In October we held a Spanish immersion camp with a group of secondary school students from a Gymnasium in Germany. During the camp we not only taught the Spanish language and culture to the students, but at the same time the students shared their language and culture with our teachers. At the end of the… Read more »
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Banditry in the Serranía de Ronda and Sierra de Cádiz “El Tempranillo, the Andalusian Robin Hood”
The Andalusian bandit who stole from the rich to give to the poor Banditry can be considered as the piracy of the mountains. The Serranía de Ronda and the Sierra de Cádiz were the places of action of José María el Tempranillo, the most famous of these bandits, in the early18th century. In the mountains… Read more »
Survival kit for students of Spanish
Here you can download our survival kit that will help you get along during your stay with us in Prado del Rey. This collection of themes, phrases and expressions will be useful in the situations of daily life such as buying food, ordering in a restaurant, asking for directions or communicating with the people. The… Read more »
Spanish Grammar: Verbs of change (“transformarse and convertirse”)
We know that speaking a foreign language can be difficult, especially uttering those verbs which are extremely similar or the ones which have several meanings. For this reason we want to ease your learning and our native teacher Ana is going to explain the differences between “transformarse” and “convertirse” for the more advanced students. If… Read more »
Offers in the supermarket
Do you know how to buy in Spain? Catch the best offers thanks to the easy explanation of our Spanish teacher Ana, who is going to help us understand the offers in Spanish. Save money in your purchases and misunderstandings in this language, and as a gift you can improve your vocabulary. Academia Pradoventura will… Read more »
Learning how to go shopping in Spanish in Prado del Rey
At Academia Pradoventura, we apply what the students learned in theory in class to real life. So we take our students to places where they can practice their foreign language and talk to the natives. Those practical activities are very helpful to learn to be independent in every other Spanish speaking city.
Expresions related with the weather in Spanish
Our native teacher Odalis becomes a professional meteorologist and she teaches us how to talk and ask about the weather in Spanish, moreover, she is going to teach us some quite witty sayings while we review the months of the year. Do you want to learn this interesting and important vocabulary? Would you like to… Read more »
Pradoventura students go on scavenger hunt!
A good way to practice what the students learned in class is to go on a scavenger hunt. They have to a card to each establishment (like a supermarket, greengrocer, driving school, restaurant or clothes shop…). The task will be done following the instructions on each card, like where to go next and what to… Read more »
Spanish Grammar: Direct and indirect object pronouns
In this video about direct and indirect pronouns, you are going to learn how to differentiate the verbs with one direct object from the verbs with two objects, a direct one and another indirect one. It can be so difficult to use adequately the direct and indirect objects in Spanish! Most of the time, the… Read more »
How to introduce yourself in Spanish?
Do you want to meet and greet new people in Spain? Our Spanish teacher Odalis will teach you how to introduce yourselves, and thanks to the questions and answers provided by our students and their teacher, you will be able to introduce yourselves to any Spanish speaking person and get to know new people easily…. Read more »