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Meet our Teachers: Rebeca from Guanjuato
by Erin on 9/29/2006 1:40:00 PM
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… more »
A good way to "prove" your Spanish skills: the DELE
by Erin on 9/11/2006 12:57:00 AM
I noticed while working on the don Quijote Weekly Lesson this morning that the last 2006 exam date for the DELE is quickly approaching.Whether you want to certify your Spanish proficiency for your CV, for your… more »
This Week's Joke in Spanish
by Erin on 9/6/2006 2:12:00 PM
I chuckled at this week's Joke in Spanish, published in the Weekly Lesson. It's a Spanish language "who's on first", if you're familiar with the old Abbott & Costello routine in… more »
Read the News in Spanish
by Erin on 8/10/2006 2:00:00 PM
Here are few resources for reading the news in Spanish - from anywhere! (No excuses for not building your vocabulary!)Spain's El Pais is free online.El Mundo, also from Spain and also free, offers a translator, and… more »
Activities for Teaching Spanish to Children
by Paqui on 2/7/2006 10:50:00 AM
Internet offers so many resources that sometimes it can take a lot of time to find the information you are looking for. When I look for websites with Spanish activies and exercises, sometimes I end up in a site that… more »
Practice Spanish at home
by Paqui on 2/6/2006 11:50:00 AM
Essential holiday phrases: Beginners in Spanish will find in this website a good starting point where they can learn some basic words and sentences in Spanish such as "Hello", "my name is" or… more »
Beginner in Spanish, What Did I Learn in 6 Weeks?
by Jeroen on 12/19/2005 1:04:00 PM
During my course I had four lessons per day. In Salamanca I took morning classes from 9:00 to 13:00, interrupted by a break of 30 minutes. In the café of the school I could recline a bit of all the studying,… more »
Learning about Spanish Wines
by Paqui on 11/14/2005 11:41:00 AM
Spanish wines are famous worldwide, the most popular are probably the red wines such as Rioja or Ribera del Duero, Jerez (sherry) or cava (also known as the Spanish champagne).You can discover these and other excellent… more »
Introducing the New Pan-Hispanic Dictionary
by Paqui on 11/10/2005
The new Pan-hispanic dictionary of doubts or Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas (DPD) has just been presented today in Madrid. The dictionary has been compiled by the 22 academies of Spanish speaking countries and seeks… more »
La Corrida de Toros
by Yolanda on 9/20/2005 7:14:00 PM
Se han definido las corridas de toros como la fiesta nacional, sin embargo no es exclusiva de España, también son importantes las celebradas en Hispanoamérica (especialmente México y… more »