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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 […]

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 siguiente semana la vamos a cantar […]

English - Spanish

How long will it take me to become fluent in Spanish?   Not a week goes by when someone doesn’t ask me “How long will it take me to become fluent in Spanish?” or “How long will it take me to move into the next level?” This is such a difficult question to answer, as […]

Spanish meme

La tarea opcional de la semana es buscar memes divertidos y traer 5 a clase que te hayan gustado. Un buen lugar para encontrar memes chistosos es en Pinterest. Para los que les interese hacer más tarea, sigan con el capítulo 19 “Personal Pronouns” en “Complete Spanish Grammar” de McGraw Hill, de la serie Practice […]