“Happy Birthday To You” And Other Reasons To Listen To Spanish Radio
Whilst I think my heritage bestowed me with a relatively good level of intelligence, I can be a bit dim witted and slow at times. Take yesterday for example. I had Radio Nacional on in the background as usual. There were two presenters, a man and a woman. As I went about my morning routine…
My Second Lesson With My Tutor – Using Despacito To Learn Spanish
A day or so ago, I had my second lesson with my online tutor from italki. I was really looking forward to it for two reasons. Firstly because of the the success of the first one. And secondly because of the advances I felt I made in such a short space of time. It is…
Initially Lost For Words – But Then I Blurted This Out…
You may know from previous posts that I am learning to dance salsa. It is part of my effort to fully embrace a Spanish way of life. Dancing salsa is a lot of fun and the parallels to learning a language are quite remarkable. I went to my fifth class last night. The way it…
Book Review “Victor’s Adventures In Spain” From The Fabulous Folks At LightSpeedSpanish
After buying Victor’s Adventures In Spain, I am convinced Amazon is stalking me. I am sure it comes as no surprise to you when I say that. Because all the big retailers are stalking you. That is how marketing is developing right now. A couple of weeks ago, Amazon sent me this e mail: I…
How Do You Start A Conversation With A Spanish Speaker?
I needed to go into town for an Optician’s appointment and get my haircut. So I thought I would stroll down, drop my shoes off for repair on the way and go sit in a coffee shop and do some learning. I ordered my hot chocolate (made with soya milk of course) and found a…
Learning Spanish Is Like An Expanding Sponge… Uh?
I am really pleased to have decided to capture my learning experiences along the way. This is because I keep getting these insights into what it actually takes to learn to speak Spanish. They are random flashes of inspiration and insight into how I can learn this wonderful language. They only come about as I…
My Notes From My First Spanish Lesson With An Online Tutor
I am still buzzing from the experience of working with my online tutor just a couple of days ago. Since then I have gone through the recording of the call and created all of my flash cards. I created 116 cards in total from just an hour of instruction. As Anki will create as many…
My Very First Lesson With An Online Spanish Tutor
My first Spanish lesson with an online tutor. Wow! What an unbelievably valuable experience that was. As you might have read in my recent posts here, a couple of days ago I booked my first session with an online Spanish tutor using the italki website. Yesterday I posted how I was feeling about it…
My First Session With My Online Spanish Tutor Starts in 15 Minutes!
A couple of days ago I booked a lesson with a Spanish Tutor using italki. It seems ages since I made that next leap in my journey to learn to speak Spanish. Well today is the day… …gulp. I am really excited about the opportunity of actually starting to use some of what I know.…
I’ve Found Someone To Teach Me Spanish – Here’s How
Well I have been putting this off longer than has really been comfortable. I suppose the clue is in the phrase “learn to speak Spanish”. It doesn’t say “learn to memorise a ton of Spanish vocabulary”. And it certainly doesn’t say “learn to read lots of Spanish new sites”. No, it definitely says “learn to…
