Learning Spanish Blog

Police in Texas Learning Spanish

Wayne — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:56:59 +0000

Sherman, Texas is going all out to get their patrol officers bilingual. Their plan is to first use Rosetta Stone’s Program, (Rosetta Stone: Free Demo) then move to formal classes at the college, then - Sherman Police learning Spanish In addition to the work on the computer and in the classroom, members of the Hispanic [...]

Learn Spanish with Antonio and Salma

Wayne — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:09:52 +0000

A short clip from the movie “Despardo” with Salma Hayek & Antonio Banderas. The clip as subtitles and the Spanish is easy to understand. I suppose you can get a few phrases out of it. The website at the end isn’t working anymore.

Learn Spanish Abroad?

Wayne — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:38:16 +0000

Why? When the second unofficial language in America is Spanish and in some cities it’s number one. You would think there would be several immersion schools around the US. You could be in a school in El Paso or Laredo in a classroom for a few hours, then reading Spanish newspapers, listening to the radio [...]

Temple of the Warriors

Wayne — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:15:53 +0000

Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Click on the picture to read detailed notes about the temple. can8602_07, Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Maya Ruins, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, originally uploaded by jimg944.

Learn by Drowning?

Wayne — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:12:02 +0000

This is kind of the point of this article. Saying that Immersion schools are not the best way to begin learning a language. It makes sense that adults and children learn differently and that a lot of methods, including immersion try and teach a language like you were a child. Children learn by associating pictures [...]

Typing Spanish Characters

Wayne — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:49:53 +0000

If you’re participating in one of the many Spanish learner forums, (Rocket Spanish and Learning Spanish Like Crazy have support forums when you participate in their programs) there will be instances when you will need to type Spanish characters like ñ or accents over the vowels. Typing Spanish characters on an English keyboard takes a [...]

Another Reason to Learn Spanish

Wayne — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:19:19 +0000

CNN Democratic Debate Austin, Texas Feb. 21, 2008. The question from Univision. There are 30 million people in the United States that speak Spanish. Hillary says that English should be our common unifying language, but that’s not always the case, more and more employers are preferring candidates that are bilingual. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/N4z74ALt7TU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" [...]

Spanish Immersion

Wayne — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:27:12 +0000

Everyone says the best way to learn a language is by immersion. I agree, but realistically, at a beginning level, all I hear is a bunch of words. You could probably never even hear English if you didn’t have to in America there’s so much Spanish radio, TV, books, newspapers, movies and everything else. Maybe [...]

Spanish at the BBC

Wayne — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:01:11 +0000

The BBC has a free website with audio, video, tests, games and even crossword puzzles. It’s Spain Spanish which there are a few differences between Latin American and European Spanish, but at this level, I’m not sure that’s a concern right now. Some of the pages go along with their TV series on the BBC, [...]

Funny Learning Spanish Ad

Wayne — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:57:11 +0000

This happens to be the course I use Learning Spanish Like Crazy. Click here at the end to see the website if you want.