A respected newspaper from Barcelona.

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Whether you want lessons in Spanish grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc or you want informal Spanish conversation practice, 121Speech can satisfy all your Spanish language-learning needs.

Learning Spanish with 121Speech is a friendly, interactive process which takes place online. You and your tutor communicate directly online using Skype video-conferencing.

Our lessons are top quality but our prices are low because our teachers are based in Guatemala and Peru. You save time and money by taking lessons directly, using your computer to communicate live with your personal Spanish tutor.

All of our Spanish teachers are native speakers with certifications or diplomas in language teaching and linguistics, so you get expert assistance in every lesson.

We have multiple Spanish lesson plans to give you a level-appropriate curriculum that will be combined with conversation to get you learning fast!

A nicely arranged collection of free Spanish lessons. I have linked to the beginner page, but if you read the first paragraph there you will find links to the intermediate and advanced material as well, even though they don't seem to be listed on the sidebar menu.

123TeachMe is a free service for both students and language schools. Do not be fooled by the websites of independent sales agents who demand huge commissions from language schools for each student they enroll. 123TeachMe allows you to save money by working directly with Spanish language schools.

This website is first and foremost a tool for students to learn Spanish. There is a wealth of information here in numerous general and niche courses, as well as tons of reference pages. Many of the pages include full audio as well as images or videos. We have other useful tools as well like the verb conjugator tool, as well as daily RSS feeds (Word, Verb, and Idiom of the day).

123TeachMe is a directory of independent Spanish language schools. 123TeachMe allows the student to compare the tuition cost, quality of instruction, and overall value of over 900 language schools around the world. The Advanced Search option allows the student to quickly locate language schools offering dozens of special language programs including: medical, business, legal, technical, painting, literature, art, history, humanities, and many more. You may also search language schools by the activities available, such as dancing, cooking, horseback riding, hiki

English speakers are not alone in using netspeak to create number-filled, abbreviated, and strangely-spelled messages for speed, efficiency and making messages impenetrable to others. Here are examples of 20 commonly-used expressions throughout the Spanish-texting world, with a more detailed explanation of the rules that underlie their formation, so you can decode them as you go along si quieres, if you like. Many phrases can be spelled in a variety of different ways, depending on individual texters and which rules are applied.

Reading in your target language is a wonderful way to improve your language skills, especially when you hit the intermediate/advanced plateau. It broadens your vocabulary and familiarizes you with those more complicated grammatical structures. It opens a window on the cultural – and pop-cultural – context of the language. And it gives you a tiny peek into the underlying joy and mischief of the language: the rules you can break, the words you can play on, the poetry underlying the strict straight lines of the grammar.

For Spanish language students, here’s a taste of some of the treasures on my bookshelf, in approximate order of difficulty.

Spanish is one of the fastest-spreading languages in the world and is often listed as among the easiest for English speakers to learn. With this in mind, why aren’t there more people fluent in Spanish?

Like all failed New Year’s resolutions, there’s saying and then there’s doing. The key is to have the right tools and mindset to help you stay focused and have fun learning. Here are some tips to get you started.

This is the companion book to Ollendorff's New method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak. Both books are out of copyright and thus can be freely downloaded in .pdf from Google Books. This book might be even more useful for those already familiar with the grammar but who want to brush up with good sample sentences.

For the use of those who wish to obtain easily a practical knowledge of the Castillian language, with plain rules for its pronunciation, notes explanatory of the idioms and difficult expressions, and a copious vocabulary. It can be considered a sequel to Ollendorff's new method of learning to read,write and speak the Spanish language.

This conservative newspaper may have the best cultural section of Spanish newspapers. Only in Spanish.

Want to learn Spanish free online? Immerse yourself in Spanish culture? Have fun too? Well you can do all of these things with the educational, fun Spanish activities at Actualidades. This site is designed to facilitate relevant, authentic and interesting language learning through the use of little pieces of pop culture (realia) such as music videos, posters, comic strips and more! Actualidades: Learn Spanish through pop culture!

Urubamba is a small village in the heart of the Sacred Valley, next to Pisac, where one can experience true immersion in the Peruvian lifestyle and learn the beautiful Spanish language at the same time! Engage with the local people in Peru that live in this quaint little town out in the Sacred Valley, learn Spanish quickly and take part in experiencing the true life of Peru, at only a few kilometers of the inca ruins of Machu Picchu!

If you love sports and can read Spanish, this is your site. Excellent sports information, specially about soccer.

This site is all audio and text based, but everything is in Spanish. You will not see or hear one single word of English in any audio or transcripts they produce. This site will definitely separate the men from the boys, so to speak. The topics the audio files cover are many - TV, news, radio, and books just to name a few. If you're ready to test yourself or step up your game, this is the site to do it at. [Annotation by My Spanish Notes]

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A great firefox addon that allows you to simply highlight a word and a small hover window will appear and the word will be looked up in either google or yahoo for a translation. Incredibly useful. I have tried several others but this one is my favorite. One weakness is that it doesn't do phrases only single words.

Barra de Español is a Firefox toolbar for students of the Spanish language. It provides tools and links to resources useful to students, such as word definition lookup and links to native Spanish material.

The online bilingual Dictionary application here provided is a free service of Word Magic Software Inc. You will find that it is the most complete online bilingual and bidirectional English-Spanish dictionary on the web, showing not only direct translations but synonyms, complete definitions, set phrases, idioms, proverbs, usage examples, famous quotes and compound entries as well, all related to your entry word. On top of that, it offers English and Spanish pronunciation, separation into syllables and grammar attributes. It also accepts conjugated verbs and Spanish feminine and plural forms as valid entries.

