Jetset Spanish Launches Today
The new Jetset Spanish lessons (designed by Rocket Languages) are now available. Jetset Spanish uses interactive video learning to immerse you in everyday, real-life scenarios with native Spanish speakers. Here’s a link to to the Jetset Spanish website.
How to Keep Your Spanish Skills Sharp
Even if you are an advanced or proficient Spanish speaker, you may find that your Spanish skills start to slip after a while if you don’t live in a Spanish-speaking country and don’t have the opportunity to speak Spanish on a regular basis. Naturally, you don’t want your skills to erode, especially after putting in so much time and effort to learn the language in the first place. So how can you keep your Spanish...
Sneak Preview of Jetset Spanish
Update 18 August 2011 – My colleague Kim McConnell has tested Jetset Spanish and just posted this Jetset Spanish review. *** Today I received an email from Mauricio at Rocket Languages letting me know about a new Spanish course they will soon be launching. The course is called Jetset Spanish. Jetset Spanish has been designed to take a lot of the fear out speaking Spanish when you still are learning the language and aren’t...
Spanish 60-Second Grammar Workouts
The other day on the bus, I noticed a friend of mine practicing her Spanish with the aid of a little book called Spanish 60-Second Grammar Workouts, 140 Speed Tests to Boost Your Fluency. I asked her how she liked it. “It’s great,” she replied. “These little mini-quizzes help keep me sharp on things like the past tense and imperative when I don’t have much opportunity to speak Spanish.” I borrowed...
A Spanish Word You Won’t Learn in School
A couple weeks ago I received an email from Patrick Jackson at Learning Like Crazy on the topic of “Spanish slang and informal Spanish words.” Patrick’s emails are always a pleasure to read and I usually learn something new. This particular email taught me an informal Spanish word I had never heard before, but now plan to incorporate in my vocabulary. I thought I would share it with you here. By the way, you can sign...