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03.19.2021
In this lesson Gordon gets a suprise topic thrust upon him by Cynthia and this Advanced Spanish videocast. Be sure to stay with us to the end when it all gets a bit crazy! If you like this Advanced Spanish ...
In this lesson we talk about the meaning of success in our latest advanced Spanish student videocast. Be sure to check out our other advanced Spanish student videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level ...
In this lesson we talk about family values in our lastest advanced Spanish speaker videocast. Be sure to check out our other advanced Spanish speaker videocasts here. We release a new videocast each week and vary the level from Beginner ...
In this lesson we use the past tense to talk about our childhood in Spanish. This is a handy lesson to help you to hear how the past is used to talk about long ago times, like our childhood in ...
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The Great Push Thanks to the ongoing crisis, there is a enormous wave in Spain of the Spanish learning English. Why? Well, what they know is that if they are going to find work in their own country, then they ...
Fun Stories and Spanish Jokes Being a Spanish teacher has many fun moments, but none as funny as the ones in which a student makes an error that is simply hilarious. Why is it, however, that most times the error ...
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive Before you watch this podcast-video, we suggest that you watch video 9 and 10 in the range of Subjunctive videos that we have made in which we help you with the structure of this tense. Scary ...
Present Subjunctive Spanish. This podcast is designed to pull together the range of eight videos that I (Gordon) made on the Present Subjunctive Spanish. Click here to go to the Youtube playlist. Why so many videos? The reason I made ...
Spanish Spanish? Let me start by saying that this subject is a highly polemic and controversial one. Making a blog and a podcast on this is like throwing a lighted match into a powder keg. Already, we have a small ...
Very strong Spanish swear words This is the third in the series of Spanish swear words and general profanities. Please ensure that before you watch this video that you are 18 years of age or more. It contains strong language. ...
Spanish Swear Words. For those of our followers who have already watched or listened to our previous podcast on Spanish swear words, then you will know that the Spanish are very good at cursing. In fact, swearing is as much ...
Spanish Insults. The first thing to make clear when we talk about Spanish insults is that we are talking about the way insults are used in the Spanish mainland. Every country has its own way of using insults. In some ...
Madrid vs Barcelona. There exists a tremendous rivalry between ‘los madrileños’ from Madrid and ‘los barceloneses’ from Barcelona. One would imagine that the rivalry exists specifically because of football and the fact that the two great cities have two of ...
What is La Crisis. Talk to any Spanish person about the Spanish economy and you will hear the words ‘la crisis’ within their first few sentences. In fact, talk to any Spanish person about anything and you will still find ...
Funny Spanish Stories. In this podcast Cynthia and I talk about some funny things that happened to us during our Christmas break. (Listen to the podcast and you’ll understand ‘el significado de’ the teabag photo.) It offers you an ideal ...
For many years now, Spanish weddings have been a spectacular event that takes months to prepare. No expense is spared to provide the guests with luxurious settings, gourmet food and an endless flow of wines and spirits. The entire experience ...
This online Spanish lesson from LightSpeed Spanish is about las drogas. A Cynthia no le gustó este tema. The truth is, I (Gordon) kind of forced Cynthia to talk about this subject and “ella no estaba muy contenta” something you ...
Have you had an experience in your life that changed its entire course? ¿Has tenido lo que se llama ‘un momento revelador’? In our journey through life many things happen to us, some of them “muy buenas” and others, “terriblemente ...
Ahora, ¡un tema difícil! We chose to include this subject as a Spanish video lesson not because we are experts on politics, nor because we are interested in it! In fact, we don’t really know why we made it! However, ...
This free Spanish lesson — all of our Spanish lessons are free, by the by — was great fun to make. “¡Fue super divertido!” In it we talk about the funny moments that have happened to us over the past ...
Mercedes, Cynthia’s mum, gives a great interview with Gordon in this advanced Spanish podcast, in which she talks clearly about the youth in Spain and the challenges and opportunities they have before them. At the time of the interview Spain ...
In this advanced Spanish podcast, we’re going to talk about movies in the Spanish language. The Spanish cinema has a very different attitude toward films. Do you know that virtually all the films shown in Spain are overdubbed or “dobladas” ...
This advanced Spanish audio has to do with the year 2012. Cynthia and I recorded this podcast in the lead up to this much discussed and anticipated year. At that time there were many differing opinions of what was going ...
This free Spanish podcast has everything to do with alternative medicine. In today’s modern world, medicine has moved forward at a tremendous speed and surgeons have the skills to perform breathtaking and lifesaving operations never before seen. Y eso nos ...
In this free Spanish audio lesson, we discuss diets and their effectiveness. Cynthia and I have very strong views on this subject, which, we must state, are purely our own opinions. “Es posible” that you think something completely different from ...
This advanced Spanish lesson takes you through a day out we spent at Xanadú, a large shopping centre on the outskirts of Madrid we visited during one of our trips to Spain. Xanadú is a very special and unusual attraction ...
Whilst in Spain did you ever notice the amount of bumps and bruises that most Spanish cars have? Listen in and learn some of the reasons why they treat their cars so roughly. Of course, all the additional information and ...
For someone learning the language, there’s no replacing Spanish listening practice. Listening to native speakers is a fundamental part of the learning process. Here, Leti, Cynthia’s cousin, describes some of the strange things she’s been required to do during her ...
This free Spanish audio should get your toes tapping because today we’re talking about la musica. One of the downfalls of living in the UK for us is that the music that gets played on the radio is only either ...
In this free Spanish audio lesson, we discuss la familia española, the Spanish family. Every culture has its own personality and way of being and none more so than the Spanish from mainland Spain. For them, family is still very ...
In this advanced Spanish podcast we review the film, El Laberinto del Fauno or Pan’s Labyrinth by the director, Guillermo del Toro. We aren’t film critics but we were inspired to talk about this particular film because of the fact ...
In this podcast, we do a bit of listening practice in Spanish as we interview Quique Lorenzo, a full time footballer who currently plays for a team in Madrid. Quique has an interesting accent given that he is from Almería ...
This is the second advanced Spanish podcast on the subject of food in Spain. We have had to split the topic into two because it’s such a massive area about which to talk. And don’t think for a moment that ...
In this advanced Spanish lesson, we discuss the enormous subject of the attitude of the Spanish to food. There is so much to say, we’ve split it into two and even then, haven’t scratched the surface of the significance of ...
In this most-recent podcast, we look at using the preterite vs imperfect in Spanish. We use anecdotes to assist you in understanding how these two past tenses can be used to weave together a great story. As we’ve mentioned before, ...