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Do you believe you can speak Spanish? Posted by Adir on Jan 16, 2012
Hey, there! How is it going? I’d like to talk to you a bit today about beliefs. Like me, you must have been brought up with the phrase “seeing is believing”, right? It always sounded very skeptical to me but now I believe that “believing is seeing”. Yes, “believing is seeing”. Some people call it…
De flechas y rodillas Posted by David Carmona on Jan 6, 2012
Si navegáis por internet con frecuencia, es más que posible que últimamente hayáis visto en algún comentario o blog algo así como “yo antes era… pero me hirieron con una flecha en la rodilla.” Algunos tendrán una sonrisa de oreja a oreja, mientras que muchos probablemente no sepan a qué se refiere esta expresión. Ahora…
The Facebook changes en español Posted by Adir on Sep 22, 2011
Hi, there! As you Facebookers all know, some major layout changes happened on Facebook yesterday and users were less than happy about it. So we proposed a little debate in our Spanish page and here are some of the comments people made: Es una mierda. (It’s a piece of s***!) Muy mal. (Very bad.) No…
Learning tip: Listen! Posted by Adir on Sep 16, 2011
Hi, there! How have you been? A lot of people ask me what’s the best way to learn a language. I tell them: Listen! A lot! Oftentimes they look at me with a funny face maybe thinking, “Really? But what if I want to speak too?” Well, here’s the catch. In language learning we have…
At the airport: the check-in Posted by Adir on Jul 30, 2011
Traveling is great, isn’t it? You get to meet people, be in places other than your regular city and learn a lot while traveling. So in this post I’m going to give you some useful expressions for when you’re at the check-in counter at the airport. Su pasaporte, por favor. Passport, please. ¿Cuántas maletas lleva?…
Learning tip: Attitude! Posted by Adir on Jul 29, 2011
Hi, everybody! How have you been? Well, I was thinking the other day and I came to the conclusion that one of the most important things when you set out to do something new is to have attitude. I mean, not a nasty attitude towards anything but a very positive and proactive attitude. You may…
Where are the vowels? – Answer Posted by Adir on May 20, 2011
Hi, there! Here’s the whole text for the Where are vowels? activity a couple of days ago. Did you get it right? Let’s check it out. Rodrigo, por favor, llama por teléfono a mis padres y cuéntales que me quedé dormido en el metro y ahora estoy en un cibercafé de la estación y tengo…