by Andrew | Sep 27, 2011 | Guest Posts, Spanish
I’ve got a short guest post here from someone whose site I’ve recommended before (I put it under my recommended links section in the sidebar), I’ll let him explain what they do: At eLanguageSchool.net we are teaching people how to learn Spanish with... Read more
by Andrew | Sep 10, 2011 | Spanish
The worst thing that can happen to you, and it happens to thousands of newbie Spanish learners every year (I’ve met several of them), is that you just don’t know how to start off so maybe you try this, that, and the other random method or resource and, of... Read more
by Andrew | Sep 10, 2011 | Spanish
You know how much I love using children’s learning materials to help people learn Spanish–I do this because these two groups of people, children that are native speakers and adults learning Spanish as a 2nd language, are frequently at about the same skill... Read more
by Andrew | May 10, 2011 | General Language-Learning, Spanish
I want to quickly tell you guys about a fantastic resource that’s available to you and is especially good for beginners and even those at an intermediate level: children’s books. They’re fun to read (how could you dislike a story about a talking... Read more
by Andrew | Mar 27, 2011 | Popular, Spanish
Every language has a short list (a few dozen or so) of standard “answers” or “responses” to indicate commonly expressed sentiments (e.g yes, no, maybe, I don’t know, good luck, etc.). Knowing these and being able to whip the correct one... Read more
by Andrew | Mar 25, 2011 | Friday Linkfest
It’s back! Friday Linkfest actually got a bit of attention the last time I did it, and I think it’s an excellent idea because, as I stated before, it gives you, the reader, a short little list of interesting language-learning stuff to look at that you may... Read more
by Andrew | Mar 18, 2011 | Friday Linkfest
This is something new I’m going to start doing if for no other reason than to make myself start posting more frequently and consistently, plus I read all sorts of cool language-learning related articles every day on the dozen or so blogs I’m subscribed to,... Read more
by Andrew | Mar 3, 2011 | General Language-Learning, Guest Posts
And today I’ve got my first guest post ever! From J. over at Polyglottally, he addresses something that every language-learner has done at some point and then had to deal with… Oh dear, you’ve fallen off the language learning wagon. You were tired,... Read more
by Andrew | Feb 26, 2011 | Learn Spanish from Music Videos, Spanish
This is the next installment in the whole “let’s learn Spanish from music videos” thing I’m doing that everyone seems to like (which I totally agree with, using popular media like this that you enjoy is a fantastic way to learn the language,... Read more
by Andrew | Feb 16, 2011 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), Popular, Spanish
An extremely common problem amongst people learning a new language is smoothness, that ability to keep talking without herky-jerky stops-and-starts in their sentences (lots of awkward silences and “ummms” while they try to think of the right word), which... Read more
by Andrew | Feb 5, 2011 | Learn Spanish from Music Videos, Spanish
This is the 4th in a series of posts I’m doing where I help you learn Spanish from music videos and show you how I do it myself (that way you don’t have to wait for me to dissect a Spanish music video, you can go out and start doing it yourself with whatever songs you... Read more
by Andrew | Jan 28, 2011 | Guest Posts, Spanish
I just did a guest post over on Jennie’s blog (which is fantastic, you definitely should subscribe, by the way) where I listed my absolute favorite free Spanish-learning resources: check it out here. I should note that, as I said in that post, I only included... Read more
