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
by Andrew | Jan 24, 2011 | Popular, Spanish
Easy, but important…and often skipped. That’s how I’d put this. We all have a certain set of manners ingrained in us since birth by our society that we do automatically, things you do to be considered polite (e.g. saying “please” and... Read more
by Andrew | Jan 5, 2011 | Learn Spanish from Music Videos, Spanish
This is the 3rd 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... Read more
by Andrew | Jan 4, 2011 | Miscellaneous
This has precisely nothing to do with learning Spanish, I just hadn’t posted in a while and felt bad (yes, I’ve got something I’m working on, should be up in a few days, I haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been busy with other... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 28, 2010 | General Language-Learning, Spanish
Firstly, I’d like to point out a fascinating thread over at Reddit discussing this exact question that has a lot of interesting responses and turned into a great discussion: How did you become fluent in another language? Secondly, if you haven’t joined the... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 21, 2010 | Spanish
Today I’m going to go over the most common mistakes in Spanish that native English speakers tend to make when learning Spanish and how to fix them on your own. Just to head it off before it gets started, because otherwise I know it will, the term... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 13, 2010 | General Language-Learning
Motivation is the most important factor in determining whether or not you will learn a language, how well you will learn it, and how long it will take you. Also, if you don’t have it for the language in question, you’ll never learn it, you just... Read more
