Listening to compressed words in Spanish
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
I’ve been trying to improve my listening skills in Spanish. So far I’m terrible at it but I’m picking up more words the longer I listen.
Find music you actually like in the language you are learning
Sun, Jan 11, 2009
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
Photo by [nati]
One of the great challenges of learning a new language is immersing yourself in the new language enough so that you can almost absorb it through osmosis .
Introducing the BibleFeed project
Fri, Jan 9, 2009
I’m definitely a creature of habit. I often tell myself I need to read the bible more, so I could actually know something about my faith.
Learn Spanish Vocabulary in the Shower
Sat, Dec 6, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
It is said that the best way to learn a foreign language is through total immersion.
Frases en Español: Néctar de Guayaba de concentrado
Sat, Nov 22, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
While celebrating my youngest son’s birthday earlier this week, I was enjoying a can of my favorite drink from México: Del Valle Néctar de Guayaba de concentrado (guava juice nectar from concentrate) when I realized I had just found the source for my next Frases en Español post!
Frases en Español: Mobile Phone
Mon, Nov 17, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
I recently discovered that I could switch my phone’s display language from English to Spanish, and in doing so I was blown away by the new vocabulary that I hadn’t seen elsewhere.
Recovering from a period of demotivation
Fri, Oct 24, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
I need to make a confession. Over the past month or two, I’ve not been studying Spanish or any other language as I should.
I switched my KDE desktop to Spanish
Mon, Sep 8, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
As I mentioned at the end of my article, Setting up a Spanish keyboard in Windows Vista , I am primarily a user of Linux and the KDE desktop environment.
10 free 1 hour tutoring sessions on eduFire
Fri, Jul 11, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
Babelhut was recently named one of the top 21 language bloggers on the web by eduFire.
Setting up a Spanish keyboard in Windows Vista
Wed, Jun 4, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
Can’t figure out how to type “¿Dónde está el baño?” on your keyboard? If you use Windows Vista, this article will tell you how to setup a Spanish keyboard so that you can type all those characters that aren’t standard on your keyboard.
Patrick's Spanish Study Methods
Tue, May 20, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
I was on the phone with my friend Patrick, who has been my friend for about 12 years, and one of the things we discussed was our study of Spanish.
Tue, May 6, 2008
This post was originally posted on Babelhut.
I recently purchased a book called Spanish Verbs And Essentials of Grammar to strengthen my understanding of Spanish grammar and conjugation.