One of the most basic conversations to master when you first learn Spanish is how to introduce yourself.  After you have greeted a new acquaintance for the first time, it is common that they will ask you for your name.  In an interaction with a stranger, it is usually acceptable to [...]

Most English speakers who study Spanish as a second language have hopes of one day speaking the language fluently enough to be able to communicate with a native Spanish speaker.  In order to make new relationships with Spanish speakers, you will need to know how to greet people.  If you travel [...]

Practice is the key to learning to speak any new language.  If you are a native English speaker who is learning Spanish as a second language, it may appear at first that all the pronunciations are very similar between English and Spanish.  In actuality, there are lots of slight differences between [...]

To the untrained ear, it appears that many Spanish and English pronunciations are very similar.  It is true that English and Spanish both have some of the same influences from Latin as well as an alphabet that contains almost the same characters.  English speakers who are learning Spanish as a [...]

Whatever your motivations for studying Spanish, learning numbers will be extremely beneficial to you.    If you are planning to travel abroad it will be useful for you to be able to give your passport number in Spanish, haggle prices with merchants, and provide addresses to taxi drivers.  You might even want [...]

Any time you are planning to travel to a foreign country it is a good idea to learn about the geography of the region.  If you are studying Spanish and plan to travel to a Spanish speaking region, your conversations with the locals will go much more smoothly if you know how [...]

Are you interested in learning Spanish?  More and more English speakers are seeing the benefit in being able to speak Spanish.  It is the third most spoken language in the world, so whether your interest in Spanish comes from a fascination with the culture, a desire to advance your career, or [...]

Maybe you studied a little Spanish when you were in high school, or you have just completed a beginning study course.  Now you are feeling that you have made some progress in your Spanish efforts and you are ready to take your studies to the next level.  To best know how [...]

Chances are that you are an ambitious person and your desire to study Spanish comes from your goal-driven personality.  If this describes you, then you most likely have a fairly full schedule and making the time to study and learn Spanish is difficult to fit into your life.  You will need [...]

The best way to accomplish a goal is to clearly define your objective, and make an action plan that takes you toward your desired end in the most efficient manner. If you have a goal of learning to speak Spanish well enough that you can effectively converse with a native Spanish speaker, [...]