Tierra, desde Galicia. These are Xoel López and Ivan Ferreiro, uniting forces in one of those beautiful beaches on the Cantabrian Sea coast to sing “Tierra”. Two singers from Galicia in North-western Spain.… CONTINUE READING
Masculine or Feminine
Masculine or feminine? That is the question that you will have to start to consider very early on in your path to learning Spanish.
Establishing whether a word is feminine or masculine will help because then you will be able to make other words agree with it the right way.… CONTINUE READING
Ser, vivir and tener
Ser, vivir and tener are very important verbs. So much that is the case, that from the very start you need them to exchange simple personal information.
Try this QUIZZ and see whether you are on top of the game.… CONTINUE READING
More oral practice
More oral practice is much-needed to make use of integrated skills in meaningful contexts. Knowing about grammar and knowing vocabulary does not translate automatically into oral proficiency.
More oral practice involves focusing on some particular topic with the purpose of integrating verbally relevant vocabulary and relevant grammar.… CONTINUE READING
Routine, preparing oral practice
With “Routine preparing oral practice” the aim is to get you thinking about some steps that will support a positive experience, when you do some oral practice. It pays off to be a little bit organised.… CONTINUE READING
Torrijas, a bit of history for you to make
Ready-to-eat torrija
Torrijas is a sweet that is usually eaten in Spain only around the time the Holy Week, or Semana Santa, is celebrated. You can buy them at the local bakeries, but many people also produce their own home-made ones, as they are fairly easy to make.… CONTINUE READING
IR A + INFINITIVE (one type of future tense)
Future tense! Time to test yourselves. Try this QUIZZ and see whether you need to revise this again, or whether, on the contrary, your revision so far proves to be going pretty well!… CONTINUE READING
Revision, practice & assessment
Revision and practice makes perfect, prepares you for real-life interactions and for assessment too. So the more the better!
You can decide, but I always suggest that you do a bit of revision and then you try to tackle an activity to see how well you can fare.… CONTINUE READING
Asking about a famous person
A famous person: a good opportunity to give your oral skills a boost and to remember what key phrases to use when asking personal information about other people. CLICK HERE for a full access to both the script and the audio.… CONTINUE READING
Tutorial: shopping for food (DIALOGUES)
IN THIS TUTORIAL you will hear some 
examples of dialogues that serve as a model for your oral practice. There are some comments and guidance as for how to use them for revision practice.… CONTINUE READING
