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can of pork brains in milk gravy

La tarea opcional para el 1 al 7 de octubre del 2018 La tarea opcional de esta semana es escribir un comercial de un minuto, parecido a los que ven en la tele. La próxima semana les vamos a pedir que lo representen en clase. PERO…hay una condición.  ¡Tienen que escribir un comercial acerca de […]

loudspeaker that says do you speak english

Our in-house polyglot: on reaching fluency in English Last week our in-house polyglot started a weekly mini-series on how he has become a 7 language speaker. Last week he wrote about how he became fluent in Spanish & Catalan, and this week he wrote about how he learned English. In case you missed last week’s […]

La tarea opcional para el 24 al 30 de septiembre del 2018 La tarea opcional de esta semana es traer un producto que te encanta a clase, la semana que viene. Vas a mostrárselo a la clase, vas a describirlo y contarles acerca de ello. ¿Dónde lo compraste? ¿Para qué se usa? ¿Por qué te […]

two tongues catalan and spanish

Our in-house polyglot on reaching fluency in Spanish & Catalan Hola a todos de nuevo :) Last week I wrote about what fluency meant to me, and I mentioned that it is different for everyone and, in my case, for every language too. In the following weeks, I’ll write about my experience with languages with […]

Writing in diary

Las clases de martes a viernes: La tarea opcional es escribir en un diario cada día de esta semana. Escriban un párrafo acerca de su día, de algo que hayan leído o visto, o acerca de algo que hayan tenido en mente últimamente. Las clases de lunes y sábado: La tarea opcional es practicar la […]

Two people talking

Our in-house polyglot, on language fluency   Hola, queridos estudiantes.   After a long absence, your beloved teacher Octavi is back. Since the last couple of blog articles covered how to achieve fluency and what fluency really means for everyone, I would like to share what it means to me. As many of you already […]

La Bicicleta song

Para las clases de lunes y sábado: La tarea opcional de la semana es 1) echarle un vistazo a la letra de la canción que ganó la votación, “La Bicicleta” de Carlos Vives y Shakira, y 2) escucharla varias veces mientras la cantas para practicarla. La semana que viene vamos a repasar la letra y la semana […]

Man speaking

How long will it take me to become fluent in Spanish? Part 2   Last week I blogged about the most popular question I get on an ongoing basis, which is “How long will it take me to become fluent in Spanish?” I mentioned that there are numerous factors to consider, such as: What is […]