¡Hola, Socios! This lesson is very much a ‘test your listening’ exercise as well as a vocabulary builder. (And a funny story at Gordon’s expense yet again.) Here we discuss the role of the Police […]
3 VOCABULARY La Policia y La Guardia Civil (Spanish Civil Guard) Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! Here you have first in the series of Chalk and Talk sessions that cover important parts of Spanish grammar. These sessions are designed for you and so please feel free to ask me
1 PREPOSITIONS The Personal A. When to use it. Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! (This is released a few hours earlier because Cynthia has just started to go into labour! Wish us luck!)
In this lesson we cover probably some of the more confusing verbs in Spanish. Confusing, that is, because in English we tend not to have any hard and fast rules about when we should use them. In Spanish, however, the rules are very fixed and if you break them, there will be confusion!
Here’s a sneak peek:
2 VERBS Understanding Ir + Venir and Llevar + Traer Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! Welcome to the very first lesson in our membership program. Here we discuss the ways that you can talk about food and we especially focus on how to speak positively about what you are eating. This has always been an issue for students because they often don’t know which of “estar bien”, “estar buena”, and “ser buena” they should use.
1 VOCABULARY Talking about Food in Spanish and Giving Compliments Read Post »
If you are a Socio considering our language exchange option we ask you to watch this video on how to
Your ‘Must Watch’ Safety Video for Language Exchanges on Ser Socio Read Post »
Some of you are just about to embark on a language exchange and so we thought that, for those who
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40 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Test my Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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39 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Verbs to Try in Spanish Lightspeed Spanish Read Post »
Stop, Look and Listen! I recall coming across the commands in Spanish very early on in my language learning journey.
38 Advanced Intermediate Spanish Commands in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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40 Advanced Speaker Spanish Our Business LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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39 Advanced Speaker Spanish Great Films LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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38 Advanced Speaker Spanish Animal Rights LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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37 Advanced Speaker Spanish Laugh at Gordon LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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36 Advanced Speaker Spanish The Illegal Botellón LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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35 Advanced Speaker Spanish Leaving the UK for Spain LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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34 Advanced Speaker Spanish Gordon’s Police Trouble LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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33 Advanced Speaker Spanish Where we’ve been LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
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32b Advanced Speaker Spanish A Relaxing Day—NOT LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
