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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
