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Conquering Babel: An Enjoyable Short Read
I’ve just finished reading Conquering Babel: A Practical Guide to Learning a Language. I read it on my Kindle after buying it for under $3, but if you don’t have a Kindle, you can buy it at Amazon and they … Continue reading
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A New Website for Learning Spanish from a Reasonably Priced CD
I’ve recently been emailing with a man who has started a new website for learning Spanish. At http://www.espanishteacher.com/ you get his beginner course plus his 101 Spanish Verbs course for under $20 total. It all comes on a CD, and that includes … Continue reading
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This Blog Was Hacked, Is Fixed Now!
Many thanks to the reader who notified me that this blog had become hacked. That led to quite a project, as it turned out some other sites of mine had also been messed up. I’ve got them fixed now!
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Here’s a List of 6 Free Resources for Learning Spanish
I was looking for something else on Squidoo right now when I happened to come across a page (or a lens, in the language used at Squidoo) about how to learn Spanish for free. Well, that’s always one of my … Continue reading
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Estar and Ser: How to Use These Two Versions of To Be
The Spanish verbs estar and ser both translate into English as “to be.” So what’s an English-speaker to do? I’ve found that sometimes I get it right because my ear remembers a particular usage, sometimes I get it right because … Continue reading
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Two Free Sites for Learning Spanish: Conversation and Comic Books
My email recently has brought me these two sites for learning some Spanish free. Learn Spanish with Comics has a bunch of short comics on the pages, with the text in Spanish. You can click on the speech bubble to … Continue reading
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Visual Link Spanish: My First Impressions
Several readers have told me that they have used Visual Link Spanish, and that they liked it. So today I took a look at the website and program. In a nutshell, I was impressed. That link takes you to their … Continue reading
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Latin American Spanish Has Many Variations
Yesterday I had the chance to chat with a woman from Venezuela who lives part of the year in our little town in Colorado. The moment she realized that I had lived in Mexico, she started speaking Spanish and of … Continue reading
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Learning Spanish When Motivation is Weak
Okay, I admit it. My motivation for learning Spanish has been weak for months, until last week. Since we came back a year ago from five years’ living in Mexico, I have been caught up in the English-speaking world where … Continue reading
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The Verbarrator
f you want to learn Spanish verbs, there is nifty piece of software to help you do it. I wish I had had this during the time I was living in Mexico and really working on my verbs but still … Continue reading
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