You can watch my free Spanish video lessons on my YouTube channel spanishvideolessons and also on this blog where I will post all my Spanish learning videos.

In this lesson you can learn how to describe masculine nouns. This is the Lesson 6 grammar from my Spanish Online Course.

This free Spanish video lesson includes plenty of examples with their English translation, easy grammar notes, and a speaking drill to review what you’ve learned.

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If you have any questions, feedback or suggestions, please leave a comment here or on my YouTube channel spanishvideolessons.

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This is a Spanish course that takes you from a beginners’ to an intermediate level in 24 lessons with: dialogs, vocabulary practice, grammar, pronunciation drills, learning tips, speaking and listening drills, reading and writing exercises, and more.

This course contains a 300-page book and 2 audio cds with more than 2.5 hours of recordings by native Spanish speakers.

At Spanish Bookworld you can find all the information you need: features, lesson plan, cd content, free audio samples, free text samples and about the author.

I have two freebies for you: one of my Spanish learning ebooks and Lessons 1 to 4 from my Spanish Audio Course. To get them, all you need to do is subscribe to my Spanish Online Course. Get them today!

Here’s what my Spanish Online Course looks and sounds like:

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This is an extract from my ebook “How To Learn Spanish“:

You can learn new Spanish vocabulary fast, and remember it easily, if you use the right learning technique.

One of the biggest frustrations we all face when studying a foreign language is failing to remember the words and phrases we thought we had learned. How do you stop forgetting the words you came across in previous lessons? Here is the technique my students and I use:

1. Learn new vocabulary with audio material rather than from text only. The difference between learning new Spanish words by reading them in your lesson’s glossary only and by hearing them said by native speakers is abysmal. Hearing the vocabulary said by a native speaker will not only make you familiar with those words substantially faster, but it will also help you understand them better, and you will pronounce them correctly and memorize them easily.

2. Learn new vocabulary in context. Whenever you learn a new Spanish word, make sure you also hear it in context; in you lessons’ dialogs, for instance. Remembering lists of single words without context is practically impossible for most of us, because the human brain works best when it can make associations. In my experience both as a language teacher and a learner, recorded dialogs are the most effective tool for reinforcing your vocabulary.

3. Review vocabulary by listening to your audio material regularly. Listen to the dialogs and flashcards in your lessons as frequently as you can. Repeat them out loud, along with the recordings, with and without the transcript in front of you. In other words, make reviewing part of your study routine. Reviewing always pays off. The more often you review the vocabulary you have learned, the more solid your knowledge will be and, in turn, the faster you will be able to learn and remember new, more difficult, words.

4. Learn all Spanish nouns with their article (“el”, “la”, “los”, “las”) rather than on their own. Whenever you learn a Spanish noun with its article, you are avoiding endless future mistakes. In essence, you are saving yourself a lot of time, and unnecessary, repetitive work. As you may know, the Spanish gender rules can help you “guess” the gender of many nouns, especially those ending in “a” and “o”, but there are many nouns that will let you down if you try to guess their gender. That is why it is safer, and faster, to learn them all with their article when you first come across them.

5. Learn phrases and idioms as a whole, rather than analyzing them word for word. Better still, learn them in context, within complete sentences, and you will not forget them.

6. Redo the vocabulary drills in your course until you can get all the answers right.

You can read these and more tips on how to learn Spanish vocabulary and remember it in my ebook “How to learn Spanish“.

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Here are some of my favorite Spanish poetry sites:

Wikipedia: Spanish poetry

Wikipedia: Latin American poetry

www.poets.org

www.poetryfoundation.org

Some poetry readings I love:

Mariposa, by García Lorca – read by Andy Garcia

Puedo escribir los versos…, by Pablo Neruda

Una canción desesperada, by Pablo Neruda – read by Juan José Torres

No te salves, by Mario Benedetti

Cuando la noche te envuelve, by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer – sung by Manzanita

Romance sonámbulo, by García Lorca – sung by Manzanita :: Transcript and translation.

Here are some Spanish recipe sites I like:

IN SPANISH

www.directoalpaladar.com

www.eladerezo.com

www.rtve.es

allrecipes.com.mx

cocina.univision.com

www.recetasdiarias.com

www.canalcocina.es

www.hogarutil.com

www2.esmas.com

televisa.esmas.com

www.cocinadominicana.com

IN ENGLISH

cookinginmexico.com

www.cookingchanneltv.com

www.mexicoinmykitchen.com

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Recetas 0nline

Here is a list of some of the most popular online radio stations in the Spanish-speaking world:

Intereconomía: Spain

Kiss FM: Spain

La Z 107.3 FM: Mexico

Onda Cero: Spain

Radio Mitre: Argentina

Radio Nacional de España: Spain

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In my long experience as a Spanish language teacher and course author I’ve come across dozens of Spanish courses, good and bad, student-friendly and dry as a bone.

This is a great time for learning foreign languages. The quality of the learning material has improved quite dramatically over the years, prices are generally very reasonable, and the nasty no-pain-no-gain approach to language learning is long gone.

Over time, some Spanish courses that were once popular have now but disappeared from the radar, others have turned out to be much more successful than I had imagined.

Here are the top 5 Spanish courses currently on the market. They all have their own learning approach and emphasize different aspects of the language. I have written reviews for all of them and linked to the free lessons they offer.

Visual Link Spanish

This is without question the top 1 Spanish language course, and has been so for many years.

Its friendly approach to language learning, and the fact that it comes on cd-rom and cd make it a highly attractive course.

Read my Visual Link Spanish review and get the free Spanish lessons.

Learning Spanish Like Crazy

This Spanish audio course is very popular with commuters and those who don’t have the time to sit in front of the computer or a book.

It focuses on conversation, and it’s fun and engaging.

Read my Learning Spanish Like Crazy review and get the free Spanish lessons.

Rosetta Stone Spanish

This bestselling series of Spanish courses covers all levels, from beginners to advanced. It comes not only on cd-rom, but also on mp3, and it has recently introduced an app.

This Spanish course puts the emphasis on speaking and understanding, and it has some powerful pronunciation software to help you improve your accent.

Read my Rosetta Stone Spanish review and get Rosetta Stone at 30% off.

Rocket Spanish

This popular Spanish course also comes on cd-rom and cd. It covers the grammar thoroughly, and it includes 31 culture lessons.

Rocket Spanish focuses not only on listening and speaking, but also on reading and writing.

Read my Rocket Spanish review and get the 6-day free trial.

Verbarrator

This is a fairly new Spanish course, but one that has quickly earned its place at the very top.

Verbarrator is a Spanish verb course that covers 550 verbs in all tenses, with audio recordings, drills and verb phrases. It’s flexible, intuitive, fun and motivating, and it works.

Read my Verbarrator review and get the free Spanish verb lessons.

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