Tune in this week as Jared and Diana from Speaking Latino join Jim and May to chat about their Spanish learning resources for Spanish students and teachers alike.
They have published 12 books, each one focusing on a different dialect of Spanish. One of their biggest hits is a work called, “Speaking Boricua,” which is all about Puerto Rican Spanish.
Learning to have a natural conversation is probably the hardest part of learning a language.
Jim and May share a few funny stories this week about having difficulties understanding each other’s families while learning their target language. And they provide tips on comprehension when it comes to dealing with natives!
Join Jim and May as they chat with tica Carlota Morales, who breaks down everything you need to know about her country – from eco-tourism and typical food, to what makes Costa Rican Spanish so different from other countries!
Have you just began your Spanish-speaking journey? Or have you been trying to learn for a while, but seem to be getting nowhere?
This week Jim and May chat about their 5 tips to success when it comes to language learning.
Learning multiple languages when you’re young is hard enough, but can you imagine at 70?
This week Jim and May interview Steve Kaufmann, linguist, polyglot, and co-founder of LingQ, a platform designed to expand your language skill
Tune in as Jim and May chat with Hector and Beto from No Hay Tos, a podcast that teaches Spanish through informal Mexican Spanish conversations about various different topics. Learn a ton about not only the state of Veracruz, where both Hector and Beto are from but also lots of fun Mexican phrases that you won’t find in your Spanish books.
When Jim and May say “El Camino es el Destino,” they are saying that your journey to your final destination is what’s really important. The process of anything can be beautiful and sometimes people lose sight of that.
Did you know that there’s a country in Africa with Spanish as its official language? Learn all about Equatorial Guinea in this week’s episode featuring YouTuber and Equatorial Guinea native, Monanga Bueneke.
Is it possible to learn a language in a month?
Connor Grooms, the CEO of Baselang, certainly seems to think so. One of the programs his company offers was founded on the guarantee that you can go from “zero to conversational in one month.”
This week, Jim and May chat with Connor about his language journey, which began with him moving to Medellín, Colombia without speaking a lick of Spanish!
This week Jim and May talk about the Spanish from the streets, not from the books.
We all know that everyday language is not always the same as what students are taught in class.