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.

businessspanish.com aims to teach you how to speak and write business and conversational Spanish by listening and repeating examples and simplified grammar rules. All lessons and each topic contain vocabulary with recorded audio, and they are organized in Chapters.

Editor's Note: the copyright info at the bottom along with the overall design and appearance seem to indicate the site is not actively maintained, but there does appear to be some good content available.

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]

This site provides free revision of texts written in Spanish up to 250 characters.

It’s simple as 1, 2, 3:
1. Fill in the form below.
2. A native Spanish teacher will check your Spanish and email you asap.
3. We’ll publish your writing so you can receive feedback from other users.

Improve your Spanish by listening to classic fairy tales and children’s stories in Spanish!

Cody, a mischievous, lovable puppy, serves as the mascot to this free, weekly Spanish language podcast. Each week, Cody and one of his human pals from Spain, Mexico or Argentina presents a well-told tale in Spanish from a professional storyteller who is a native Spanish speaker.

All the podcasts are organized by level and type of story.

The award-winning Spanish course aimed at beginners through to intermediate learners providing weekly 20-minute lessons covering the basics of Spanish. This is an ideal course for anyone who wants to go further than learning phrases off by heart, and will allow listeners to develop their confidence in the language.

Editor's Note: this is one of the podcasts I most often recommend to beginner and intermediate students. The series starts off at a very basic level but by the end (80 episodes) offers a much higher level. Also note that although the extra materials are fee-based, all the podcasts themselves are free.

Rosana Hart gives a nice summary table of 5 popular Spanish learning programs: Fluenz Spanish, Rocket Spanish, Pimsleur Spanish, Rosetta Stone Spanish, and Tell Me More Spanish.

Editor's Note: This site uses affiliate links, as do many other sites (even this one occasionally), but they seem not to influence the actual content or reviews unduly.

Learn Spanish online with free vocabulary lists and grammar lessons.

Learn interactive Spanish classes online and boost your Spanish skills. Cross Cultural Training will work closely with you to deliver effective learning solutions.

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

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.

Destinos is a video instructional series in Spanish for college and high school classrooms and adult learners consisting of 52 half-hour video programs divided into two parts. Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Understanding of Spanish and appreciation of many Hispanic cultures increase as students become absorbed in the mysterious and entertaining story. Closed captioning in Spanish can be used as a teaching and literacy resource.

WordReference ofrece el Diccionario de la lengua española © 2005 Espasa Calpe.
* Más de 50.000 entradas.
* Más de 150.000 definiciones y ejemplos de uso.
* Más de 7.000 notas gramaticales.
* Más de 5.000 voces y acepciones del español de América.

Featuring slang for both Spain and Latin America and indicates which expressions are used in which countries. Includes a section on native banter that will help readers make friends over a pitcher of Sangría and convince the local taco maker that it's OK to spice things up with a few fresh habaneros. The book also provides not-approved-for-nuns sex terminology graphic enough to embarrass the street walkers of Madrid's infamous Red Light district.

Free resources for students, teachers, and lovers of Spanish: lessons and quizzes, online dictionaries, chatroom, software, forum, and much more.

Note: I found the Spanish Mistakes and Difficulties section and some of the lessons to be especially useful.

El Mundo has become a popular newspaper as a result of its in-depth investigation in its articles. Only in Spanish.

The best selling newspaper in Spain. Some of the best writers publish their articles in El Pais. Good International Section and well designed. Only in Spanish. If you sign up to their RSS feed beware that they post a LOT of articles each day.

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.

Un podcast en lengua española para todos aquellos que quieran revisar en profundidad todo lo relacionado con el español que han aprendido, que saben y hablan, pero que está pendiente de algunas actualizaciones.

Este podcast se dirige, pues, a aquellos hablantes de español que quieren perfeccionar su español hablado y escrito, a los quieren estructurar mejor sus conocimientos gramaticales del español, a los que necesitan ganar fluidez y agilidad mediante una escucha más exhaustiva y a aquellos que deseen ampliar considerablemente tanto su vocabulario como el uso de expresiones coloquiales.

Para alcanzar estos objetivos, creemos que la escucha de situaciones sugeridas, diálogos, explicaciones y ejemplos, pueden ser la mejor manera de lograrlo.

In our school, you can learn Spanish in a friendly atmosphere, in the heart of Valencia.
Our aim is to teach you to speak Spanish quickly while enjoying the Spanish lifestyle and culture.

The school offers a wide range to courses given by extremely professional teachers, who use a method that it is based particularly to communication.

We take care, with attention respect of accommodation and all the of our students lodgings.

Find Internet TV allows you to search for and find episodes of your favorite missed television shows or web-based video content. Especially interesting is the fact that you can find content by language, in this case Spanish. Quite useful to work on your listening comprehension!

Fomny TV lets you watch live streams of television channels from various countries. The link provided here leads to the Spain page but you can also select by country or region (currently Argentina and South America are the relevant options). [Hat tip to Spanish Only]

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

The audio lesson contains expressions, and sentences that anyone staying at a hotel or guesthouse will find very useful. Not everyone in a hotel will be able to speak English or your own native language to you, and you will often be in situations where knowing a few basic sentences and requests will make your stay much more comfortable. Learn how to check into a hotel in Spanish and to express some basic needs that you will have at any hotel.

This lesson contains basic Spanish phrases such as:
- I have a reservation
- Do you accept travelers' checks?
- When is the checkout time?
- Where is the restaurant?
- Where is the laundromat? (self-service laundry)
and more...

