Discover Spanish with Maria Fernandez

How to get a good Spanish course & what to do if you don’t love it

Loving your Spanish course is the easiest way of motivating yourself to continue studying the language at a steady pace. When I was learning English, my father gave me a course that I fell in love with. I couldn’t wait to do the next lesson. By the end of it, I knew all the dialogs [...]

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Do I need to buy a Spanish course to learn the language?

Throughout this blog, you can find tips on how to learn Spanish fast and easily. Today we’re going to explore why buying a good Spanish course is a great idea. Every so often I’m asked: Which of the free Spanish courses one can find on the Internet would you recommend? So, I do a search, [...]

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7 great tips on how to teach yourself Spanish the easy way

The method and techniques you use to teach yourself Spanish will determine how fast, or how slowly, you achieve your goal. An effective learning method can multiply tenfold the speed of your progress, and it’ll also make the whole experience much more enjoyable. Throughout this blog I’ll be giving you tips on how to teach [...]

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How do you actually start learning Spanish? Step by step guide

You can get more tips on how to learn Spanish in my free audio lessons. How to learn Spanish. The first two steps. Being able to speak a foreign language is one of the most rewarding achievements in life. If you’re wondering what it is you have to do to start, here are the two [...]

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If you want to become fluent in Spanish, no doubt you will

You can hear this Spanish learning tip in my free podcast Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez . How to learn Spanish Learning Spanish, and speaking it fluently, may be just a dream today, but you can make it happen; and it doesn’t have to take years. I believe we can all achieve much more than [...]

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The Best of Spanish Literature. Extract from Don Quixote

Don Quixote is one of the best known Spanish literature masterpieces. The full Spanish title of this wonderfully entertaining book is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha). Don Quixote was written by Spanish novelist, poet and playwright Miguel de Cervantes. The first part of Don [...]

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Ultimate Guide to the Spanish Subjunctive. Ser (To Be)

Learning the Spanish subjunctive up to an intermediate level is a lot easier than many courses and teachers would lead you to believe. The trick is to learn the subjunctive in parallel with the indicative tenses, making comparisons between the two and finding patterns that will help you remember all the forms easily. That’s what [...]

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Easy Guide to Spanish Phrases. Getting a Room or Apartment

In my previous lesson we learned 25 common Spanish words related to accommodation. Here, as part of my Easy Guide to Spanish Phrases we’re going to see those common words in context. You can hear the ten phrases and sentences in this post in my Spanish book + audio course Learn Spanish At Your Own [...]

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Practical Guide to Spanish Vocabulary. Accommodation

Learning common Spanish words will dramatically help you communicate better with native Spanish speakers. That’s why I’ve created for you this Practical Guide to Spanish Vocabulary. In today’s lesson we’re going to focus on accommodation related words. These words will come in handy when checking into a hotel room, getting your holiday apartment, or talking [...]

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Ideal Guide to Irregular Spanish Verbs. Poder (Can), Part 1

The irregular Spanish verb poder (can, to be able to) is one you’re going to come across very frequently. That’s why we’re going to learn to conjugate it in this Ideal Guide to Irregular Spanish Verbs. Learning the irregular Spanish verb poder well will help you master other very common verbs that are conjugated in [...]

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