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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast, I share my thoughts on an idea I call ‘The Gap.’
The gap is something that affects all language students, I see it everywhere and in everyone. It is something that will cause you frustration unless you have a tactic for dealing with it. In this tip, I’ll explain what the gap is and how you can overcome it. [Read more…] about Tips 014: The One About The Gap
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Reflexive verbs can cause confusion amongst Spanish students. But they don’t have to.
As a follow up to the previous podcast episodes on Spanish verbs, this episode presents the reflexive form of Spanish verbs. In order to get a good understanding of reflexive verbs, we need to start back a the most basic sentence structure. Have a listen to today’s podcast to see how you can start to use these types of verbs in your Spanish conversations. [Read more…] about Tips 013: 5 Useful Spanish Reflexive Verbs For Conversation
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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast, we will discuss the topic of Perfectionism.
Perfectionism is related to procrastination but in a weird way. Both of these ‘P’ words tend to be the habits of two very different types of students yet both students will end up with the same results. [Read more…] about Tips 012: Are You Suffering From Perfectionism?
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This tip “estoy por” is the second part of a two part series on the words: ser, estar, por y para.
In this episode of the podcast you will learn about the other two words: estar y por. If you haven’t listened to the first part, which was episode 9 – para ser, then make sure you go back and listen to that episode first before you listen to this one. Similar to the first episode I provide a list of common expressions that will allow you to convey ideas straight from English in a conversational way. [Read more…] about Tips 011: Estoy Por – I’m up for…
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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast you will hear about tactics for dealing with procrastination.
Procrastination can be a silent killer. If you have ever found yourself procrastinating then this will be holding you back. It could be stopping you from achieving your goals in Spanish. It could be slowing you down. If you want to tackle the problem of getting to a conversational level in Spanish then beating procrastination is an important part of the answer. [Read more…] about Tips 010: Beating Procrastination – What Has Worked For Me
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In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast you will get to hear a fresh approach to an old problem.
Words such as ‘ser’ vs ‘estar’ and ‘por’ vs ‘para’ tend to cause a lot of confusion. One of the reasons that I believe these words tend to cause so much confusion is that they are always taught side by side. Meaning that when you learn these words you tend to be given a list of situations that ‘ser’ should be used and another set of situations where ‘estar’ should be used at the same time and then later you need to recall these two lists in order to apply the right word.
[Read more…] about Tips 009: Para Ser – In Order To Be
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