3 levels beginners, intermediate, advanced
210 hours of entertaining learning
747 interactive exercises and tests

Freely available, electronic format language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain.

The GALAPAGOS SPANISH SCHOOL is known throughout the city as a serious and professional school.

We have twenty years of experience in teaching Spanish as a second language. People of all ages and nationalities who want to learn Spanish are welcome, whether it be for academic, business, job or tourist reasons. Our primary objectives are the following:

* Teach and make understood the correct use of the Spanish language.
* Assure that our students are successful in their language classes in their own countries, improve their job opportunities, and achieve promotions through their knowledge of a second language.

Galápagos School is endorsed by magazines and is considered to be the most professional and serious in the city. Our academic level is at the highest standard.

LOCATION
The school is located in the tourist, business and financial district. Right in the heart of the city. (La Mariscal).

Gateway Argentina has custom Spanish language and cultural immersion programs. Study Spanish in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Volunteer or take a specialized course.

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.

This glossary is designed as a guide for people learning the grammar of either Spanish or English, and it may be useful for people studying other languages as well, especially languages of Indo-European origin. To explain each grammatical term, examples are given in both Spanish and English, where applicable. This glossary is a work in progress, with new terms being added weekly.

A list of the most common mistakes that native English speakers tend to make when learning Spanish and how to fix them on your own.

If you are new to learning Spanish and you use a computer, then the chances are that you are wondering how to put the accent marks (or diacritics) on vowels — such as é or ü — or type the letter eñe (Ñ) or the special punctuation marks used in the language — such as « and ¿ This article reviews a few of the solutions available for this problem.

Sermons from the Iglesia Del Camino are taught in a bilingual format (Spanish/English). They are posted weekly with downloadable transcripts and visual presentation material. So, if you don't mind the religious nature of the material, this could be a useful way to work on your listening comprehension.

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.

tú llámalo como quieras... el caso es que se trata de ese vocabulario, esas expresiones tan especiales que son típicas de cada país de habla hispana y que convierten el español neutro e insípido en algo pintoresco y vivo, algo que nos da un poco de la esencia de cada pueblo de habla hispana: un idioma con SABORRR.

Un grupo de buenos amigos y una servidora nos hemos planteado el problema y hemos empezado a compilar listas de vocablos o frases usadas en diferentes países de América latina, y por supuesto, en España.

Luis & Joan Rojas of La Casa Rojas are releasing free video Spanish lessons weekdays covering everything, from Spanish phonetics to Spanish grammar and idiomatic expressions. They explain:

“Here’s how it works. Each day, Monday through Friday, we publish a new Spanish class in the format of a 10-minute video. Each class builds on the one of the day before. We ask you to do some stuff on your own and if you follow along with us, by December 31, 2010, you will have made new friends, expanded your knowledge of your world and probably be planning a trip to some great Spanish speaking local, just to show off a little.” [Hat tip to and Annotation by Voices en Español]

An On-line Magazine called La Casa Rojas – the magazine . It features original pieces written for us by authors from all over Latin America and Spain. Our writers are people from different backgrounds and ages. Our magazine is targeted to students of Spanish, Spanish Teachers as a source for classes and travelers. The pieces are meant to give the traveler the inside scoop about any country where the Spanish Language is native; culture, food, music, traditions, history, politics, daily life, etc.

One of the most respected newspapers in Spain.

Hi, I am Yusuke Kosaka.
I always enjoy your website.Your website is very useful to search for Spanish learning website.Thank you very much.

Now,I am working at a company called Lang-8, and I want to introduce Lang-8 to you.
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Lang-8 is a social networking site -- with a twist. Unlike Facebook or MySpace, the purpose of Lang-8 is learning a second language (or third, or fourth, ....) while making international friends.

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Finally, you read and correct your friends' and other users' posts that are written in your native language. There are no absolute requirements to "give back" to the community, but everyone does.

Sharpen your language skills while making friends and exchanging culture at Lang-8.com! This movie(youtube) is helpful for you to know Lang-8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=aitMjybzcYU&eurl=http://lang-8.com/ Ｉ hope you to check Lang-8 out! Please let me know if you have any questions. You can email me at kousaka@lang-8.jp I'll be glad you'll introduce Lang-8 in your website or link to Lang-8 if you favor!

Erik Larson set out to build the LangLadder jetpack project to make learning a foreign language more enjoyable by reducing two common obstacles.

1.) Eliminate the choice between free time and language learning by merging the two. According to a December 2009 research study, an average net user surfs the web 13 hours per week excluding email. That is almost 2 hours on the web per day reading news and blogs about sports, politics, gossip, entertainment, technology, etc. Many of these same stories are reprinted in almost every language on Earth.

2.)Secondly, to automate many of the incredibly boring repetitive chores involved in language learning. LangLadder provides a language translation tool (google translate), built in search suggestions in foreign and native languages, a bookmark tool, and a flashcard tool that keeps track of flashcard quiz performance. All this combined makes reading a foreign web page a lot less awful.

This is not meant to be a full scale language learning platform. It is simply meant to be an intelligent tool to assist intermediate/advanced students of languages by providing contextual vocabulary related to their particular area of interest.

This site is composed of amatuer video filmed in several countries, namely Argentina, Ecuador, México, Nicaragua and Spain. What's great about this is someone grabbed a camcorder and hit the streets recording real life conversations as they conduct their day to day business in the streets.

