Learn 4 tools and techniques to stop translating in your head and start thinking in Going through lessons is enough to get by and learn the basics of , but to truly become fluent you need to be able to think in . This will allow you to have conversations with ease, read smoothly, and comprehensively understand natives. To do this, you need to go beyond just completing daily or weekly lessons. We naturally translate in our heads because it's viewed as the easiest way to learn the definitions needed when learning a language. This way of learning can actually hinder your skills and fluency later on. If your brain has to make neural connections between the word you're learning, what it means in your native tongue, and the physical object... Show more

Discover 3 ways that Spanish learning games and video games can help you learn and master Spanish faster, retain more, and enhance your language skills. Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Spanish Language from the Beginning! Can You Learn Spanish Using Games? Yes, Spanish learning games and even video games can help you learn and master Spanish faster and improve overall comprehension. Research studies have concluded that video games enhance traditional learning methods and make mastering a new language like Spanish fun and exciting. Without the firm foundation in grammar and vocabulary provided by conventional learning programs, however, you will not be able to learn Spanish with games alone. But... Show more

Learn 4 honest reasons you need Spanish slang words and why they are so vital to truly learning and mastering the language. Teachers may normally cringe at the thought of their students learning Spanish slang words. After all, slang words and phrases are typically defined as being grammatically incorrect. So why would your teacher want you to spend time learning the “wrong way” to speak Spanish? Here are 4 of the top reasons why you should study slang words and expressions when learning Spanish or any new language. Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Spanish Language from the Beginning! 1. Native Speakers Use Slang Expressions in Everyday Conversation If you are going to study a foreign... Show more

Zombies are coming, and they speak Spanish! Do you have what it takes to survive? No? How lucky you are, we have exactly what you need. Here is the Top 20 Words and Phrases you need to survive this Apocalypse! Click here to listen how to pronounce those phrases! infección (n) infection espantoso (adj) scary calavera (n) skull tumba (n) grave ¿Cuál es tu película favorita de zombis? What's your favorite zombie movie? Click here to access this lesson for free! apocalipsis (n) apocalypse levantarse de la tumba. rise from the grave ¡Zombis! ¡Corre! Zombies! Run! Si hubiera un ataque de zombis, ¿a dónde irías? If there was a zombie attack, where would you go? sobrenatural (adj) ... Show more

Stuck in traffic? Losing time in your car? Have you ever felt that in all this wasted time, you could have watched the 750 episodes of One Piece, finished the last Super Mario ten times, or even better…you could have learned Spanish? Between family, friends and work, in addition to this time-consuming commute, it can become difficult to find time to properly learn Spanish. Fortunately, every problem has a solution, and what could be a better solution than turning that commute time into learning time? Stop passing the time mindlessly listening to the radio and try some of our best tips for mastering Spanish in your car! Click Here To Start Learning Spanish Right Now! You can learn Spanish in your car, hands free While... Show more

Hey Spanish Learner! Shortcuts for learning and tips to remember Spanish words are useful but it's even also important to fix objectives to reach every month! What Is Your Language Learning Goal for the Month? In your journey to become fluent and conversational here are 10 monthly goals you can go after! Click Here To Start Learning Spanish Right Now! 1) I'll finish Survival Phrases series on SpanishPod101.com by listening to two lesson a day. 2) I'll give a 3 minute introductory speech in Spanish to my Spanish friends. 3) I'll finish reading one Spanish book by reading 10 pages a day. 4) I'll pass my Spanish test. 5) I'll write 10 postcards in Spanish to my Spanish friends. 6) I'll memorize 5 Spanish songs. 7)... Show more

Today's lesson will focus on the top five phrases you will hear in a classroom in the Spanish Language. If you don't know these already, they will be very useful to you. Perdón, tengo una pregunta... ("Excuse me, I have a question...") This is a common and polite way of getting someone's attention to ask a question, whether it's a teacher, a friend, or a stranger. Cómo se dice...(en español)? ("How do you say that (in Spanish)?") Use this phrase to ask for the Spanish equivalent of an English word. Rather than asking in English, "Hey, how do you say that?" asking in Spanish will earn you brownie points with your teacher. It will also help keep your brain in Spanish-speaking mode. ¿Qué quiere decir? ("What does that mean?") ... Show more

Today we are going to teach you commonly used phrases and/or words in Spanish a teacher would not teach you. Below are some examples! The "Dude" Words Many varieties of informal Spanish have a "dude" word that peppers their sentences. It's considered very informal, and your Spanish teacher will not bother to address you in this way, but in informal situations, you'll hear it all the time. Different countries have different words for this word. The "Wow" Words Here are several ways to express surprise in Spanish: hijole, andale, vaya, caray, jolín, and guao. Pedo If you look up el pedo in the dictionary, you'll find that its primary definition is "fart," so you can understand why your teacher is not excited about teaching... Show more

In this All About, you will find out the top 5 mistakes often made in the Spanish language. Knowing them will help you not to make them! Mistake Number Five: Crimes against Gustar Spanish people translate me gusta and me gustan as "I like," and if you like something singular you say me gusta, and if you like something plural you say me gustan. Gustar is a verb that actually means "it gives me pleasure" so if you conjugate it like other regular verbs, you might be saying something wrong. Mistake Number Four: -r Fixation One big mistake people make when learning Spanish is fixating on the -r. The trilled -r intimidates some people so much that they decide they can't learn Spanish; others try to trill every -r they see, which... Show more

Featured today in this lesson, we will supply you with a few five great tools to learn how to speak Spanish! Keep these tools under your belt and it'll make your learning experience smoother and easier. Tool Number One: A Spanish Dictionary Bilingual dictionaries used to be a burden to the language student; it used to be that only the larger-sized dictionaries were complete enough to be useful, but these large-format dictionaries were difficult to carry around. Nowadays, web-based dictionaries are the standard; they are complete enough to help you with your composition assignments, faster than paperbound dictionaries, and available in any web browser or smartphone. Tool Number Two: A Verb Conjugator A verb conjugating... Show more