How to Learn Spanish Online for Free
A friend and relative of mine just asked me the other day, “How do I get started learning Spanish?” and just by doing a quick search online for “learn Spanish” I can see why she wouldn’t know what to do first: there are so many free online resources for learning Spanish that it can be [...]
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101 Podcast
When I first found SpanishPod101 I thought, “Now this is a nice podcast!” Boy, was I wrong. SpanishPod101 may have its foundation as a podcast, but it’s so much more than just that. First of all, SpanishPod101 breaks their podcasts down into 3 levels of difficulty: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. And since each lesson is [...]
LoMásTv – Watch TV in Spanish
LoMásTv is a video based web site dedicated to helping you learn or improve your Spanish. Basically, it’s like watching TV in Spanish but with the option to view English and/or Spanish captions, replay what you hear line by line, and SLOW the audio down without loosing the correct pitch. What’s great is that you [...]
Watch Cartoons in Spanish
If you are trying to learn or improve your Spanish you’ve probably tried watching tv or movies in Spanish. I’m sure most of you have flipped the channel over to Univision or decided to play a movie in Spanish just to find out that you didn’t understand even the gist of it! Real Spanish tv [...]
Increase Your Spanish & English Vocabulary While You Give
FreeRice is a simple online word game that anyone can play. You are given a word and asked to find its synonym among four other words. If you choose the right answer, you earn 10 grains of rice that will be donated to people in need. If you don’t choose the right answer, your rice [...]
Lyrics Training – Learn a Foreign Language with Music
Lyrics Training is a fun interactive way to learn a foreign language through music. Currently, they offer songs in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Dutch.You play a music video and then type the words that you hear line by line. The song stops if you haven’t completed the line and you can repeat that part of the song by hitting backspace. There are 3 levels of songs: easy, medium, and hard, and when you choose a song you can choose to show 1/4 of the lyrics, 1/2 the lyrics, or none of the lyrics.
Learning Spanish Like Crazy Review
A student on Twitter sent me a link to check out this program, “Learning Spanish Like Crazy.” So, I did and here’s what I think.
Native South American speakers – You get to hear Spanish spoken by the people who actually speak it, and not by people who have learned it. I’m a native English speaker [...]
Rocket Languages Spanish Review
How Rocket Spanish Premium Makes It Easy and Fun To Learn Spanish
Learn to Speak Spanish Confidently with my popular Interactive Audio Lessons
Speak and improve your Spanish with every lesson, by taking part in the modern, everyday conversations that make up the popular Rocket Spanish Premium 32-lesson Interactive Audio Course. The 32 tracks in the Rocket [...]
Practice Spanish Chatting Online for Free
One of the best ways to improve your Spanish vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking is to chat with people who already speak fluent Spanish. And what’s great is that many native Spanish speakers also want to improve their English; so the relationship or chat is mutually beneficial. Here are some sites and ideas to get [...]
Hiring a Spanish Tutor Can Help You Accomplish Your Goals Better, Faster, & Cheaper
There is no doubt that you can buy some Spanish-learning software, a Spanish grammar textbook, an online learning course, or enroll in a real class. You will learn some Spanish, but to what degree? The problem with software, textbooks, and online learning courses is that they can’t tell when you get lost or when concepts [...]
