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Podcasts
2007-12-10 23:38:00 I call myself a lucky bastard on a daily basis, simply because I’m surrounded by native speakers of Spanish. They even prefer to speak Spanish instead of Dutch (which would be obvious, as we’re in the Netherlands) and help me whenever they can (and whenever I need it). So I my comprehension skills are far ... More About: Podcasts
Schemes
2007-12-02 23:29:00 The only problem I’ve encountered so far learning Spanish both for the language and teaching it in the future, is the fact that I need to know the grammar by heart. Normally, when you start to learn a language, you don’t mind about the grammar and just let everything overwhelm you. Eventually you’ll get a ... More About: Grammar
Back in business
2007-11-26 21:45:00 Is has been quite a while since I updated my blog. Don’t worry; I’m still alive (as you can see) and still studying Spanish full-time. The biggest problem is just that I’ve been extremely busy with school. First of all I was up for exams for which I had to study really hard (they went ... More About: Business , General , Back , Sine
Watching Toy Story
2007-10-29 20:35:00 Ok, this is a bit embarrasing. It is, a little bit, but I’ll share it with you guys anyway. After the children’s book I decided to go a little bit further with my Spanish studies, especially regarding vocabulary building. After I read some great tips about getting a better understanding of a language by watching ... More About: Movies , Story , Watching , Toy Story
Trying to understand the lyrics - part 2
2007-10-26 13:27:00 Although I’ve been extremely busy the last few days with schoolwork (don’t worry, everything I did was in Spanish), I still had some time to work on the goal I set myself. Although I only did one song, I did it quite well in my opinion. Unfortunately I had to choose another song than the ... More About: Lyrics , Part , Understand
Learning through using my dictionary
2007-10-23 20:58:00 Where I believe in the 10,000 sentences and the reading miles method, I found out that using my dictionary I learn a lot about the Spanish language and how words are built. In the past I absolutely hated reading and looking up every word I didn’t know. But the necessary evil came by again when ... More About: Learning , Dictionary , Dictionaries , Earning
Learning through using my dictionary
2007-10-23 20:58:00 Where I believe in the 10,000 sentences and the reading miles method, I found out that using my dictionary I learn a lot about the Spanish language and how words are built. In the past I absolutely hated reading and looking up every word I didn’t know. But the necessary evil came by again when ... More About: Reading , Learning , Dictionary , Dictionaries , Earning
Trying to understand the lyrics
2007-10-21 21:20:00 To be honest; I’m a great fan a punk rock music and now and then I also listen hard rock. Because going to college takes me about 40 minutes a day by train, I’m used to listen music while traveling, especially rock music. Unfortunately most music I like is in English, and that’s one thing ... More About: Lyrics , Understand
Reading children?s books
2007-10-19 16:56:00 By signing up at the local Instituto Cervantes I discovered a wealth of information. Not only it has loads of books in both Spanish and Dutch (and sometimes even in English), they also have a very nice department full of learning materials. From grammar books to dictionaries, they seem to have it all. But as ... More About: Children , Books , Reading
Ways to expand vocabulary
2007-10-18 18:06:00 The last few weeks I’ve been concentrating on grammar most of my studytime. This is due to my professors at college, who give much attention to it. Although it’s nice to see a lot of progress regarding grammar compared to my first weeks in college, I still lack the ability to hold conversations which exeed ... More About: Vocabulary , Bula
Brief introduction
2007-10-18 00:26:00 Although I’m from the Netherlands, I’ll post everything in English. The main reason for this is that I’m able to reach a bigger audience to share language learning tips with (Spanish learning tips, to be precise). Although I’m supposed to speak English fluently (I have some Australian relatives), I still make mistakes (sorry for that, ... More About: General , Introduction , Brief |
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