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A New Home For Our Free Spanish Lessons Online

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Here at LightSpeed Spanish we are muy ilusionados to announce a new home for our free Spanish lessons online with the launch of our new web page.

After many months working alongside our compañero Michael Smith in Nueva Jersey, we are very proud to be able to provide our learners with a much improved learning environment in which they can easily and quickly access all of our comprehensive Spanish learning materials, from our audio podcasts, to our video lessons, to our indispensable helpsheets.

On our new website we have distilled our cumulative 25 years of teaching Spanish into bite-sized chunks of learning so that you can move seamlessly through your Spanish language learning journey.

We are determined to help our students see that learning Spanish doesn’t need to be boring or drudgery. That’s why we always aim to keep our lessons light, fun, and most importantly, short and sweet!

So what have we got in store to offer our ‘hungry for learning’ Spanish students? Just look at this!

Free Spanish Lessons on YouTube

Now, with everything at your fingertips and just a click away, you can join LightSpeed Spanish on YouTube and gain access to every new video we upload, as soon as it arrives.

Free Spanish Lessons on iTunes

You can subscribe to LightSpeed Spanish on iTunes and get automatic access to our back-catalogue of Spanish podcasts as well as an automatic feed for every new mp3 that is uploaded to iTunes.

Free Spanish Help on Twitter

You can now find LightSpeed Spanish on Twitter and so, if that is your social network of choice, then we’ll be there with you providing you with links to our latest blogs as well as advice and answers to questions to take your Spanish forward at LightSpeed.

LightSpeed Spanish on Facebook

Our greatest move forward in helping our students has been the LightSpeed Spanish Facebook group which has just about burst its banks with a wealth of students of the Spanish language who join us every day and begin to practice writing and interacting in Spanish with many other like-minded people.

If you like what you see, come and join us now.

So why don’t you come and join us and let us help you to widen your Spanish speaking, reading, writing and listening skills? Whether you are an Absolute Beginner or an Advanced Speaker, our free Spanish lessons online can help you move your abilities to the next level.

Estamos aquí para vosotros (y para ustedes si te gusta el español de América Latina.)

Saludos,
Gordon y Cynthia.

Early Intermediate Spanish Podcast 20 – Putting It All Together

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¡Qué guay! You reached the end of the first 20 free Spanish lessons online for this level. ¡Muy bien hecho!

Come and join us now as we draw together all the previous podcasts into one conversation. Let’s see how much you can pick out. Maybe all of it!

The entire transcription and translation as well as all the additional information and guidance can be found in the comprehensive help-sheets.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:43 — 9.8MB)

Early Intermediate Spanish Podcast 19 – False Friends in Spanish

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There are countless false friends in Spanish.

Have you ever said someone was “enferma” (ill) when you really wanted to say: “enfermera” (nurse)? Or have you mistaken “embarazada” (pregnant) for “avergonzado” (embarrassed)?

Don’t worry, you are not alone!

There are many Spanish words that, although they appear to be very similar to some English words, have completely different meanings. This is a vital podcast for anyone who wants to avoid those ’embarrassing’ moments and ‘pregnant’ pauses.

Keep in mind that if you would like more information that we offer in the podcast, then you can find all the additional information and guidance in our comprehensive Spanish help-sheets.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:46 — 9.9MB)

Early Intermediate Spanish Podcast 18 – Meals and Times

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Every culture is distinct, and none more so than the many and diverse ones found in the Spanish speaking world.

Certainly, when it comes to eating, Spain has its very own rhythm. Listen in to yet another of our Spanish lessons online to see how yours compares.

Also, don’t miss the part in which we talk about the mass confusion over the names of the mealtimes now. It’s a disaster!

Of course, all the additional information and guidance can be found in the comprehensive help-sheets.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:00 — 10.1MB)

Early Intermediate Spanish Podcast 17 – Daily Routine

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We all like to talk about ourselves a little…and some more than just a little. In this free Spanish podcast we help you learn all the ways of doing this, as well as being able to ask others about what they do. After all, this is the basis of many a great conversation.

Here we give examples of how you can talk about your daily activities in an orderly and accurate way.

It might be worth re-looking at our lesson on reflexive verbs.

Remember, all the additional information and guidance can be found in the comprehensive Spanish worksheets

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:38 — 9.7MB)