Learn to Speak Spanish | Immersion Language Learning

I’ve been down in Ecuador with my wife for a few weeks now and we’ve been having a great time traveling to the beach, a farm, and spending time with the family. Because I write and work via Internet, I often find myself in Internet cafes.  I had almost forgotten how frustrating it can be to type the @ sign on a Spanish-formatted keyboard, and computers vary across Internet cafes. Here are 6 ways to type an @ sign if …

In 2005 I spent 2 weeks in Guanajuato (or GTO).  What a great time!  The best time to go is late September so that you can first see the city for a little bit as it normally is (calm, lots of nice little cafes, beautiful).  Then comes the Cervantino festival, where they invite dancers, musicians, and performers from all over the world.  The city takes on a new life.  A stage is built in a small plaza, upper levels of …

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to go to Spain. The history, culture, language, and of course futbol are very attractive. But a lot of students who initially have their heart set on Spain find that the prices are out of reach. Keep in mind that most of the things that Spain has to offer are also accessible in Latin America.   Language Quality For instance, if you hear that the best Spanish is spoken in Spain, that’s simply not …

I know a lot of people are nervous about their first international or study abroad experience. If you are looking for ideas on what to do and how to maximize the experience, this is the post for you. (Note that although I focus on college study abroad here, I actually base all of my advice of my personal immersion language learning trips that I did on my own, so if you are studying through a language school you can still …