¡Hola, Socios! This week in the Chalk and Talk we deal with the verb Echar and Echarse. This was requested by David Pullan and Lisa Hunter, so ‘gracias a ellos por sugerirlo.’ Echar has a […]
8 VERBS The verb Echar and Echarse LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This week we have a fascinating lesson on some very key expressions that often cause students a lot of confusion. The Spanish LO QUE, for example, can often be mixed up with the
10 GRAMMAR Spanish Lo que, Lo de, El de, qué and other structures Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! This week in our Ser Socio program we are returning to pronunciation in Spanish but this time with a twist. We are covering the very common words that people have issues with. Over the
9 PRONUNCIATION Tips in Spanish LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This week, thanks to a timely reminder from Jean Dook on the importance of reviewing and reinforcing our learning, we are going to have a ‘repaso’ of everything we have covered in the
7 TEST YOUR SPANISH Full Review LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This week we are focusing on the current systems that exist in Spanish hospitals, Accident and Emergency rooms as well as the doctor’s surgery. There should be no reason for you to have
8 VOCABULARY Spanish Hospitals and the Doctor’s LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This week on the Chalk and Talk we have a request from Lynn Meakin. Lynn has asked us to cover the RRR and the GE, J sounds in Spanish. Thank you, Lynn, for
6 PRONUNCIATION Getting your Spanish Pronunciation right LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios In this lesson we cover a confusing little topic of when you are able to use the Spanish Present Perfect and when you can’t. Certainly, for all students this is a bit of
7 THE PAST I have eaten or I ate? When to use the Present Perfect Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! ¡Que no cunda el pánico! This week we are dealing with a fun topic but one that comes up more often than you might think. And that is being or getting scared in
6 HELP & ADVICE Being SCARED Ser Socio LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola Socios! This week we are posting the missing lesson 5 on the Personal A in Spanish. We left this lesson until later as a way of reviewing the earlier Chalk and Talk session on
5 GRAMMAR The Personal A in Action LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! In this Chalk and Talk session we are dealing with a couple of subjects that have been requested by Brenda Olsen. ¡Gracias, Brenda! The first is the verb PEGAR which means to stick.
5 VERBS The verb PEGAR and explaining ¡QUE SÍ! and ¡QUE NO! Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! This week we are having a little break from the pronouns, although we will be coming back to them. In this Chalk and Talk session, requested by Pete Lovstrom, we will be looking
4 REPORTED SPEECH Who said what to whom? Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! This week we are dealing with a subject that a lot of Socios have requested and that is the Direct and Indirect Pronouns. A tricky subject for any non-native speaker, in this lesson
4 PRONOUNS LE, LO, LA LightSpeed Spanish Read Post »
¡Hola, Socios! In combination with this weeks lesson on Direct and Indirect objects pronouns (better known as LE, LO, LA etc.) we offer you a Chalk and Talk session on the way LE is used
3 GRAMMAR Redundant use of the LE pronoun Read Post »
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
2 PRONUNCIATION with the Nose Rule Read Post »
¡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 »
