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EATING AND DRINKING (FRENCH downloadable exercises)
Review food and drink vocabulary and phrases and practise using the printable exercises. Bon appétit! cheers
MAKING FRIENDS IN FRENCH (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Learn how to make friends in French. Downloadable and printable theory and activities to practise basic French vocabulary and phrases. makingfriendstheory makingfriendsfrenchactivities
BASIC GRAMMAR GLOSSARY
Grammar terminology can be a bit overwhelming when students first start learning a new language. Whether you are a grammar novice or just need a bit of refreshing your memory, we have put together the following short list to help you to understand some of the terms used in the language learning environment. (1) NOUN […]
BASIC FRENCH VOCABULARY (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Refresh, learn for the first time or consolidate basic French vocabulary including numbers, colours, nationalities, professions and a lot more in this free downloadable file. Basic French vocabulary
SPANISH AND ITS VARIETIES
Spanish is spoken by around 500 million people throughout the world, and by 350 million as their first language. It is the official language of 22 countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Venezuela. […]
THE LANGUAGE STUDENTS’ GUIDE: THE SHY LEARNER
If public speaking fills your sleep with nightmares, small talk terrifies you and presentations are your idea of hell fire, language learning probably does not make it to your bucket list of hobbies. You probably consider yourself shy or maybe an introvert and spending time in a class trying to practise French with strangers is […]
12 UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS WE SHOULD ADOPT IN ENGLISH
One of my favourite words in English is moreish. The word moreish does not have an exact equivalent word in Spanish. We surely have the concept but this needs a long and winding clarification in Spanish that just kills the beauty of this word’s self -explanatory nature. It might look like a plain and unpretentious […]
SEPARATING THE MYTHS FROM THE FACTS OF SPANISH STEREOTYPES
SPANIARDS ARE GENERALLY LOUD FACT: We speak generally a couple of notches louder than inhabitants from other nations. ALL WOMEN LOOK LIKE PENELOPE CRUZ. ALL MEN LOOK LIKE ANTONIO BANDERAS MYTH: Erm, nope. We don’t. Unfortunately. Spain is a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities. Although the combo dark eyes/dark hair prevails, we have […]
SMALL TALK FOR BRITISH LEARNERS: WHAT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE IN SPAIN.
Living in Britain we are never short of small talk material. Are we? I once went on a half hour train journey talking to a stranger about nothing but the weather: the unreliable, surprising, out of the blue, crazy old British weather. Much disliked, yet so handy when conversation is dwindling, especially in the summer. […]