In this episode, Viva Spanish gets to know a bit about one of the BIG HITTERS in the Spanish language learning world  @LightSpeedSpanish and discuss all things around the language - including the characteristics for what would make an ideal student!

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After a bit of time of to build the teaching side of Viva Spanish, we are back!

With inspo coming from the new students that I'm working with, this episode touches on the untapped potential of having lived a multitud of situations, thereby being able to predict the likely structure of conversations.

Also, that 'thread' of masculine/ feminine/ plural that runs throughout Spanish is explained in detail, by way of 'possessive pronouns' - that which is: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours (pl.) and theirs...

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Neil has jumped on the podcast to chat about how he's finding things as a student six months into his Spanish journey as a Viva Spaniard in the Viva Spanish - Lunes de Locos group.

Topics covered include working in education, his history with Spain and being inspired by Viva Spaniard #001 Joey...

This episode gives a real insight into what language learning in a group environment can do beyond giving the student words...

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Joey - Viva Spaniard student 001 from when before Viva Spanish existed and the biggest supporter and backer of the Viva Spanish movement.

In this episode, we discuss learning from scratch with just an hour or two per week of classes over time... Hear Joey get put on the spot regarding what he finds trickiest in Spanish and maybe use the conversation to clear up some doubts that you have too!

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Dan from New Jersey, born to Spanish mum and American dad that is currently in Warsaw via Peru and Madrid… such an interesting conversation about established languages within relationships, nights out in Madrid and alcohol importation struggles!

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This episode has guest @theupliftgrazing come on and talk about settling into life in a new country, Spanish food, English people's Spanish and Spanish people's English! All 'entre muchas risas' having a good laugh along the way.

Follow Betty at @theupliftgrazing on Instagram.

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Viva Spanish student Dale joins the podcast today to discuss parallels in what he does with fitness and Viva Spanish does with teaching Spanish. The conversation talks around mindset, the kind of people that seek out self-improvement, the importance of consistency and what Spanish classes give Dale aside from the obvious...

Follow him at @db.fitness.lincoln on Instagram and Dale Bowman PT on Facebook.

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Joining me today was Adele, a former secondary school teacher in the UK that has seen the language journeys of many and embarked upon a variety of methods to learning multiple languages herself. Find out her opinion on what it is to be a student and teacher of languages and what it means to be a language teacher at a secondary school in a deprived area and the outlook that the children she has worked with, is...

Find really useful content from her on Instagram and TikTok @thelanguagejeanie and the Discord link that Adele mentioned to get chatting to native speaking Spaniards:

https://discord.gg/yCKu4TMuZ6

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In this episode, how to get the most out of yourself with Spanish is reflected upon, what 'immersion' means and what you should be getting in your Spanish diet to be maximising the time that you spend learning.

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Colombian born, Bajan (Barbadian)/ Canadian raised, Madrid matured... Bilingual Mateo has had an internationality diverse experience of cultures and languages in his lifetime, and has come on to discuss some of the things he has noticed along the way. (Not to mention to tell some stories of the times we shared together collaborating on projects for work and 'diversión'...)

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