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Free Spanish lesson

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:55:20 -0500

Here’s a video demo of a free lesson from my course ‘Spanish for Kids’. You can download the free lessons from Spanish Bookworld. All the lessons in this course come with audio recorded by native Spanish speakers. In every lesson you learn a set of new words, or an interesting point about the language (the verb ‘to be’, the time, the alphabet, the plural, etc.), and then you get four games where

Harry Potter en espanol

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:52:27 -0500

Are you looking for the Harry Potter books, movies or audiobooks in Spanish? I have just launched a new site dedicated to Harry Potter en espanol. This new site brings you all the Harry Potter products at the best prices. There you can find the children and adult editions of all the books, new and used, the audiobooks, and the movies on dvd and video.

Top ten Spanish movies

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:47:20 -0500

The most compelling thing about Spanish cinema is its refusal to be pigeonholed into one or two genres. The most acclaimed movies span from horror and intrigue, to comedies, musicals, magic realism, social drama, history, etc. I've selected here ten of the best Spanish movies of recent years. Some, like The Orphanage, have only recently been relased. Others, like Volver, Pan's Labyrinth, Y tu

Spanish for kids – interactive multimedia lessons

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:58:30 -0500

Great news! I've created a new Spanish language course, which you can download from Spanish Bookworld and from iTunes. It’s a Spanish course called Spanish for Kids, which can be used by children on their own, the entire family, and by adults looking for a fun way of learning the language. Lesson 1 can be downloaded for free and, like all my other lessons in pdf, it can be played on all

Free Spanish lessons on Spanish Bookworld

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:09:47 -0500

Do you want to learn Spanish for free? On Spanish Bookworld there are free Spanish lessons where you can learn the numbers, greetings, verbs, how to put words together and build useful sentences, and much more. There are also other free Spanish lessons where you can practise your pronunciation, as well as games and exercises for children, and lots of samples from the popular series Spanish

Spanish magazines

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:06:32 -0500

If you like magazines and you want to improve your Spanish without effort, you’re in for a treat. Did you know that many of the most popular magazines have a Spanish version? Here are just some of the titles you can get: People, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest Selecciones, Vanidades, TV y Novelas, Casa & Estilo, Mira!, Siempre Mujer, Latina Magazine,

Spanish flashcards

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:18:36 -0500

Flashcards are great for learning Spanish. They help you memorize words and sentences much faster than almost any other tool, and you can take them with you wherever you go. Flashcards also make it easy and entertaining to review words over and over, and they are great for learning with your kids and your friends. Here’s a selection of Spanish flashcards including: around the home, verbs, the

Spanish bibles at great prices

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:43:32 -0500

Are you looking for a Spanish bible or gospel, biblical leaflets for children, audio bibles, biblical dvds, bilingual bibles or large print-print bibles? If so, here’s a nice selection at very good prices. The titles you'll find here are: Santa Biblia, Libre entre rejas, ¿Cómo nos llegó la Biblia?, El padre de la fe (biblical leaflet for children), Las buenas noticias acerca de Jesús, Santa

Spanish Podcasts for Beginners – Lesson 8

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:53:47 -0500

Lesson 8 of my Spanish Podcasts for Beginners is available at Spanish Bookworld There you can hear the free sample. In this lesson you’ll hear twice a dialog at a holiday apartment. Then you’ll go through it line by line in both Spanish and English. After that you’ll hear all the new words and phrases with their English translation. In the grammar section you’ll learn how to ask if you can do

Spanish Podcasts for Beginners – Lesson 7

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:50:26 -0500

I have just published lesson 7 of my Spanish Podcasts for Beginners. You can download it from Spanish Bookworld. The podcast lasts 24 minutes and it has a new feature. After reading my listeners’ feedback over the last few weeks, I’ve decided to include the English translation of the dialogs on the podcast. So, after hearing the dialogs twice at the beginning of the podcast, you’ll then hear

Spanish phrasebook on podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:45:55 -0500

After a couple of months working on my new podcast series, today I’ve published Unit 1 of my Spanish Phrasebook on Podcast. You can download it from Spanish Bookworld. Spanish Phrasebook on Podcast is a very practical phrasebook where you can learn to say and understand common everyday words, questions, answers, phrases and expressions. The idea of creating this podcast came to me a few

How to learn Spanish on the go

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:17:45 -0600

As a Spanish teacher, and a keen learner of foreign languages, I have often looked for alternative ways of learning that can allow me to minimize the effort and make the most of the little spare time I’ve got. Language courses with audio material are my absolute favorite and, in fact, I wouldn’t really consider a course without audio. That's why, to help my students make the most of their own

Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte – Harry Potter 7 in Spanish