You'll see footage of someone ordering ice cream, talking to cab drivers, buying medicine at a pharmacy, and a whole lot more, this is the real deal. Nothing fake, nothing scripted. They also provide transcripts in both English and Spanish. And the videos are downloadable. [Hat tip to My Spanish Notes]

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Browse the Internet as normal and LanguageBob will drip-feed you the language. Let your Internet-time double as language-learning time.

Las puertas retorcidas: The Scariest Way in the World to Learn Spanish is a unique book aimed at upper beginning and intermediate students. In fact, it is so unique that it's rather difficult to categorize, because it's all of the following rolled into one:

* Bilingual book (Spanish-English)
* Grammar book
* Audio book

The story relates the mysterious adventures of a girl and boy trapped in a scary house with twisted doors, and is illustrated with three dozen Victorian-like black-and-white illustrations. But there's much more to Las puertas retorcidas than just the story! Each chapter contains the following:

1. Passage from the book, in Spanish and English
2. Audio track of the Spanish passage
3. List of tricky vocabulary
4. Grammar lesson (mainly verbs and idiomatic expressions)
5. Grammar quiz
6. Answers to quiz

The first 12 chapters cover basic Spanish grammar in short, easy passages. From chapter 13 on, the story passages get progressively longer and more difficult, and the grammar lessons are very cleverly incorporated into the story itself. For example, in order to open locked doors, the protagonists have to recite certain vocabulary lists or verb conjugations that were dis

To its millions of fans, the Pattersons are just like their own families, facing universal issues among daily concerns. Containing a selection of 100 syndicated Spanish-language versions of the strip that is widely read in Latin America, Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish provides an entertaining and effective way to expand and polish conversational skills in Spanish.

Readers learn by understanding and learning natural, everyday verbal interactions at home and about town, following John and Ell Patterson as they attempt to come to terms with middle age; daughter Elizabeth as she spreads her wings and goes off to college; son Michael dating and then marrying his childhood sweetheart, Deanna; daughter April as she rebels against discipline, and grandpa who finds a second love in the autumn of his life. Each strip is graded by difficulty--Beginning, Moderate, or Challenging--and is accompanied by:
* Glosses that translate difficult vocabulary
* Usage notes to build proficiency
* A summarizing activity that tests comprehension
* Additional exercises for key idioms and word patterns appear at the end of each section

A varied collection of material for learning Spanish, including: vocabulary, grammar, cultural exchange, and a Spanish food glossary.

Editor's Note: I found the "20 common errors made by English speakers learning Spanish" to be quite useful.

Learn Spanish guide, all about how to learn Spanish and how to speak Spanish.

This site claims to have selected their Spanish schools very carefully and to be running three Spanish schools in Latin America themselves, with and over ten years of experience dedicated solely to Spanish Immersion and Spanish lessons. On top of that, they run two travel agencies to help organize your Spanish travel...

Editor's Note: There doesn't appear to be much information on the site about the group running it or the method of school selection, the business model, etc.

Learn Spanish at our Spanish school in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Cusco Peru: Spanish courses, volunteer work. Also Spanish lessons in Cusco and Manu

Learn Spanish in Cusco Peru at AMAUTA Spanish Language School: Spanish Classes and Spanish Immersion, volunteer work. Study Spanish now.

Learn Spanish with AskPedro! More than 469 personally-previewed and updated links to providers of Spanish language learning resources!

Learn10 allows you to quickly pick up the basic vocabulary of a language by teaching you 10 words a day, wherever you are. English speakers and learners can choose to learn frequently used vocabulary of a language for free using Learn10’s content (coming from one of 22 language pairs) or opt to input their own content (subscription-based). It comes with a widget you can share on any website or blog, as well as a variety of social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

When you click through to a word on the Learn10 widget, it fetches some basic information about the word in question but also searches Twitter’s real-time stream so you can get a feel of how the word is used in a certain language. This is a small feature but a very good idea: sometimes context is exactly how you remember to use words and phrases in a foreign language correctly. Furthermore, a built-in, Flash-based avatar can be used to speak words to you, so you don’t only learn how to write but also how to pronounce them (only for paying subscribers). You can even record the way you speak words and share it with the Seesmic community in one click, so native speakers are able to correct (or compliment) you virtually in real-time.

What else is there?

Lenguajero is a FREE language exchange community where people come together to practice English and Spanish. Lenguajero connects language learners so that they can improve their ability to speak, listen, and think critically and creatively in a new language. So, if you want to practice spanish, check out this resource.

Les Luthier is an Argentinian musical comedy group originally started in the 1960's. Here is one of their videos focusing on the comedy inherent in language and vocabulary.

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Lights, Camera, Spanish! is a revolutionary, look-listen-and-learn approach to language skills, specially created for you, the movie lover, who wants a crash course in Spanish. The DVD includes a full-length feature film packed with passion, romance, danger . . . and dialogue that’s easy to learn and fun to watch. The workbook features dialog reviews, a Spanish-English mini-dictionary, and written and oral exercises to help you strengthen Spanish skills--while providing a front-row seat to the best Spanish class ever.

Dramatically increase your vocabulary so you're comfortable & confident in any situation. Get help from a personal tutor. Study online 24/7 and meet people from around the world.

Lingus.TV is a television channel devoted to teaching and disseminating languages. You will find on the site various situation comedies in Spanish with captions and transcripts to aid your learning. Downloadable too. You can search for a topic, objective or skill you'd like to learn and filter the video results by checking or un-checking the level options (beginner, intermediate or advanced). Learn even more by clicking on the 'Notes' button. You'll find the selected vocabulary, examples, cultural notes, false friends, idioms..., and you'll be able to listen the pronunciation of the selected words by clicking on the play button. [Hat tip to My Spanish Notes]

LiveMocha offers free lessons in 11 languages. Through a personal homepage, you access free language courses and build a community of foreign friends. Native speakers in your LiveMocha community help correct your lessons and chat live with you. Interactive, multimedia lessons make learning fun.

