Автор: Андреа Стори

Break Bad Study Habits with Mindfulness

The only thing harder than starting new habits is breaking old ones. If you’re nervous about learning Spanish because your study skills haven’t always been great, listen up! You can break bad study habits with mindfulness. If you’re new to mindfulness, don’t worry! You don’t need to have an extensive history in meditation to practice […]

Vocabulary to Talk About La Nochebuena and La Navidad

Christmas has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we’re done talking about it! Now that the holidays are over and you’re seeing your friends and coworkers, you’re probably talking about what you did. We want to give you vocabulary to talk about la Nochebuena, or Christmas Eve, and la Navidad, or Christmas Day. These […]

Low Commitment Spanish Activities at Home

Learning a new language doesn’t have to take up hours and yours of your day every day. Obviously, the more time and commitment that you’re able to dedicate to learning Spanish, the quicker you’ll feel confident speaking. When there are days that you can’t dedicate much time, or if you’re looking for new ways to […]

Turrón- Spain’s Tasty Christmas Treat

Holidays always come with special traditions that make everything even more magical. Certain decorations might make your home feel cozier, and certain events might remind you of your childhood. Many people think of Christmas cookies as the quintessential holiday treat. In Spain, many people love one specific treat- turrón. Have you ever heard of it? […]

Talk About Hopes and Dreams With These Verbs

When learning a new language, you usually start off learning chunk phrases, then things you do habitually. After that, you’ll want to talk about the past or the future. When you want to talk about your hopes and dreams, there are a few different grammatical constructions you can use, no matter what level you’re at. […]

What Is Mindset Theory?

Behind all of the blogs, podcasts and lessons around the power of mindset is mindset theory. According to it, people have either a growth or fixed mindset. Those with a growth mindset believe that you’re able to change and develop your abilities, while those with a fixed mindset think their abilities and intelligence aren’t able […]

Apocopation in Spanish

It might sound scary, but apocopation is actually something quite simple. In fact, it’s common in English, and lots of other languages, too! All it means is that there are some words that you shorten by taking off the end of a word. Sometimes this is just in spoken conversation, but sometimes it’s a core […]

Learning Strategies to Practice Spanish at Home

All throughout your time as a young student, your teachers used different learning strategies in the classroom. Different strategies work for different people, which is why your teachers may have used lots of different things! Do you remember any learning strategies that you liked? If not, don’t worry, because we’ll show you a few that […]

Long-Term Benefits of Mindfulness

If you’re new to mindfulness, you might have noticed some benefits right away. You might feel calmer or more focused immediately after a mindfulness exercise, but there are plenty of long-term benefits waiting for you down the road. Many researchers have looked at long-term mental health effects on mindfulness after 4 years, and we’ll show […]

Spanish Nouns That Can Use Both Genders

You’ve probably spent countless hours trying to learn which Spanish nouns are feminine and which are masculine. Some of them are more obvious, where masculine nouns that end in -o are masculine and ones that end in -a are feminine. Knowing grammatical gender in Spanish is crucial to all kinds of grammar topics, but did […]