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:34:44 -0600

At Spanish Bookworld you can get the seventh volume of the Harry Potter saga in Spanish: Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). There you can also find the other six volumes in Spanish: Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Harry Potter y la cámara secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) Harry

Spanish Podcasts for Beginners – lesson 6

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:50:56 -0600

I’ve just launched lesson 6 of my Spanish Podcasts for Beginners. You can listen to a free sample at Spanish Bookworld and on iTunes. This new lesson comes in a 21-minute podcast and an interactive multimedia transcript in pdf. On the podcast you’ll hear a dialog at a bar and the list of all the new words and phrases with their English translations. You’ll also learn how to put together nouns

The best Spanish movies ever

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:52:06 -0600

I’ve been working for a while on this list of the 10 best Spanish movies. It hasn’t been easy. Whenever I added a new one I had to delete some other great movie. Nearly every week I’ve come across truly wonderful productions that I’ll have to include on other lists in future posts. I’ve also had to put up with some dreadful stories that I wouldn’t recommend to anyone. I might include those on a

How do you learn Italian words easily?

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:08:01 -0600

If you’ve studied Italian for a while and have reached an intermediate level, perhaps you’ll be wondering how to expand your vocabulary faster than you’re doing. Many Italian language courses don’t put enough emphasis on something that many of us, teachers and students, consider the most essential part of any new language. Often courses introduce new words at a much slower pace than you’d like

Travel insurance for trips to the Spanish-speaking world

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:11:25 -0600

Here's another post on travel advice. This time it's travel insurance. When traveling abroad, getting travel insurance from a reputable company is absolutely essential. Not having the adequate cover will not only ruin your vacation if anything goes wrong, it can potentially cost you thousands of dollars, and a lot of time. When looking for travel insurance, there are some very important policy

The Goya awards are the Spanish Oscars – 2008 winners announced

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:33:36 -0600

The Goya awards are the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars, but they’re given only to Spanish productions. Every year the ceremony takes place in February in Madrid, Spain. There are 27 categories and a maximum of four nominations per category. The first Goya awards were given in 1987. The major winners often become highly successful movies outside Spain, for instance: Volver, The Sea Inside (Mar

Learn Spanish at your own pace

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:23:07 -0600

If you’re looking for a Spanish language course that can help you learn practical, everyday words, phrases, questions and answers, and more, at Spanish Bookworld you can find all the details about my publication Learn Spanish At Your Own Pace (book + 2 cds), including extensive free text and audio samples. Learn Spanish At Your Own Pace is a 230-page book plus 2 audio cds with over 2.5 hours of

Spanish movies at great prices

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:40:27 -0600

Do you find it frustrating to have to spend so much time searching for Spanish movies through catalogs with mostly irrelevant dvds? Do you wish there was a place where you could just see all the Spanish movies you’re looking for, and at great prices? Spanish Bookworld offers you just that. Their Spanish movie catalog features all the recent releases, classics, less well known movies, and even

New blog for Spanish learners

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:43:53 -0600

To save time to those of you who’re mainly interested in learning Spanish, I’ve now started a new blog called A goldmine for Spanish learners where I’m going to focus exclusively on Spanish. The first post on my new blog is entitled Speak better Spanish in just ten minutes. Future blogs will cover all things related to the Spanish world: Spanish vocabulary and grammar, links to free resources,

Italian magazines

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:10:13 -0600

Reading foreign magazines is a painless way of learning a new language, and a fun one indeed. If you’re learning Italian, for instance, most of the major magazines in English have an Italian version. Here are just some of the titles you can find in the US: Men’s Health, Elle, Marie Claire, Ciao, National Geographic, Colors, Ragazzi, Cucina Italiana, Oggi, Vanity Fair, GQ, Zoom, Glamour, AD,

Learn French

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:16:41 -0600

In my quest for a French course that would allow me to make the jump from the intermediate level I was stuck in to an advanced level, a couple of years ago I found the Champs-Elysées audio magazine and have been using it ever since. I love this course. I find it really motivating and inspiring. The best thing about this audio magazine is how easy it is to learn new vocabulary. Over the years I

O Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:20:14 -0600

O The Oprah Magazine is one of the most successful magazines in history. No wonder. It’s a great publication with informative and inspiring articles. At the english-bookworld.com online store you can read dozens of customers’ reviews and find out what others have to say about this magazine. You can get a 1-year subscription for $18, or a 2-year subscription for $24. Related links Spanish

Magazines at discount prices

noreply@blogger.com (Maria Fernandez) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:24:56 -0600

You can get more than 1,000 magazine titles at up to 85% below the cover price at the Magazine Discount Center. Their catalog has all your favorite magazines including: Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Men’s Health, TV Guide Magazine, Sports Illustrated, US News & World Report, Maxim, Natural Health, Southern Living, Good Housekeeping, National Geographic, Forbes, Men’s Journal, Star,