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The following hints and reminders should help to make your written Spanish more acceptable to the Spanish reader by avoiding mistakes and un-Spanish expressions derived from English conventions. They inevitably distract attention from what you wish to convey.

The following information about writing letters in Spanish is not exhaustive, but should be regarded as information which will make your letters more "Spanish" and very importantly may avoid misunderstandings or misinterpretations. Being familiar with some of the conventions of Spanish letter writing will also be of interest when you receive letters in Spanish or English from Spanish native speakers.

Here is a collection of short, but useful, notes covering 65 different Spanish grammar topics.

Professor Fred F. Jehle developed these Spanish language course materials over many years for a variety of classes, but primarily for an intermediate college-level course called S210 Second-Year Spanish Composition. There are numerous components to this collection of materials:

1. Grammatical explanations, consisting of a series of approximately 36 lessons on aspects of Spanish language. I conduct my classes primarily in Spanish, but these presentations are written in English, with examples given in Spanish with English translations; many students at the intermediate level have serious problems understanding aspects of language written in a foreign language, and a few simply balk at such a prospect. These explanations are heavily weighted in favor of the most challenging aspect of Spanish for English speakers: verb forms and uses. Most of these explanations are accompanied by practice exercises, answers and assignments.

2. Other pages have been included as well, often as a result of student suggestions. Some involve tricks or mnemonic devices for remembering aspects of the language. When students offer such gems I give credit to them in the individual page; to any teachers or books from which the students might have learned

Co-authored by native Spanish and English speakers, this blog offers useful tips, articles and audio recordings on vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, grammar, and other hints to speak like a native.

With this Spanish Verb Conjugator you can enter the Spanish verb in the infinitive form of the verb, or in any of the 17 Spanish verb tenses and have the conjugator return the fully conjugated verb.

Language education site Busuu emphasizes the social side of learning a language. While Busuu has standard components such as vocabulary exercises with audio and writing units to test out your composition, the most interesting aspect is its ability to connect you with both people learning your language and native speakers of your language. You're learning Spanish and someone else is learning English? Connect through Busuu and help each other out. While Busuu may not be a substitute for the do-or-die learning of full language immersion, it has a wider range of tools and social interaction than a standalone program or book. [Lifehacker Annotation]

I have a link to another verb conjugator, but I just found this one and based on initial use it seems even better as it includes some basic information about the verb (including definition and common usage) along with some sample sentences.

http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/prep"> Please enter a Verb (e.g. comer):

StudySpanish.com offers a lot of free resources in the hope that you will someday upgrade to their complete step-by-step conversation course. They have free material to help you with grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.

The Medical Spanish Podcast is a multi-level Spanish podcast for the health care professional.

The Spanish Grammar Podcast provides grammar exercises for the intermediate to advanced learner of Spanish.

Check out the Forums to network with other health care professions and learners of Spanish. There I have added a forum topic for each podcast topic. Please leave your comments, questions and suggestions regarding the podcasts there.

Podcast Special Features:
1. Interactive Format: Repeat, translate and answer questions as you listen.
2. Easy to Navigate Format: Section breaks are placed throughout the AAC version podcast for easy rewind and review.
3. Transcripts: Supporting show notes included with each podcast. To view transcript, click the center botton of your iPod 3x while listening to the podcast. Or click the “i” icon to the right of the podcast in iTunes.

Learning when to use the subjunctive mood can be particularly challenging for English-speakers learning Spanish. That's probably because the subjunctive mood is distinguished from the indicative mood so infrequently in English.

Subjunctive? Indicative? Mood? What in the world do those mean? Here is a three-part series of articles to help you out.

We all make mistakes and there are a lot of pesky little things that cause problems for students of Spanish. Here is a list of some of them that pop up frequently in intermediate-level work. Look over them and learn from them; it should vastly improve your Spanish. Also included here are items which might need to be reviewed, such as giving dates and telling time.

A collection of 65 notes or mini-lessons on various Spanish grammar topics.

Grammar is the glue that holds language together. It governs how sentences are made up, how words change depending on subject and context, and how verbs conjugate to reflect whether something happened in the past, present or future. Unfortunately grammar is also one of the most detested and difficult parts of learning a language. Demystifying Spanish Grammar attempts to shed some of students’ anxiety about tackling these topics.

The book deals with some of the trickier elements of Spanish grammar, including accents, common irregular verbs, challenging tenses and common mistakes using prepositions. The tone of the author is at all times friendly and easy to read, while being very clear in his explanations of each element.

He makes it clear that these are common errors encountered by most Spanish students, so you don’t have that feeling that you just aren’t smart enough to get it right.

The book includes exercises to help you practice what you have learned and check your progress. This way you can make sure that you really understand what has been explained.

The mnemonic devices provided are a great way to help you to remember those important rules without feeling overwhelmed or trying to recite them all by rote.

Many language books are boring--this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way--by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people--it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious "gringo" errors. Writing with humor, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, "trickster" words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test--communicating fluently with native speakers.

On this site you can practice (inter)actively the conjugation of Spanish (ir)regular verbs in all common tenses. The website also offers you the option of viewing all your results , checking the errors you have made and if you wish you can repeat those questions. No charges at all.