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Por and Para - Examples
by Salomé Torres on 3/26/2015
As I was saying a couple of weeks ago, I think that Cognitive Grammar is extremely useful for teaching the difference between POR and PARA.We have to look for a unique grammatical meaning that can be expressed in… more »
Language Learning with Spanish Proverbs
by Lauris on 7/31/2014
When Spanish learners reach the intermediate level, let’s say B1 or B2, their progress often begins to slow and it may even come to a gradual halt. This phenomenon has a relatively straight forward explanation: when… more »
Mafalda & Friends Role Play
by Lauris on 6/19/2014
A few weeks ago I wrote about Quino, one of the most important cartoonists in the Spanish-speaking world, and how he was named one of the Prince of Asturias Award winners this year. Don Joaquin Lavado, Quino's full… more »
The Courtyards Festival of Cordoba
by Lauris on 5/1/2014
In the Spanish language classroom one thing that we can and should do more often is to utilize cultural events and topics as subject matter. If we use texts that are more or less journalistic in nature along with… more »
Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014)
by Lauris on 4/22/2014
One Less Genius In the WorldSometimes a genius hides behind a persona of someone who is always angry or hard to live with. That’s what I think of when I think of Salvador Dalí. When I calmly look at one of his… more »
Teaching Spanish - Follow Your Nose
by Lauris on 4/16/2014
One of the issues that arises in the study of NLP (we discussed this subject a few months ago regarding the communication technique known as Nuero-linguistic programming) can actually help us discover a way to more… more »
The Goya Film Awards
by Lauris on 1/16/2014
Spanish film’s Goya awards are right around the corner, and I’m glad to see that despite the fact that everyone keeps talking about Spain’s eternal cinematographic crisis, film exhibitors studying the viewing public’s… more »
Que Viva Manolo
by Lauris on 10/30/2013
We Spaniards have one little problem. Okay, we have a lot of problems, but the one I want to talk about now has to do with protocol: when we want to show our patriotism as our national anthem is played at sporting… more »
Jump into Spanish Culture: Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi
by Lauris on 10/3/2013
Spanish MoviesLast night we decided to go to the movies. The way the economy is going in Spain now and with the rise in taxes on this type of entertainment (theatre, opera, ballet, etc.), going to the movies has turned… more »
The Difference Between Ser & Estar
by Dilek on 2/18/2013
At first, Spanish may seem like a difficult language to learn for beginner-level language students due to all the grammar rules. Perhaps the most confusing of all the rules, is the distinction between the verbs ser and… more »