Learn Spanish
September 30, 2015
How to read more Spanish: 7 useful tips
For newcomers to Spanish, or those who don’t feel confident in their skills, reading can be feel like an insurmountable obstacle to becoming fluent in Spanish. Part of what can make it feel like such a burdensome task is the feelings of the reader themselves. It’s easy to get discouraged when you don’t understand something, and it’s easy to become daunted by books you’re interested in that you feel are out of your league. Here are seven simple tips to help you read más y mejor! 1. Find your comfort zone Your comfort zone in reading largely depends on your […]
Learn Spanish
September 7, 2015
5 Simple Steps to Improving Your Spanish Every Day
1. Make learning a fun experience! First and most important of all, do not make learning Spanish a chore for yourself. People are more likely to learn, remember, and enjoy themselves when they find studying and practice fun. It’s the same way with cleaning: it doesn’t have to be a huge burdensome task, but when you see it as this big insurmountable obstacle, you end up not enjoying it, or not doing it at all. Figure out how you study best and what makes an enjoyable study session. Do you like writing, or are you a meticulous note taker? Do […]
Learn Spanish
July 20, 2015
Fluency: Is There an App for That?
The digital age has made it much easier to learn a language, even at the most basic of levels. Even a beginner who has no opportunity to travel abroad can access resources to learning a language, provided they have an internet connection. Some are free, others cost a little bit of money, and some are quite expensive. How easy is it to learn a language with apps? My first piece of advice is that an app by itself is no substitute for formal education, or education from a native speaker even if it’s not a formal setting. Apps are all […]
Learn Spanish , Speaking
July 7, 2015
How to Stop Being Afraid of Speaking: Speak Up!
There is a great amount of trepidation and anxiety that comes up when a student of a foreign language considers actually speaking. It’s one thing to study the language, it’s quite another when it’s an actual person. That familiar knot in the pit of your stomach, the fear of looking or sounding stupid… it’s really quite common. It’s something like an unrelenting but admittedly foolish dread of someone figuring out that you don’t know anything at all, that you are an impostor. You’re afraid you don’t know as much as you think you do, or as much as they think […]
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