21 Posts found for linktype: article

These Instagram accounts for learning Spanish will help you master the language while browsing social networks and enjoying yourself.

Author: Elina Varzi | Subject: Miscellaneous

Australian expat Camden Luxford learned Spanish during her travels in Basque country, Mexico, Guatemala and Peru. Here’s her advice on learning Spanish with music.

Editor’s Note: written back in 2011 so probably a bit dated, but still interesting/useful.

Author: Camden Luxford | Subject: Audio / Video

Estas 101 palabras, en realidad más de 202, forman parte del listado de más de 1001 términos que pueden generar dudas a un extranjero que aprende español, bien al oído o bien al escribirlas. Se trata de una recopilación de las que Practica Español las ha difundido en los últimos años por las redes sociales para que el estudiante de español se familiarice con ella. … [ Read more ]

Subject: Vocabulary

RTVE, Spain’s state-owned television station, offers a variety of programs from news to dramas for free streaming online with many free from geographical restrictions. Since most programs offer closed captioning for viewers with visual impairments, watching the programs is not only entertaining but can really help you improve your listening skills. You can stream the shows online or you can follow the instructions below to … [ Read more ]

Author: Jeff Blum | Subjects: Articles, Audio / Video, Technology

“Por vs. para?” is a common question from Spanish learners. That makes sense, as one of Spanish’s more difficult aspects is the difference between the words por and para. Like any “difficult” language feature, the usage of por and para just takes a bit of practice to get right. Let’s dig into how you can learn the difference between them.

Author: Benny Lewis | Subjects: Grammar / Writing, Vocabulary

2018-04-10: GoComics has updated the individual comics pages again, thus breaking my previous extraction rules. I have updated the post to show new, working rules but I have not bothered updating the screenshots.
I have long recommended Go Comics as a great source for reading comics in Spanish. My productivity setup relies very heavily … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Reading Material, Technology

Note: I wrote this in 2009 and it used to be found on my guide to Spanish schools in Antigua Guatemala site but I think it is still relevant and I have thus recently relocated it here.
Antigua, Guatemala is one of the most popular places in the world to study Spanish and there are scores of schools to choose from there. In Summer 2008 … [ Read more ]

Author: Jeff Blum | Subjects: Articles, Schools

Marc, a linguistics graduate from Quebec, has created this “complete method to learn Spanish.” I don’t think it is very complete and it is obvious that it was written by someone who studied linguistics. For me it overly complicates things and claims that Spanish is a difficult language to learn, when in fact I think it is not. I also think step 2 (choose which … [ Read more ]

Subjects: Articles, Miscellaneous

What the hell is a tiquitaca? Is it fúbol or futbol? How do you say MVP in Spanish?

If you have doubts with soccer in Spanish you should follow the weekly boards of Fundéu’s linguistic coach. Yes, the Fundéu (Fundación de Español Urgente) publishes a weekly infographic called Jugada Lingüistica or Linguistic Play where they give valuable tips on how to use soccer terms in Spanish. … [ Read more ]

Author: Jared Romey | Subject: Vocabulary

One of the most stressful parts of learning Spanish for many language learners, other than the subjunctive and para vs. por, is knowing the difference between ser and estar. But it doesn´t have to be stressful! While both of these verbs mean “to be” and are used all the time in daily communication, the following simple rules should help you to differentiate between the two. … [ Read more ]

Subject: Grammar / Writing

Andrew, from the blog How to Learn Spanish, explains how he uses music videos to learn Spanish, and how you can do the same.

Subject: Audio / Video

An extremely common problem amongst people learning a new language is smoothness, that ability to keep talking without herky-jerky stop-and-starts in their sentences (lots of awkward silences and “ummms” while they try to think of the right word), and a specific area of this that’s almost never addressed anywhere that I’ve noticed a lot of people have trouble with is how exactly to start a … [ Read more ]

Subject: Vocabulary

This is the Holy Grail for Spanish-learners: videos (movies, TV shows, whatever) in Spanish and with Spanish (not English) subtitles, or an exact transcript in Spanish of what was said. But what about online? What about free? That would be the best possible combination in the world, wouldn’t it? Well, it’s taken a while, I’ve been collecting these and scraping them together for over … [ Read more ]

Subject: Audio / Video

This Reader is the outgrowth of a desire for a textbook that combines simplicity with variety. To make it available for use almost at the very beginning of the Spanish course only the present tense has been employed in the first twenty-three selections and difficult constructions have been consistently avoided.

With one or two exceptions, many changes have been made in the selections taken from Spanish … [ Read more ]

Authors: Alfred Remy, Erwin W. Roessler | Subject: Reading Material

In the spirit of improving our language skills while enjoying some excellent Argentine music, here are five more bands to listen to, learn from, and love.

Author: Camden Luxford | Subject: Music

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.

Subject: Articles

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. … [ Read more ]

Author: Lukas Gohl | Subject: Articles

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 … [ Read more ]

Author: Eileen Smith | Subjects: Technology, Vocabulary

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: … [ Read more ]

Author: Camden Luxford | Subject: Books

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

Subjects: Articles, Music