Here's the list of books our teachers recommended for intermediate level students eager to read in Spanish in our Meet the Teachers interviews:

Hoy, desde Salamanca, os presentamos a Ana García Martín. 

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas como profesor de español, Ana?

Desde 1994.

¿Qué es lo que más te gusta de tu profesión?

Lo que más me gusta es el hecho de ver que los estudiantes están ahí porque quieren, que realmente aprenden...y en cierto modo son "mi creación", je, je además de que es un intercambio cultural mutuo.

Today, from Salamanca, we introduce you to Ana García Martín. 
 
How long have you been teaching Spanish?

Since 1994.

What do you like most about your profession?

What I like most is seeing that the students are there because they want to be, that they really learn…and that in a certain way they are my “creation”, ha ha. Plus my work is always a mutual cultural exchange.

Today from Puerto de la Cruz on the Canary island of Tenerife, we introduce you to Lauris Rodríguez de la Calle. Lauris recommends a healthy list of first books for Spanish students and shares a bit of his own experience as a student of German. He also offers this wise bit of advice to Spanish students:

Remember that the most important enemy of effective communication isn’t grammatical error ---- but silence.

"Que recuerden que el enemigo más importante de la comunicación efectiva no es el error gramatical sino el silencio."

Hoy, hablamos con Salomé Torres González, Jefa de Estudios, don Quijote Tenerife.

Meet our Teachers: Today, from paradisical Tenerife, we talk with Salomé Torres González, Head of Studies at don Quijote Tenerife.

Continuing our Meet our Teachers interviews with don Quijote profes, we linger in Mexico.

While in Guanajuato, we talk a while with Rebeca Aguilar Jimenez, who recommends a book for students of Spanish while she warmly recommends her city. In Guanajuato, Rebeca tells us, everything surrounding you favors your learning the Spanish language:

Mientras estamos en Guanajuato, seguimos conociendo a los profes y hablamos un rato con Rebeca Aguilar Jimenez, quien nos recomienda un libro y su ciudad, dónde según Rebeca "todo el entorno es favorable para aprender el español."

Hoy, desde Granada, os presentamos a Raquel Ramos Josa:    more »

Today, from Granada, say hello to Raquel Ramos Josa. Raquel's been teaching at don Quijote for 10 years, first at don Quijote Barcelona, and for the last 7 years, in Granada. She's got some good book recommendations for students of Spanish...wait, we'll let Raquel speak for herself:    more »