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Silent Letters in Spanish–A Short But Important List from 2016-01-21T13:42:26
There are only 2 regular silent letters in the Spanish language. But, you’ll need to be careful with both of these letters because they are silent in some words and pronounced in others. In addi...
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Tips 116: La Vida Te Cambia from 2015-09-24T13:59:13
Imagine your partner says to you that as a couple you should move together to the other side of the world to start a new life. Could you do it? Would you do it? This week we talk to Cristina Ort...
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Tips 115: Life in Madrid with Daniel Welsch–Part 2 from 2015-07-19T11:24:26
This episode of the podcast is part 2 of a two-part interview with Daniel Welsch. If you missed part 1 of the interview you go back and listen to it here. Daniel has some great advice for Spanis...
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Tips 114: Life in Madrid with Daniel Welsch from 2015-06-29T12:14:49
Ever considered an ex-pat life in Spain? This week you will hear from Daniel Welsch who has been living in Madrid for more than 10 years. I’m very excited to welcome Daniel to the podcast. It is...
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Tips 113: An Insider’s Guide to the Canary Islands from 2015-06-25T11:23:13
One question you have to ask yourself if you are learning Spanish is: which accent should you focus on? How do you choose an accent? Does it matter? In this week’s theory podcast I interview Alb...
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Tips 112: The Power of Noticing from 2015-06-22T11:47:24
How much do you notice? Actually notice? Did you know that the ability to notice is a skill that can be improved? And that you can use that ability to improve your language learning capacity? T...
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Tips 111: Common Spanish Verbs – 6 Uses for the Verb “Acabar” from 2015-06-18T12:59:47
Can you explain when you use “to end” and “to finish” in English? If so, you can apply the idea to the Spanish verbs “acabar” and “terminar”. This week’s Spanish theory episode is dedicated to ...
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Tips 110: How to Set Yourself for Language Learning Success with John Fotheringham (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-06-15T10:30:40
In today’s mindset podcast you will hear part 2 of the two part interview with John Fotheringham. In the second part of the interview we discuss how to manage frustration due to a lack of progre...
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Tips 109: How to Use the Spanish Verb “Hay” from 2015-06-11T13:03:57
“Hay” is a unique Spanish verb. It is related to the verb “haber” or commonly referred to as the impersonal form of “haber”. In today’s podcast, you will learn how to use the verb “hay” in the p...
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Tips 108: How to Set Yourself for Language Learning Success with John Fotheringham (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-06-08T13:27:05
In this week’s mindset podcast we welcome John Fotheringham to talk about habit forming, how to set goals for success and one aspect of language learning that rarely gets discussed. John is a pa...
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Tips 107: 8 Uses of Ser and Estar with Adjectives from 2015-06-04T12:21:30
The uses of Ser and Estar are an important part of Spanish that you should always be revising. In today’s podcast, you will learn about one specific part: the uses of ser and estar with adjectiv...
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Tips 106: Language Learning, Teaching English, Capoeira and Living in Brazil with Shayna Oliveira (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-06-01T11:02:27
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview with Shayna Oliveira. In this second part of the interview we cover language learning expectations, creating good study habits, getting ove...
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Tips 105: Common Spanish Verbs–9 Uses for the Word “Hacer” from 2015-05-28T12:55:10
How well can you make do in Spanish? This week, for the theoretical Spanish podcast, you will learn about the uses of the verb ‘hacer’. Of course, ‘hacer’ doesn’t just mean ‘to make’ or ‘to do’,...
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Tips 104: Language Learning, Teaching English, Capoeira and Living in Brazil with Shayna Oliveira (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-05-25T12:46:35
In this week’s mindset podcast we welcome Shayna Oliveira to talk about language exchanges, building friendships and teaching English. Shayna is teaching English over at http://www.espressoengli...
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Tips 103: Common Spanish Verbs–7 Uses for the Word “Pasar” from 2015-05-21T13:14:53
The verb ‘pasar‘ is in the top 10 most common regular Spanish verbs. It occurs frequently, it is useful and easy to conjugate. But, it is used in a lot of different situations and contexts, whic...
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Tips 102: What an Astronaut can Teach Us about Learning Spanish from 2015-05-18T09:44:08
It’s hard to imagine the feeling of being in a space shuttle when it is taking off. But I could imagine the experience may involve a lot fear. It’s a funny comparison but speaking Spanish in pub...
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Tips 101: Olvidar vs Olvidarse–How to Forget in Spanish from 2015-05-14T12:51:20
Is forgetting in Spanish as simple as forgetting in English? If you want to forget in Spanish or at least express the idea, there are three ways you can do it. This week explore how the verb ‘ol...
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Tips 100: How to Diversify your Spanish Skills by Solving Problems from 2015-05-11T11:50:58
Last year, when I was living in Madrid, I was chatting to a friend about a very addictive chocolate biscuit we have in Australia. She said she would love to try them. Immediately after uttering ...
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Tips 099: Transitive vs Intransitive Verbs In Spanish from 2015-05-07T13:57:39
The good thing about transitive and intransitive verbs in Spanish is most English students tend to get them right when guessing. The bad thing is we don’t really learn about this idea in school....
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Tips 098: How to Improve Your Memory–The Most Important Principle from 2015-05-04T11:48:49
Memory is important for language learning. That’s pretty obvious. But how can you improve your memory? It turns out there are a number of simple tactics to can use to boost your memory. But unde...
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Tips 097: Common Spanish Verbs–7 Uses for the Word “Llegar” from 2015-04-30T15:12:42
In this week’s theory podcast we take a close look at the verb “llegar”. “Llegar” is a common Spanish verb and generally gets used correctly by native English students but there are more ways to...
