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Electronic Books – A Revolution In Language Learning

Maria — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:39:54 +0000

Electronic books, also known as ebooks, are publications which can be read on a number of devices such as computer desktops, laptops and ebook readers. The last five years have seen the launch of many thousands of electronic books with a wide variety of formats. They range from plain publications, with hardly any features, to [...]

Free Spanish quiz

Maria — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:30:57 +0000

Here’s a free Spanish language learning quiz from my Spanish course. It’s the first of the two review quizzes that you get in Lesson 1. Press Start to play it: You can find many more language learning quizzes in [...]

Spanish language videos on your iPod and iPhone

Maria — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:26:27 +0000

This is what the Spanish language learning videos in my course look like on your iPod and iPhone: On my Spanish Bookworld website you can download a free video sample from my Spanish course and put it on your iPod and iPhone, and you can also watch a free video sample online. You can download the videos [...]

Spanish verbs: estar – to be, in the present

Maria — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:09:34 +0000

Knowing the six forms of the irregular Spanish verb estar in the present tense will allow you to build and understand essential sentences, questions and answers. You can listen to the six forms, together with all the Spanish examples in this post, and play the interactive drill, in the Lesson 4 – Grammar of my [...]

3 fatal mistakes Spanish learners make – and how to avoid them

Maria — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:36:11 +0000

In my experience as a Spanish language teacher, here are three mistakes that can make you waste precious time, ruin your confidence and eventually give up. As you will see, they are easy to avoid: 1. Rushing through your first Spanish lessons Having a sound knowledge of the basics will determine how fast, and how well, you [...]

Spanish course for kids – Free lessons

Maria — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:49:44 +0000

Sign up for free! The free Spanish course I have created at www.spanish-bookworld.com brings you not only beginners’ lessons, downloadable mp3s, videos and articles, but also kids’ lessons. All the kids’ lessons in my free Spanish course are interactive: they include multimedia flashcards you can see and hear, speaking exercises and listening [...]

Free Spanish course at www.spanish-bookworld.com

Maria — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:31:32 +0000

At www.spanish-bookworld.com I’ve set up a free Spanish language course with online lessons, downloadable mp3s and videos, kids’ lessons and language learning articles. The online lessons have five sections: dialog, flashcards, grammar, pronunciation and numbers. The online lessons, mp3s and videos all include learning material, speaking exercises and listening drills. They’ve all been recorded by native Spanish [...]

Spanish greetings – When to use ‘buenas tardes’ and ‘buenas noches’

Maria — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:32:48 +0000

The Spanish greeting ‘buenas tardes‘ translates both as ‘good afternoon‘ and ‘good evening‘; and the greeting ‘buenas noches‘ means both ‘good evening‘ and ‘good night‘. So, when do you use ‘buenas tardes’ and ‘buenas noches’? Unlike in English, these two Spanish greetings have more to do with meals and the sunset than with the actual time of [...]

What’s your name? – Free Spanish lesson – How to ask people their names

Maria — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:26:38 +0000

In this free Spanish lesson we’re going to learn what’s your name in Spanish and how to introduce yourself. If you want to hear all the examples in this lesson, you can find them in the free Lesson 2 of my Spanish for beginners course. 1. How to ask people their names, and how to answer the [...]

Free download of my Spanish for Beginners Lesson 8 podcast samples

Maria — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:07:50 +0000

If you want to listen to my Lesson 8 podcast mp3s, at Spanish Bookworld you can find the dialog, flashcard, grammar, pronunciation and number podcasts in this lesson. There you can download the free samples, or listen to them online, and you can also download the videocast samples. All my podcasts have been recorded by [...]