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 »
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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 »
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 »
Spanish grammar: the future
Como sabemos, existen dos tipos de futuro en español: “ir a + infinitivo” y el futuro simple “comeré”. Normalmente, ambos tiempos verbales tienen el mismo valor de posterioridad en las acciones, pero quizá queráis saber qué preferencias existen a la hora de elegir uno u otro. En este tutorial, Tania y Laura explican las formas… Read more »
Fragments from Don Quijote in the Spanish class on the Book Day
Today on the Book Day we pay homage to Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the novel “Don Quixote” which is the most important work of Spanish literature and one of the works of world literature that has been translated into the most languages. In the Spanish class today with the group of a high A2 level,… Read more »
Activity for the Spanish class: The teenage slang
The students of the advanced Spanish levels B1 or B2 often tell me about some difficulties they face when they meet young people and try to have a conversation with them in Spanish. The language used by young people in Spain the so-called ‘jerga juvenil’ which means ‘youth slang’ or ‘teenage slang’ in English. There… Read more »
Interview with our Spanish teacher Ángeles Guerrero Tenorio
The second interview that our colleagues from an agency that represents our courses did, was with our Spanish teacher Ángeles Guerrero. Some days ago we published the interview with Irene Cañas and in the next days we will publish the one with Marina Castillo when the translation is ready. We hope that her answers and… Read more »
Interview with our Spanish teacher Irene Cañas Moreno
Our associates from an agency that represents our language school school us came to visit us in Prado del Rey and interviewed our teachers on the occasion of their visit with many interesting questions about teaching Spanish and learning languages and we want to share their answers with you. Some of you readers of the blog know Irene, Ángeles and Marina and their tips will be useful for you. And for the rest of you who do not know them yet, the interviews are certainly helpful for you to get an idea of what to expect in your Spanish at our language school in Prado del Rey.
Activity for the Spanish class: The game “The psychologist”
In this post I’m going to present you a game that made me spend funny moments with a group of students with A1 level. From there on I have used it several times to review the vocabulary of descriptions of the physical aspect and character or I adapt it to other contexts.
Spanish conversation class: A poem for the Day of Andalusia
(Español) Este post es sobre mi experiencia positiva en la última clase de conversación ELE y quiero compartir la actividad con vosotros para que os pueda servir de inspiración para vuestras clases de conversación.