How to Stop Translating in your Head
There comes a time in every advanced language learner’s life, that they will stop translating in their head. This is the moment in which speaking in your second language becomes truly organic;...
Category: English Self-practice
Things Argentinians say
Six months ago, I wrote about what I had learnt from Argentinians. After spending a year in Argentina, I have finally stopped eating dulce de leche every day, I use un par to describe...
Five – Minute punctuation boost: commas.
Punctuation works in almost the same way between English and other European languages. In both Spanish and English you can easily insert one comma into this sentence, to invite Maria to eat, instead...
How to be polite in extreme circumstances.
Admit it. Sometimes, you want to tell a customer how annoying they are. You are only human, and your urge to point out stupidity is a completely normal human response. However, you...
Some common useful expressions
One of the hardest parts of learning a language are ready-made expressions. Those expressions are even more difficult when they don’t make any obvious sense! To help, I have made a collection of some...
10-Minute Pronunciation Boost!
It can be difficult to change habits of pronunciation. Sometimes, you may know how to pronounce a word correctly by itself, but reading a sentence fast can lead you to say things incorrectly. We...
Some MORE common mistakes Spanish speakers make
Last week we highlighted some common mistakes Spanish speakers make in English. Here is another collection of difficulties for Hispanophones. Uncountable or unpluralisable words Most uncountable words are the same in English and Spanish;...
Basic Tips for Cutting your Travel Budget
For employed people, holidays are often limited by a three-week annual allowance. For the last few years I’ve been making the most of not having a permanent job, by travelling a few months every...
5 Easy Recipes to Make Anytime
I love cooking. Some people come home, put on the TV and watch a series. I come home, put on some jazz, and look in the fridge. I relax in...
Raising Bilingual Children
I grew up in England, however, every summer I visited Gibraltar, where my father is from. My Gibraltarian family spoke Llanito, a mix of English and Spanish. Although as a teenager my Spanish was...