Each country has its own version of Spanish...
Here you can learn Spanish slang from many places.

Learning a foreign language doesn't have to be dry and boring rote memorization. Clever web site Lyrics Training sharpens your skills through music and song lyrics.

Lyrics Training is a really fun approach to helping you pick up a foreign language. Choose a YouTube-hosted music video and select one of three mastery levels; Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert. As the video begins to play, the song's lyrics appear underneath with several words missing. Your job is to fill in the missing words as they're sung.

If you get stumped, the video stops playing until you can come up with the word, but don't take too long because the app keeps track of the time it takes you to fill in the blanks. Click the "Give Up!" button to see the words that elude you.

Lyrics Training sorts videos by fluency level or language. Currently the site only offers videos in six languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Dutch), and it doesn't have a ton of videos for every language, but the number of videos should only grow. However, an optional translation feature powered by Google automatically translates a song's lyrics into one of dozens of different languages while you're busy filling in missing words.

Comprehensive website with a medical Spanish focus. Resources include a daily word, sections on medical vocabulary and basic vocabulary, and a cultural section. There are also courses for various health care workers, and an extensive medical Spanish dictionary, complete with audio.

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.

It is a free tutorial for medical Spanish, including recorded dialogues.

Mi Vida Loca is an immersive video mystery set in Spain to help you learn simple Spanish. It consists of 21 video segments with a final test.

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.

Follow Will Peach after he left his 9-5 London lifestyle in the last half of 2011 to learn Spanish to fluency and figure out what to see in Spain while living on the cheap.

Practice and learn English or Spanish with native speakers via email, instant messenger, voice chat, video chat or face-to-face. Practica y aprende inglés o español con hablantes nativos a través de email, chat o cara a cara.

Language translation site Nice Translator uses Google Translate's results but wraps them in a more dynamic front end that offers multiple translations as-you-type.

Type your phrase into Nice Translator, which auto-detects what language you're inputting, and watch as it lists multiple translations, in real-time, as you type. Google Translate's page isn't as nice-looking or dynamic as Nice Translator, since it requires you to choose both the original and translation language and manually refresh the page. [Lifehacker Annotation]

These are the notes I took while reading the book, Spanish Step by Step by Charles Berlitz.

These are the notes I took while reading the book, Spanish Step by Step by Charles Berlitz
When to use the written accent (')
The written accent is used principally to show that the normal rules of stress have been changed. The normal rules are that if a word ends in a vowel or n or s it is stressed on the syllable before the last. If it ends with any other letter it is stressed on the last syllable.
Another reason for accents is to differentiate between words which are spelled the same but have...read more

Free Spanish audio and video brings you authentic, real Spanish conversations about real-life topics, making you totally confident with your Spanish. Listen here, or on your iPod or mp3 player as Spanish podcasts. Three levels to choose from:
- Inspired Beginners
- Intermediate
- Advanced

A free online copy (and downloadable .pdf).

In a departure from his Nobel prize-winning fiction, Garcia Marquez examines the November 7, 1990, abduction of well-known Colombian journalist Maruja Pachon and her sister-in-law by the "Extraditables," drug traffickers belonging to the Medellin Cartel. Among others kidnapped were the daughter of an ex-president of Colombia and the son of the owner of El Tiempo, Colombia's most important newspaper. The kidnappings were meant to force the government to take a stand against the extradition of drug traffickers to the United States. What ensues is a passionate account of the harrowing experiences suffered by the victims and the negotiations undertaken by Pachon's husband, Alberto Villamizar. A moving, dramatic account on par with the author's best works. - Jorge Gonzalez
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The superiority of Ollendorff's method of teaching languages is now universally acknowledged, both in the United States and in Europe. Divested of the ab-stractedness of grammar, it contains, however, all its elements; but it develops them so gradually, and in so simple a manner, as to render them intelligible to the most ordinary capacity. The difficulties are met singly, thoroughly analyzed, and made familiar by dint of a varied and interesting repetition. It is, therefore, hardly possible to go through this book with any degree of application, without becoming thoroughly conversant with the colloquial, idiomatic, and classic use of the Spanish language. Consequently, persons transacting business in the countries of which the Spanish is the vernacular tongue, will find this work to be their best guide in learning to speak it with propriety. For the benefit of persons grammatically acquainted with the English, or other languages, a Synopsis of the Spanish has been annexed as an Appendix, containing tables of the regular conjugations of the verbs, copious lists of the irregular verbs, general rules of etymology, syntax, etc., by means of which they may learn all the peculiarities of the Spanish, and make themselves perfect master

An excellent resource for learning Spanish with games, flash cards, grammar help, and immersion exercises.

This site isn't too special, and it has a lot of affiliate links, but it does have some decent basic grammar review postings and some useful links to other resources.

Popling describes itself as "a website + desktop app for people who want to learn, but lack motivation." Every few minutes as you work in other apps on your PC or Mac (you choose how often) Popling displays a question in a small window. Ignore it and it goes away...click it to see the full flash card. It's learning, with no motivation required!

A great resource for reading, grammar and music in Spanish is Practica Español, by Instituto Cervantes, the Spanish government’s organization for the promotion of Spanish language and culture. Here you’ll find a large collection of current news articles sorted by difficulty levels and categories to suit your interests. If you don’t know a word, double-click to get the definition. There are also activities paired with the articles for targeted acquisition of vocabulary used within the articles.

