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Check in with Grace as she reaches the halfway point of her online Spanish course The mum-of-one has been part of a group learning Spanish online with our tutor Megan, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. She spoke to us about the highs and lows of her experience – and what really happens in her lessons! Find out […]

Meet our lovely Spanish learner Grace… The mum-of-one was keen to learn Spanish, but couldn’t find any suitable lessons near her home in Sheffield. So she signed up for group online classes with our tutor Megan, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Follow Grace through her Spanish course Grace has agreed to share her learning journey here, to […]

I arrived ‘al aeropuerto de Alicante’ (in Alicante airport) dressed for ‘el invierno’ (winter) in an overcoat, woolly jumper, scarf and hat.   During ‘la cena’ (dinner), ‘mi madrasta'( my step-mother) lit a wood fire and put a gas heater on for good measure. Between you and I, I slept in most of ‘mi ropa (my clothes) that night as there was no heating in ‘la […]

Durante mucho tiempo, cada 8 semanas, hice el viaje de ida y vuelta de unos 1.630 km en coche hasta nuestra casa en el Reino Unido, en parte para que mi seguro siguiera teniendo validez y en parte para abastecerme de tallarines de pollo, marmite y mantequilla de cacahuete y ‘llenar nuestra bodega o, mejor […]

Our Spanish learners asked for my French blog to be translated in to Spanish.  Have a go at translating it back in to English and then check your answers on the French blog: La Montagne et Moi: Lève-tôt Es el momento de la vuelta al cole aquí en los Pirineos, y con ello llega el despertador […]

As I said in Part 1, ‘la confianza’ means both confidence and trust. The ‘trust’ issue on my last trip to Barcelona, came upon us unexpectedly.  Mi marido y yo (my husband and I) were leaving a bar, when the man sitting next to us spotted the logo on my husband’s work jacket. ‘Trabaja en Michelin?’ he asked.  A ‘larga conversación’ (long […]

‘La confianza’ means both ‘confidence’ and ‘trust’ in Spanish – both of which I found myself in great need of on my ‘viaje reciente’ (recent trip) to Barcelona.  It isn’t easy running a language business and finding out ‘soy un desastre para aprender’ (I am rubbish at learning) a new ‘idioma’ (language).   ‘Mi problema’ (my […]

If you have been thinking of learning a language but keep putting it off, join me as we overcome our fears ! Week by week, I will share my experiences as I join a class, find suitable resources and start to learn. It doesn’t matter which language you’ve decided to learn or improve, the process […]

So we’re off on our language adventure! Are you ready? Have you got your shelf or box with all of your resources? Every morning I have looked at my different coloured post-its with growing excitement and today I am actually going to make a start! I’ve also told a few people about my project and […]

How did you get on with learning your first 20 words? Haven’t tested yourself yet? Don’t panic! Get a blank piece of paper and try and picture them and just go for it. Who knows? You might even come up with some new words that you’d forgotten you knew! When I tried to write my […]