Рубрика: Learning

Savoring the Spanish New Year with 12 Grapes

As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, people around the world welcome the new year with various customs and traditions. In Spain, a unique and flavorful tradition takes center stage: the eating of the twelve grapes. This delightful custom, known as “Las doce uvas de la suerte,” holds deep cultural significance and adds a […]

Set Goals for Learning Spanish at Home

There are so many great benefits to learning Spanish at home. For example, you get to learn at your own pace, it’s typically less expensive, and you can choose topics that you’re genuinely interested in. However, it’s easy for self-guided students to start to feel lost. If you feel like you’re studying aimlessly and don’t […]

Are Verb Drills Helpful?

While learning a language can be fun and social, not every part of learning Spanish is super exciting. You might be wondering how helpful verb drills are. We’re here to tell you that despite the fact that they aren’t too riveting, they are very helpful to you as a Spanish student. In fact, there are […]

Interesting Famous Spanish Painters

There’s no question that Spain has some of the most famous paintings in the history of the world, but how much do you know about their Spanish painters? Many of these artists have left long-lasting impacts on Spanish culture. You might even recognize a few of their names from Spanish class, pop culture or movies. […]

Start Learning a Word a Day

If you want to boost your “random” Spanish vocabulary, learning a word a day is a great low-energy activity. You’ll never know when these words will be useful! Best of all, it’s something you can get sent to you, and you can do from the comfort of your own home! Whether you’ve been learning Spanish […]

Why Learn Spanish When I Could Use AI?

AI for translations isn’t really that new. Google Translate, Babbel and so many other machine translation sites have been around for a while now. If you ask any Spanish teacher, they’ll tell you that they’ve been learning how to adjust teaching methodologies to adapt to the changing world. AI might be getting smarter, but there’s […]

10 Fun Facts About Spain

Have you been thinking about studying abroad? For a student of Spanish, Spain has tons to offer. The food, architecture and language are just 3 enticing reasons to visit, but there are tons of fun facts about Spain to draw you in. We’ll share some here! You’ve likely already heard of the running of the […]

Try Learning with the Pomodoro Technique

If you’re familiar with the Italian language, or even Italian food, you might have heard the term pomodoro, which means tomato! You might be thinking, what does a tomato have to do with learning? The creator of the Pomodoro Technique, Francesco Cirillo, developed this time management strategy with a tomato-shaped timer! It’s climbed in fame […]

Familiarize Yourself with the Sounds of Spanish

At their core, languages are collections of sounds. Words are made up of individual components called phonemes, which is a linguistic term for “sounds”. Spanish is what is considered to be a phonetic language because the letters represent specific sounds, and almost all letters in Spanish only have one sound. Practicing learning the sounds of […]

Полезная испанская лексика для офиса

Whether you’re trying to learn possible vocabulary for the future or are actively trying to speak more Spanish at work, office vocabulary will be very useful! Most of this vocabulary is common in daily life, and can come in handy outside of the office, too. In addition to when you’re on the clock, they’re helpful […]