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.

Quinceanera Sweet Fifteen is dedicated to the celebration of a Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday. We are a complete Quince resource website.

Radio Beta is a web-based radio station aggregator/player. The site allows you to search radio stations by Geography and/or Genre and/or Band and/or Language and/or Tags. Once you find an interesting station, you can play it directly on the site with an embedded player. Every listing includes the country, language, genre, city, the broadcast frequency and a link back to the source of the audio stream. You can also bookmark and add stations to your playlist. As for Spanish language stations, my search found 780 stations.

Offers two online dictionaries, both Spanish-Spanish. One is the Diccionario de la lengua española and the second is Diccionario panhispánico de dudas. Both are quite good and offer much more detail than most dictionaries, including explanations and sample sentences.

ReVerb Spanish is a blog and podcast about Spanish verbs. But not just any verbs. Verbs that appear to be synonyms (i.e. have the same definition) when you look up their meaning in the dictionary. But in real life, many of these verbs are not interchangeable and can only be used in specific contexts. ReVerb Spanish is going to help you ReView, ReLearn and ReCall the differences between common Spanish verbs.

This Rosetta Stone community language exchange site lets you find penpals using custom search criteria, then exchange emails with your penpal in your language of choice. You can also chat live in the “Chat House,” a chat room allowing public and private language exchanges with native speakers.

Cody's Cuentos te presenta un cuento del detective más famoso de la historia – Sherlock Holmes. En este relato, Sherlock Holmes y su querido amigo y compañero, Watson, investigan el misterioso robo de una joya. Una piedra preciosa que, sorprendentemente, ha desaparecido de un cofre de un hotel y ha ido a parar al buche de una oca. ¿Cómo resolverán este extraño caso? Manténte a la escucha para averiguarlo.

If you are at an intermediate level of Spanish, and can understand basic conversations and make yourself understood in most situations then this dual-language book is an enjoyable challenge to your Spanish reading skills.

You will need to have a strong grasp of Spanish grammar and verbs to be able to read the stories without checking a reference book each page, but the English translation provides a complete reference. The most advanced your Spanish is, the less you will need to rely on the translation. For this reason the book can be a useful tool in judging how your studies are progressing. Reading the book one month may prove tedious as you have to look up many words, while a few months later you may discover that you are able to read easily without needing to refer to the English version too much.

The stories are by notable authors such as Allende, G. Garcia Marquez, and Fuentes, and the English translations are true to the feeling and overall tone of the original Spanish, even when it is at the cost of providing a less literal translation. This is itself is an interesting element to the book, making you think about how context can affect word choice.

A variety of Spanish speaking countries are represented in the choi

Take your learning to the next stage with Show Time. Presented by Mark, Alba and José, Show Time Spanish is the podcast which naturally follows the popular Coffee Break Spanish podcast. It offers listening practice for intermediate to advanced learners and in each episode listeners will learn idiomatic Spanish phrases and get to grips with grammar.

Editor's Note: this is currently my preferred podcast for personal use, though I am still investigating some of the others. Regardless, I really like it. Also, like Coffee Break Spanish, the extra materials are fee-based but all the audio files are free.

Simon and Erin at the blog Never Ending Voyage offer suggestions for using Spanish music to improve your study of the language.

Learn Spanish in Mexico. Spanish schools in different locations: Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen and Oaxaca.

Learning or improving your Spanish? Then this is your blog. Here you'll find English/Spanish vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, sayings, grammar explanations, FAQs, and much more!

Free Spanish grammar lessons with recordings.

A complete reference grammar book of Spanish. Explanations are provided in English, examples translated, for easy understanding. The grammar is completely cross-referenced for quick access to further information if needed. Summary charts give an overview of each topic and enable readers to check information at a glance. Complete conjugation tables give immediate access to verb forms. The appendix contains a list of more that one thousand verbs with their complement structure. Another special feature of the book is the self-correction strategies which help users diagnose and correct their own errors, as they learn the language and use it to communicate their thoughts orally and in writing.

Residential Spanish Immersion Courses for Demanding Adults in Spain, Mexico and USA. In a pleasant family atmosphere, we welcome you into our Spanish immersion residences for a linguistic-cultural experience where you will learn Spanish 24 hours a day. From breakfast to the real-life activities in the evening, you will be immersed in a unique language-learning program, which guarantees short-term results in a relaxing, exclusive and gastronomic environment!

Our Spanish Language School in Peru offers the exceptional opportunity to learn Spanish while immersed in Peruvian culture.

Our Spanish School is located in a colonial building at only one block from the main square, the Plaza de Armas. Here we also offer accommodation in a lovely setting with a sunny terrace. On top of that, there are Peruvian host families, who offer a welcoming living environment where you will speak Spanish only.

Currently, the Spanish Immersion programs runs at three locations: the beautiful city of Cusco, the picturesque village of Urubamba (in the Sacred Valley of the Incas) and the Rainforest of Tambopata. Take advantage of studying at either or all three locations, combining the Spanish lessons with excursions, each highlighting a different aspect of Peruvian culture. Our Volunteer work program provides the unique opportunity to live and work in Peru, while cultivating a superior level of the Spanish language.

This useful site (formerly known as Spanish Grammar Exercises) offers interactive Spanish grammar exercises (you can answer and check your responses instantly) as well as cultural Spanish breakdowns (e.g., songs, poems, stories, videos, etc.)

