Difficult Topics in Language Classes

by Lauris on 4/10/2014

With the arrival of Semana Santa (Easter Week) cultural issues come up in the Spanish as a foreign language class that usually derive from a lack of information that students have about Spanish religious traditions. I… more »

Cross Cultural Communication

by Salomé Torres on 3/26/2013

As Fray Luis de León once said: “as we were saying yesterday”… A few weeks ago, I finished my post with: “Today I’m at the bookshop, and I don’t see any popular new methods. Everything I do see however contains… more »

Cervantes Institute presented the "Correct Spanish" book

by Dilek on 12/10/2012

Photo by: Instituto Cervantes (Marta Fernández Rodero)The Cervantes Institute, which is officially in charge of promoting teaching and learning Spanish in all around the world, has presented Correct Spanish Book (El… more »

Can you really learn Spanish Online?

by Laura on 8/1/2012

Online language learning is one of the latest branches of online education or e-learning. With a multitude of websites offering a variety of online tools and teaching methods, it has even been suggested on one website… more »

Successful Plan to increase Spanish students to Castile and Leon

by Kimberly on 1/6/2012 4:10:00 PM

The 2005-2011 “I Plan del Español” (Spanish Plan I) has, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, incremented the volume of students who choose Castile and Leon, Spain to study Spanish by… more »

New social media site launched uniting the US & Spain.

by Chloe Bustin on 11/25/2011

An amazing new cultural project uniting the US & Spain has been launched this month. SPAIN RED a social network site has been set up by a whole host of important institutions including Spain’s Ministry of Culture, the… more »

Cuts in number of Human Statues on La Rambla

by Lindsay Cook on 2/22/2011

Barcelona´s famous street La Rambla is full of character. It was once described by Lorca as “the only street in the world that I wish would never end.”For many the human statues which line… more »

Air Chaos and Zapatero Defends Government Actions

by Kimberly on 12/10/2010 2:34:21 PM

You may have heard about it, Spanish airspace was closed on Friday the 3rd of December causing, to say the least, chaos.Friday was the first day of the longest Spanish holiday weekend of the year given that Monday the… more »

Dreaming of a Spanish life?

by Laura Ellis on 9/1/2010 2:27:00 PM

Have you ever considered moving to Spain? Well, it's not actually as tricky as you might think! And furthermore several local authorities are crying out for new inhabitants in local villages where an authentic… more »

Huelga "Strike"

by Laura Ellis on 8/9/2010 12:02:00 AM

One of the main problems facing Spain at the moment is that of the economy. With unemployement on the rise, it surely makes sense that wages are being cut in an attempt to save jobs, however those on the receiving end… more »