Ángel and his Madrid accent (acento madrileño). In this lesson we analyse Ángel’s Spanish and listen to how a person with a Madrid accent expresses himself. A great learning experience. We then finish with a story of Elena’s surprise birthday party and get to watch a few of the key moments. Finally, we finish... Read more »
Spanish Subjunctive Master Class In this lesson we start with our first Spanish subjunctive master class in which we show you how to change the subjunctive from the present to the future. Shadowing Shadowing is a great way to really improve your spoken Spanish. Here we show you how you go about using it and... Read more »
Review your Spanish and test out your understanding. In this lesson we review your Spanish by checking out your understanding of some of the previous lessons we have produced in our Chalk and Talk series. We then finish with a story of when Gordon got lost at the age of 6. Un saludo, Gordon y... Read more »
Spanish Double Meanings In this lesson we firstly look at the phrases and words that are classic Spanish double meanings. You are probably not suprised to hear that the majority of double meanings have sexual conotations! It’s also important to recognise that these Spanish double meanings are peculiar to Spain. (Although the ‘huevos’ one seems... Read more »
Spanish Confusions and the Cuenca Disaster. This week we cover a fantastic list of Spanish confusions from Rachel Williams who sent us a 12 point list of questions on very key grammar points. We then finish with the tale of our disasterous journey to Cuenca and of the virus that moved faster than Concord. Un... Read more »