concentrate on finding words we can understand.