Creative Ways to Practice Spanish with Social Distancing Posted by Karoly Molina on Mar 19, 2020
A good portion of people throughout the world are practicing social distancing or distanciamiento social to slow the spread of COVID-19 or corona virus. This mostly means that we are staying home as much as possible. But what can you do with all this time not only to feel productive, but also to keep a sane…
Spanish: A Language with carácter (Part 3) Posted by Anais on Mar 16, 2020
Welcome to the third and last part of this blog post, where we are getting to know better the special marks that make Spanish stand out from other languages. The acento agudo (acute accent) will be reappearing to explain its second most important use, as well as the opening question/exclamation marks. We are almost done!…
Advanced Spanish Listening Practice – False Friends (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 14, 2020
Review relevant Spanish grammar and vocabulary and then listen to a conversation in Spanish between two people. More practice using various common False Friends.
Mexico and International Women’s Day Posted by Karoly Molina on Mar 12, 2020
Sunday March 8th was International Women’s Day. All over the world, there were marches, protests and a variety of events or eventos to commemorate this day. In Mexico, women marched to protest the rising violence. On Monday March 9th, they staged what was perhaps one of the biggest protests in the history of the country: Un…
Mi experiencia en el Carnaval de Barranquilla Posted by sasha on Mar 11, 2020
While Rio may have the most famous Carnaval, there’s also a huge celebration in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. In this post I’ll share more about mi experiencia en el Carnaval de Barranquilla (my experience in the Carnival of Barranquilla) along with a fun video I edited from the festivities. Esta fue mi tercera vez…
Advanced Spanish Listening Practice – False Friends (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 10, 2020
Review relevant Spanish grammar and vocabulary and then listen to a conversation in Spanish between two people. Practice using various common False Friends.
Advanced Spanish Listening Practice – Colloquial Spanish expressions with Estar Posted by Laura & Adam on Mar 2, 2020
Review relevant Spanish grammar and vocabulary and then listen to a conversation in Spanish between two people. Practice using colloquial Spanish expressions with Estar.