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Spoken Spanish: Essays, La Pareja que sonreía (Paulo Coelho)

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This page contains a reading called La Pareja que sonreía in Spanish from Paulo Coelho’s book: Como El Rio Que Fluye: Pensamientos Y Reflexiones 1998-2005. This reading will not only provide you with the tools to learn and pronounce new vocabulary in Spanish [see the ultimate Google Translate Guide], it will also expose you to the timeless ideas of Paulo …

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Learning Spanish–The Curse of Humberto

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If you intend to travel to another country to learn a language, you must focus on speaking that language and not English, otherwise you will suffer what I call The Curse of Humberto. Have you ever fancied something that is a great challenge for you?  Perhaps you wanted to be a pianist but lacked the requisite digit dexterity?  Or you …

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Google Transcribe Review: A Cool New Feature of Google Translate

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If you enjoy using Google Translate, you’re likely to be a fan of a cool new feature that was released called Google Transcribe. Google Transcribe, a result of Google’s cloud speech-to-text recognition, was bundled with the Google Translate app recently in March of 2020. Simply put, Google Transcribe does live speech-to-text [which is cool by itself] but it does transcriptions …

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The 5 Best Ways To Learn Spanish [2020 Edition]

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What is the best way to learn Spanish? Spanish is spoken widely throughout the world and in ever-increasing numbers in the United States. This is probably why so many visitors write me and ask: “What is the best way to learn Spanish?” To answer this question, we polled 1,000 people who are native English speakers and are now fluent speakers …

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Learn Spanish in Buenos Aires

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If you would like to learn Spanish in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and you like to have fun, the Spanglish Exchange program is for you! After spending a couple of years living in Uruguay, I decided to take an extended trip to Buenos Aires because it is such an amazing city.

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Spanish Pronunciation: The Three Golden Rules

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Speaking Spanish should be easy. Normally, they pronounce each letter as it is. With me, the problem often lies in emphasis, in stress. Where should you place the stress on a particular word in Spanish? In my first month Living In Uruguay, I was off to meet my friends in a salsa club on a street called Rincon. I knew …

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Spoken Spanish: Essays, Viajar de forma diferente (Paulo Coelho)

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This page contains a reading in Spanish from Paulo Coelho’s book:  Como El Rio Que Fluye: Pensamientos Y Reflexiones 1998-2005.  This reading will not only provide you with the tools to learn and pronounce new vocabulary in Spanish, it will also expose you to the timeless ideas of Paulo Coelho. Below, you will find an .mp3 version of the reading which you can …

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The Challenge of Learning Spanish Verbs

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Spanish verbs are like roadblocks. You’re cruisin’ down the freeway, carefree with lots of momentum on your side and then, BAM, you hit a roadblock. I had not yet learned the best ways to learn Spanish when I started my Spanish learning process on Tuesday, July 18th.  Granted, today is only Wednesday the 19th, but I must diatribe about the …