Top 5 Reasons Small Spanish Classes are Best
Let’s travel back in time—think about your Spanish classes from high school: How big were they? Did you feel like you got a lot of one-on-one time with the teacher? Were the classes personalized to your learning style and needs? If you were lucky enough to have small Spanish classes, then you probably learned faster and more efficiently! In high school, my Spanish classes were huge; I...Read More
Moving Day in Spanish
It’s moving day guys! How many times have you moved? In the first 3 months of our marriage, my husband and I moved 4 times, and we are constantly traveling to visit family. Suffice it to say, I have a lot of experience packing and moving – and I don’t particularly like it! It can be such a stressful experience, especially if you’re doing it in a foreign country. With all this experience...Read More
Why Doesn’t My Child Want to Speak Spanish with Me?
Updated on March 18, 2020. The rewarding challenge of raising bilingual children can often take an unexpected turn into confusion. Despite your best efforts, you notice that your child refuses to speak your home language. The frustrations mount and parents often begin to feel helpless in this situation. But wait, the good news is up ahead! If you have a young one who used to speak Spanish...Read More
Homework: How Much is Too Much?
Have you ever wondered if your child is getting enough—or too much—homework? The debate about homework rages on with parents and educators around the globe. Those with opinions take position along a spectrum, ranging from completely against homework to believing that kids today just aren’t getting enough. Where do you stand? According to research, the amount of time spent daily on...Read More
Pronunciation of vowels and letters C and G
As a native Spanish speaker, I’ve had the pleasure to work with people from all over the world. One of the common themes that I see my coworkers struggling with is Spanish pronunciation. Now, this is not because it’s a hard language to speak, but because they can be a little shy about their accent. From my experience, most Latinoamericanos greatly appreciate when a person makes an...Read More
Private and Hybrid School Students Benefit from Outsourced Spanish Class
Did you know that in addition to individual and paired Spanish classes, Homeschool Spanish Academy is the leading expert for teaching virtual Spanish classes to groups? We have been piloting this program for 2 years, developing and fine-tuning a format that works best for classroom settings. Look no further—you can have a certified native Spanish-speaking teacher in your...Read More
Confusing consonants in Spanish
One of the more exciting aspects of learning a new language is finding out the unusual characters it contains, and Spanish is no exception. Not only do we have special characters like ‘ñ’, but also combined characters like ‘ll.’ There are also some letters that sound the same and others whose sound depends on its placement in a word. Phew! All that can make your head spin if you take...Read More
Top 40 False Cognates in Spanish That Will Trip You Up and Confuse You
Updated on March 11, 2020. If you have studied Spanish for a little while, you’ve likely noticed the many similarities between English and Spanish, especially the words we call cognates. Owing to both languages’ Latin roots, it’s pretty easy to identify the meaning of new words in Spanish, for the most part! Watch out for the trickiest part of learning Spanish: the false...Read More
Ahorita and Its Multiple Meanings
Do you remember the blog about ya where we introduced you to the first of many Spanish words that have multiple meanings? Today, we’ll continue exploring the phenomenon of words that are spelled the same but don’t mean the same thing! We can categorize these words as: Polysemic words – words that have one single origin, but when used in different contexts have different meanings....Read More