by Andrew | May 13, 2020 | Articles/Posts (go here to start learning Spanish!), General Language-Learning, Telenovela Method
What this means is: You need to learn those aspects of the language (words, expressions, grammar, syntax) that are in current use by native speakers. You need to learn them in order of frequency of use, meaning that the most commonly used words are the most important...
by Andrew | Mar 14, 2018 | Learn Spanish on YouTube: Lessons Based on Spanish YouTube Videos, Recommended Channels, How to Do It, Telenovela Method
This is what a lot of people are looking for but they either don’t know it or don’t know how to describe it: Spanish-language videos that are interesting/entertaining, intended for native speakers (that is, these videos are not over-simplified for...
by Andrew | Apr 20, 2017 | General Language-Learning, Spanish, Telenovela Method
This is a simple technique I developed on my own as part of the Telenovela Method years ago and I’ve just never gotten around to writing about it because it never occurred to me how much trouble most people have learning Spanish pronunciation (note: this...
by Andrew | Mar 9, 2017 | Miscellaneous, Spanish, Telenovela Method
I finally got the 2nd edition of my book published (was supposed to happen last fall, turns out self-publishing was a lot more complicated than I thought it was going to be). A lot of you had asked if a print version of the first edition was available, so that was...
by Andrew | Sep 13, 2016 | Learn Spanish from the News, Spanish, Telenovela Method
I love these “learn Spanish from ___” series I do, they’re great for generating short, quality blog posts when I’m equally short on ideas for new content, plus they’re immediately useful, quickly digestible, and direct, so people tend to...
by Andrew | Sep 6, 2016 | Product Reviews, Spanish, Telenovela Method
I was contacted some months ago by the publisher of this, Amp Comics (check out their site there, they have other similar stuff if you like this), who had seen my post about learning Spanish from comics and knew I was a Garfield fan (have been since I was about 7 or...
by Andrew | Sep 4, 2016 | Learn Spanish on YouTube: Lessons Based on Spanish YouTube Videos, Recommended Channels, How to Do It, Spanish, Telenovela Method
This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be doing where I cover as many great channels for learning Spanish on YouTube as I can find. There are many such channels and new ones are being created all the time, not just for Spanish but many other languages as...
by Andrew | Sep 2, 2016 | Reviews of Free Websites and Tools, Spain, Spanish, Telenovela Method
RTVE is Spain’s state-owned corporate television station, very similar to the BBC in the U.K. or PBS here in the U.S. They’re the largest and most popular broadcaster in Spain, and they show a wide variety of news, documentaries, fictional dramas, reality...
by Andrew | Feb 2, 2015 | Guest Posts, Spanish, Telenovela Method
I’ve got an excellent guest post for you today very much in line with my methods and previous posts, enjoy. -Andrew Watching Spanish-language TV series and movies is one of the best ways to improve your Spanish. First, you’ll be engaged and entertained, which...
by Andrew | Apr 6, 2013 | Spanish, Telenovela Method
The following list of resources are the ones that I use the most, by far. These are my “daily tools”, that is things that I use every. single. day. to learn more and more Spanish, and that I’ve been using for a very long time now. They are...
by Andrew | Mar 7, 2013 | General Language-Learning, Spanish, Telenovela Method
Anki is by far my most important tool that I use in learning Spanish using my own personal method, the Telenovela Method. It has been a vital staple of my language learning for years now and I just realized I’ve never really done a full and proper post about...
by Andrew | Aug 27, 2010 | Popular, Spanish, Telenovela Method
Today I’m going to give you a list of my favorite websites that you can use to help you learn Spanish via watching television in Spanish (news, shows, telenovelas, whatever), almost all of which are entirely free. I’ve divided it up alphabetically by...