One-week holidays which cater for up to 8 people in a restored farmhouse in the Baztan valley of the Spanish Pyrenees. These holidays are run by a small familly company of language and cultural consultants with over 20 years of experience.

Intermediate-level learners of Spanish will like this wall calendar that presents 12 grammatical themes and over 600 examples of contemporary Latin American usage. 420 examples have been recorded in a variety of Latin American accents and are available freely on the website.

Price: $29.95 CAD (tax included) plus shipping and handling

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Spanish NewsBites is a free language-learning website designed to help you learn Spanish at the same time as you learn about what's happening TODAY throughout Spain and Latin America.

So just what is the Spanish NewsBites recipe?

Three to four times a week, we choose a news story from Spain or Latin America and adapt it for language learners. Often, it's the kind of story you won't easily find anywhere in English.

Then we add mouse rollover translation into English of key vocabulary.

Then we prepare an audio transcript of the text for you to follow. This can be done straight from your browser, or it can be downloaded as an MP3 file.

Then we add a PDF file of the text and glossary, so you can print it out and take it away with you.

Then we add links which we think will give a little further context and generally enhance your reading.

Then we add an online self-correction exercise.

The news stories are classified into categories by theme or by Spanish level - beginner, intermediate or advanced. So you can choose what you read according to your interests or your level.

A blog for those learning Spanish by a fellow student named Ramses, who decided to launch this blog to help people who struggle with Spanish and guide them to the way he took to fluency. Most of the posts are words of the day with example sentences and background information, including whether the word is regional, specific to a country, etc.

Spanish classes online via Skype.

Spanishto-go is a blog maintained by an hispanohablante called Henry. The site is straight-forward and almost only contains… sentences. Sure, it also contains learning tips but is mainly filled with bilingual English-Spanish sentences, ready to add to Anki. It even features Text-to-speech which isn’t all too bad (it’s a bit unnatural, but you can download the audio from the site and add it to Anki as well).

Each post centers around a specific subject, especially sentences that you won’t find in the average phrasebook. You could think of romantic phrases or even phrases that remind you of the economic crisis. If you’re looking for cut-out sentences, I’d certainly check this blog once in a while. [Spanish Only Annotation]

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.

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.

Please enter a Verb (e.g. comer):

...read more

Another verb conjugator, but my favorite is still the 123TeachMe version...

This is a Java program to aid in the memorization of Spanish vocabulary and verb conjugations. The program allows the user to create and edit lists of Spanish words along with their English translations. The user can then learn these words by having the program quiz them with a flashcard-like interface, where the user is shown the word in one language, and the user must type in the translation in the other language. The program can automatically conjugate regular verbs, and generate lists of random phrases such as "I go", "she goes", "they go" to test the user's verb conjugation skills.

A very nice online dictionary (with an iPhone version also). Will not only give the definition, but the part of speech (including transitive and reflexive forms of verbs on the same results page) and a conjugation table for verbs. Now many entries also include a video entry with proper pronunciation and an example sentence and translation.

Editor's Note: the site also has a verb conjugator which isn't bad (but I still prefer the 123TeachMe one) and, interestingly, a translator which allows you to enter text and it will show you the translations from three different engines (google, yahoo/babel fish and Free Translation).

SpanishPod101.com is an innovative, fun, and easy to use language learning system that is designed to get you speaking Spanish from the very first lesson. Learn Spanish at your own convenience and pace with short, effective, and fun audio podcast lessons and a comprehensive, state-of-the-art Learning Center that provides you with the tools to take your Spanish to the next level.

Speaking Spanish Like a Native makes eye contact with the reader. This book will awaken the student to a more lively way of learning while spicing up their Spanish speaking ability. Written in an entertaining and colorful style, Speaking Spanish Like a Native pulls you out of the classroom and places you into the huddle with native Spanish speakers—giving you the inside scoop on words, phrases, and expressions you cannot get from textbooks. While many books merely inform, this one also teaches, and it leads by example—practical and engaging examples that show the student how to speak in the context of real conversations with native speakers.

"There are a plethora of books purporting to deal with Spanish slang on the market; a surprisingly large number of them have come out in just the last few years. After having checked out many of them, I must say that this is far and away the best one that I have encountered to date.

One of the problems with dealing with colloquialisms in Spanish is that they differ so much from region to region. This book addresses this by setting the dialogues in different Hispanic countries, including (dare I say it?) that particularly large Hispanic country called the United States, specifically in California and Florida. The book then selects out the colloquialisms covered in the lesson and tells you what the equivalent terms are in other Hispanic countries.

Another problem with learning colloquialisms, and this is true in any language, is that they tend to vary considerably depending on the social type you're dealing with: students, business types, street people, etc. Not infrequently, the learner may have to deal with several different strata in the course of his or her travels, and so familiarity with several situations is called for. The different lessons, and lectures, in this book intentionally vary the milieu of the characters s

Nacel International offers study abroad programs and language courses abroad in more than 40 destinations to fit every students needs.

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.

Subs.to is a simple subtitle search engine. Plug in the name of the movie or television show—make sure to include the season and episode number!—and the language you'd like to read the subtitles in and Subs.to will return the subtitles in SRT or SUB format.

For most media players all you need to do is place the subtitle file in the same folder as the actual movie file—i.e. movie123.avi and movie123.srt—and the player will use the file without any interaction from you. A quick Google query of "yourmediaplayer subtitles" should clear up any issues you run into. [Lifehacker Annotation]

"I have recently had a disappointing experience with taking Spanish classes in San Pedro Guatemala. In part due to my not doing enough research before signing up. I would like to share some tips on what to look for when choosing a Spanish School and deciding to take classes in the hopes that it will keep someone else from making the same mistakes that I made."

