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Don’t just learn a language, use it! Posted by Adir on Apr 24, 2013
Hey, everybody! How’s it going? One of the biggest complaints that I get as a language teacher is that students take classes, do their homework, but still they can’t speak fluently. They say, “I learn a word today, but I can’t remember it the other day.” “Where am I going to use this?” “I keep…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 23 Days, months, adverbs of frequency, and leisure activities in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 22, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice some useful verbs related to leisure activities in Spanish, the days of the week in Spanish, the months of the year in Spanish and Spanish adverbs of frequency. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and…
Spring Spanish sayings Posted by Magda on Apr 18, 2013
“Cuando marzo va a mediar, debe la primavera empezar”, así que aparentemente estamos en tiempo de primavera ahora. Pero aquí en mi ciudad hemos pasado de invierno a verano en tan solo unos días, lo que hace un poco difícil aplicar el dicho de “la primavera, la sangre altera”. Esto me recordó que “quema más…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 22 Practice using reflexive Spanish verbs Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 16, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice using some useful reflexive Spanish verbs. What are reflexive Spanish verbs? Reflexive Spanish verbs are those verbs which end in “se” and where the object and subject of the sentence are the same. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 21 Speaking Spanish when travelling Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 9, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today we are going to practice how to manage when travelling in a Spanish speaking country. We will see some useful related vocabulary and some typical sentence structures and phrases that can be used when doing such things as buying tickets and asking prices in Spanish. Answers to all tasks involved in…
A different celebration on Women´s day: going to an Art exhibition. Posted by Magda on Apr 4, 2013
Hace algunas semanas fue el Día de la mujer Trabajadora. Aunque las mujeres han alcanzado con éxito muchos logros, aún queda mucho camino por andar. La violencia doméstica es todavía una realidad, la discriminación en el trabajo, y la estabilidad laboral son todavía cargas en nuestra sociedad. Se tomaron diferentes iniciativas por todo el mundo…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 20 Useful Spanish verbs: To need, To want, To prefer Posted by Laura & Adam on Apr 2, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Today we are going to practice three very useful Spanish verbs: To need (“necesitar”), To want (“querer”) and To prefer (“preferir”). Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original…