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2 Chalk and Talk Pronunciation and the Nose Rule

Hola, Socios. In this Chalk and Talk session we will be covering the importance of pronunciation in Spanish and offering you a simple system to help you understand where to place the emphasis or the ‘golpe de voz’ on your Spanish words. This session was suggested by Greg from Canada. Muchas gracias, Greg.   Video... Read more »
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3 Lesson La Policia y La Guardia Civil (Spanish Civil Guard)

¡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 and the Civil Guard here in Spain. The Civil Guard are still known to this day as ‘Franco’s men’ and... Read more »
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1 Chalk and Talk. The Personal A. How and when to use it (and when not!)

¡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 to cover anything that might be causing you trouble or frustration. Here, we are talking about the Personal A and... Read more »
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2 Lesson Understanding Ir + Venir and Llevar + Traer

¡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:

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1 Lesson Talking about Food in Spanish and Giving Compliments

¡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.

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