Tatoeba is a large database of example sentences translated into several languages.

Language courses in Spain. Tellus Languages Abroad is part of Tellus Group, an education organisation.

Well, this isn't really a language learning resource per se, but it is funny and it has Spanish subtitles, so you can actually use it to learn some useful vocabulary, especially finance and market related.

The Last Laugh - George Parr - Subprime - subtitulosby erioluk...read more

The Mixxer is a free educational site for language learners hosted by Dickinson College. The Mixxer is designed to connect language learners around the world so that everyone is both student and teacher.

Matthew Bennett has lived and worked in Spain for more than a decade as a translator and language teacher. His free Spanish learning e-mail newsletter lets you:

1. Broaden your Spanish vocabulary every weekday with a few daily words & phrases related to current affairs topics;
2. Think about how to structure Spanish sentences with some example sentences for you to translate using the above-mentioned daily words;
3. Click through to read the related blog post and see the words and phrases in context;
4. Check the English translation of the post to see if you have understood correctly;
5. Get free access to a complete Spanish-learning post once a week;
6. Get occasional additional tips and information to help you improve your Spanish.

Do you know when to use the subjunctive mood in Spanish, and how to say it? Find out by taking this self-correcting quiz. To take the quiz, simply use your mouse to select the correct translation for each English sentence. When you're through, press the button at the bottom to find out your score and the correct answers.

The following are the primary issues to consider in choosing a school: teachers, system, other students, homestay, specializations, location, price, and activities. Read the full article for more details on each of these.

We recently received an email asking for a list of the biggest ‘dead-giveaway’ mistakes a Spanish learner typically makes. We put a call out on the forum asking for help, and this is the list you helped us come up with.

Translating documents from desktop applications is always a bit difficult due to inadequate translating resources provided (if at all) by applications, such as, text editors, word processors and messenger application. Transmiti is a Google Powered portable application which is capable of translating text from any application. It can translate selected text or entire documents using a hotkey. You can either copy the translation to clipboard or replace the current text with the translation (if applicable). Transmiti supports translations to and from all languages supported by Google Translate. Transmiti is quite similar to the previously reviewed Linguarde, however unlike Linguarde, the pop-up window contaning the translation is quite stable and does not vanish unless you close it manually. Transmiti works from system tray and requires being launched whenever you require translating text. You can set translation preferences by double clikcing on system tray icon. The Settings tab allows setting the language in which the text is to be translated to. You can leave the Translate From option to Automatic, so Transmiti can detect the current language automatically. The Additional action drop down menu provides the option to either automa

Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The objective of the exercises is to provide students of Spanish with the necessary tools to be able to talk about the same topics in Spanish. In order to do, this Spanish Proficiency Exercises contains five major components. First, there is a simplified video clip. This simplified version is scripted, the native speakers talks slower, and he or she uses simpler words and less slang. Second, there are video clips of native speakers who also perform the proficiency tasks. These clips are not scripted. What the native speakers say is what they really said. Some may talk fast, others talk slow, and some have specific regional dialects.

Third, to help perform the same task, we provide a Spanish/English glossary of vocabulary words that students may need in order to talk about the topic. Fourth, we also provide sample sentences that one may want to use in order to talk about the topic. Finally, we offer a brief, mini-grammar explanation on some grammar principle that is related to the proficiency topic. After reviewing the simplfied vers

A user contributed dictionary and a potentially useful source for investigating slang words (e.g., look up boludo in wordreference and on urban dictionary and witness the big differences)

Ben y Marina at Notes in Spanish offer up this useful look at 34 excellent ‘Dar’ phrases and expressions that are commonly used by Spanish speakers every day.

Voices en Español is a blog and a podcast and a place to evangelize the Spanish language. You can find tips on learning the language as well as musings on different topics and interviews with fascinating people from all walks of life in the U.S., Latin America, and, of course, Spain.

Note that the podcasts are all free and there are transcripts available for download for a fee.

Learn Spanish in Cusco, Peru, with Wiracocha Spanish School. Our language school offer, spanish language course in cuzco,

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This portal links to free online Spanish language courses.

At WordChamp, we give you the power to decide what you want to learn, and how you want to learn, by providing language lessons, activities and tools, and a network of tutors and members that for you to connect with.

Language Activities: WordChamp offers several ways to learn and practice any of more than 130 languages, no matter what your native language happens to be.
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The WordReference Dictionaries are free online translation dictionaries. Supporting the translation dictionaries, we also have the Internet's premier language forums. If you have a question about language usage, first search the hundreds of thousands of previous questions. If you still are not sure, then you can ask the question yourself. Native speakers from around the world will be happy to assist you. You may soon find that you are able to help others as well.

WordReference has a number of tools that allow people easier access to the dictionaries. They include plug-ins, modules and "gadgets" for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google.

Whether you're corresponding with a Spanish-speaking friend or writing a formal business letter, the greetings and salutations in this lesson can help give your letters credibility and make them seem more authentic and less like you're mimicking English.

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.

Only Yabla language immersion sites give you authentic television, music videos, drama, interviews, travel, and Yabla exclusive shoots from throughout the world. Our unique player technology is designed with language learners in mind: Slow Play, Integrated Dictionaries, Listening Game, Dual Language Subtitles, and more.

This page is intended to help beginners of Spanish break out of the '¿que pasa?' rut , by presenting a collection of 'meeting' and 'parting' expressions in current use throughout Spain and South America.

Editor's Note: my link is to an archived copy of the site since the original was on geocities which no longer exists.