by Andrew | Dec 23, 2014 | General Language-Learning
Right now I’m going to teach you not only how to effectively memorize vocabulary using a combination of visual mnemonic techniques and spaced repetition, but much more importantly: how to learn foreign language vocabulary, that is how to take that step from... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 15, 2014 | Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools, Spanish
Many people have asked me if there was a search engine or software or app or something that would give you contextual examples of any Spanish word you wanted being used, like if you just learned a new word and you’d like to see some actual examples... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 14, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools
Brilliant. Long overdue. People have been asking for this, wanting this (even if they couldn’t exactly describe what it was they wanted), for years now. That’s how I would describe HiNative. It’s very simple: you have questions, native speakers... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 13, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools
If you want to practice writing a foreign language either because you want to practice that separately in addition to speaking and listening practice you’re already doing or because you’re solely interested in learning to read and write it but not speak... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 12, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools
Today I’m going to quickly share with you my favorite resource for finding foreign language newspapers plus I’m going to show you my simple and effective method for learning the language from them (you don’t need to know any of the language to start... Read more
by Andrew | Dec 11, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools, Spanish
Just wanted to write a very short post today to introduce you to this fantastic free resource I discovered a while back and forgot about: LyricsTraining.com. Here’s how it works, it’s very simple… They have music videos in various languages from... Read more
by Andrew | Nov 16, 2014 | Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, & Cursewords, Learn Spanish from Spain
Welcome to the second installment of a category of posts I do called Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, and Curse Words! This post will be a sort of continuation on the first one in that we’ll be examining the same sentence from the same... Read more
by Andrew | Nov 5, 2014 | Learn Spanish for Real: Spanish Slang, Colloquialisms, & Cursewords, Spanish
This is the first in a new series of posts I’m going to be doing called “Learn Spanish for Real” where I’ll teach the sort of Spanish that’s commonly used, that you need to know in order to be able to speak like and with a native, but... Read more
by Andrew | Sep 2, 2014 | Product Reviews
Yabla is a website that was designed from the ground up specifically and exclusively for helping people learn languages via videos of popular media in the language they want to learn (TV shows, cartoons, documentaries, etc.) that you can watch (streaming) on the site.... Read more
by Andrew | Aug 4, 2014 | Product Reviews, Reviews
Perspective: A beginning Spanish learner As with all my reviews, this one will be written from the perspective of a beginning Spanish learner, one which I am intimately familiar with as I have spent quite a bit of time as one, during which I tried a good number of... Read more
by Andrew | Apr 24, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Product Reviews, Reviews, Reviews of Free Websites and Tools, Spanish
I’ve talked about (here) how I think language exchanges are probably the single most valuable thing you can do to learn a language because that’s where you’re actually talking to – and being corrected by – a native speaker, that’s... Read more
by Andrew | Apr 21, 2014 | General Language-Learning, Spanish
The only way to learn to speak a language is to do so, horribly at first. That’s it. Get it through your head, there’s no getting around it. The only way to learn how to speak a language is to do so or, really, to try to do so, horribly at first while... Read more
