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Language Learning: It’s all about Confidence
Learning a language is not easy, but I have one tip to help you improve your skills—be confident in yourself! Not sure how to do this? Check out this post to find our top tips to start becoming more sure of your Spanish.
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How to: Feel Comfortable Giving a Presentation in Spanish
Are you worried about giving your presentation in Spanish while studying abroad? Check out these tops tips to help you get through the presentation!
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What does “El Mundo es un Pañuelo” Mean?
In this edition of our expressions series, we’re looking into the saying el mundo es un pañuelo, which will likely come in handy for you as you begin to meet more and more people.
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What Does “Buen Provecho” Mean?
Noticed that people in Spain may say “Bueno provecho” or even “Que aproveche” or “Aproveche” after food is served? Let’s talk about what the different forms really mean and how you can use them without offending.
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How to: Eat Pintxos in Bilbao
As you are exploring Spain you will probably want to take advantage of all the delicious food options. Join us as we dive in to pintxos in Bilbao and take away our top tips for enjoy them as much as possible!
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Why do People Walk Everywhere in Spain?
Spend a bit of time in Spain and you’ll notice that so many people seems to choose walking over traveling by car or even public transportation. What’s up with that? Lace up your shoes and let me walk you through it.
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Our Reading Recommendations for Language Learning (Spanish)
We’ve compile a list of our personal recommendations for those of you looking to jump into the great language learning technique of reading in Spanish.
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“Echar un Polvo” vs. “Estar Hecho Polvo”
In this expressions article, we’re taking a look at these two idiomatic expressions you don’t want to mix up! Be sure to get your ‘dusty’ Spanish slang correct by checking out the details.
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Student-Teacher Relationships in Spain (Part I)
In part 1, we’re diving into some of the differences you may experience in student-teacher relationships here in Spain from the perspective of an English teacher working with both children and adults.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Spanish Cheeses
Here you’ll find a very basic introduction to the Spanish cheeses that you will likely encounter in your everyday life, complete with the unsensored (and unprofessional) evaluation of two guiris, or foreigners.
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An Introduction to Spanish Bullfighting
Bullfighting is something that is hard for us to understand as it is something that is tied to the cultures that carry it out. This post is an introduction to history of the activity.
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Who is Don Quixote
Understanding Don Quixote is to understand Spain, one of the greatest novels ever written, and idealism all in one. It sounds like a tall order, but we’ll break it down to the basics in this post.