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Tips 096: How to Overcome Fear and Put Yourself Out There with Kris Broholm (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-04-27T11:28:31
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview that I recently did with Kris Broholm. Kris is running his own language learning podcast called The Actual Fluency Podcast. He was great fu...
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Tips 095: How to Make a Phone Call in Spanish from 2015-04-23T12:20:47
Answering the phone is an everyday occurrence. But the rules of phone etiquette in English don’t exactly work in another language. When you make a phone call in Spanish, the language you tend to...
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Tips 094: How to Overcome Fear and Put Yourself Out There with Kris Broholm (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-04-20T12:36:57
This week we welcome Kris Broholm to the podcast to discuss language learning mindset. Kris is running a language learning podcast called Actual Fluency. Each week he invites on an ‘expert’ lang...
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Tips 093: What to See and Do in Valencia from 2015-04-16T11:18:35
Valencia is an amazing city. It home to delicious food, a good climate, great people and some impressive modern architecture. In this week’s Spanish podcast episode we talk about what to see and...
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Tips 092: Olly Richards on Speaking Spanish Sooner (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-04-13T12:36:44
This podcast episode is part 2 of a two part interview on language learning with Olly Richards. If you haven’t listened to part 1 of the interview then go back and start with part 1 first. In t...
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Tips 091: Possessive Pronouns in Spanish from 2015-04-09T12:18:34
Possessive pronouns in Spanish are generally straightforward except for one small detail. The detail is about knowing whether or not you need to use the definite articles with the possessive pr...
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Tips 090: Olly Richards on Speaking Spanish Sooner (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-04-06T10:50:46
This week we welcome Olly Richards to the podcast. Olly can speak 7 languages and knows a lot about the process of acquiring foreign languages. In this mindset podcast, Olly shares some of his b...
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Tips 089: 4 Ways to Translate“Even”from English to Spanish from 2015-04-03T12:29:34
In today’s theoretical podcast, we will take a closer look at some of the different ways the word “even” can be translated from English to Spanish. When you are listening to today’s podcast, hav...
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Tips 088: How to Make Your Spanish Conversations Less Awkward from 2015-03-30T10:41
What are your conversations like in Spanish? Do they flow? or do they stall? Being a great conversationalist in your first language doesn’t come easily—so how then can you be great in your secon...
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Tips 087: Spanish Prepositions of Position (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-03-26T11:54:48
In this podcast episode you will learn the second half of the prepositions of position. This episode is part 2 of a two part series and follows on from the last theoretical episode. In last week...
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Tips 086: How to Build Confidence with Ruan De Witt (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-03-23T10:13:05
Confidence in language learning is huge. Those who think they can and those who think that can’t are probably right. This mindset episode of the podcast is part 2 of a two part interview I did ...
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Tips 085: Spanish Prepositions of Position (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-03-19T12:58:45
Prepositions are hard. Why? Because prepositions rarely translate well between languages. And their use often doesn’t follow a nice set of rules. For example, when is something below and when is...
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Tips 084: How to Build Confidence with Ruan De Witt (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-03-16T10:33:50
In 2005, Ruan De Witt was riding his bicycle on a bridge in France. A passing car caused him to fall from the bridge onto the busy highway below. He broke his pelvis, hands, elbow and back. He s...
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Tips 083: Tratar–How to Treat this Helpful Spanish Verb from 2015-03-12T12:45:18
In this week’s theoretical Spanish podcast we will explore the verb ‘tratar‘. ‘Tratar‘ can be confusing because of one particular meaning that is difficult to translate to English. But this diff...
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Tips 082: Why you Need to Overcome your Fears with Amy Whitney from 2015-03-09T10:03:04
This week Amy Whitney is on the podcast. Her story beautifully captures the idea that language learning is hard but truly worth it. Amy has been a regular listener of the Real Fast Spanish Tips ...
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Tips 081: 3 Spanish Phrases with the Verb‘Caer’ from 2015-03-05T12:27:53
In this week’s podcast tip we are going to look at the verb ‘caer’. We will look at the differences between ‘caer’ and ‘caerse’ and give a few spanish phrases using this common verb. What you wi...
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Tips 080: How to Create a Strong Connection to New Spanish Vocabulary from 2015-03-02T09:10
One way to increase your rate of learning spanish is to make deeper connections to new spanish vocabulary. If you can create a strong new memory every time you discover a new word in Spanish you...
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Tips 079: Quedar vs Quedarse–How to Use this Handy Spanish Verb from 2015-02-26T12:55:54
Understanding the differences between verbs such as quedar vs quedarse is a constant challenge for Spanish students. Not only is ‘quedar’ versatile for its use in different contexts, but it chan...
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Tips 078: How to Find More Time for Your Spanish from 2015-02-23T12:03:28
There is never enough time. Well, at least, it feels that way. Despite how busy you feel, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. Yet some still manage to get so much more done. How? For as long...
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Tips 077: Common Spanish Verbs–6 Uses for the Word “Echar” from 2015-02-19T12:51:44
Sometimes mastery of a foreign language is less about how many words you know and more about how many words you know well. Your job as a language student is not to cram as much into your memory ...
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Tips 076: Learning Spanish Vocabulary–A Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy from 2015-02-16T10:24:06
Learning Spanish vocabulary or the vocabulary of any language is a big task. Put simply—it takes focused effort overtime. But there are ways to increase the effectiveness of your vocabulary lear...
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Tips 075: The 4 Past Spanish Translations of‘Was’ from 2015-02-12T12:59:22
One long term ongoing test for english students learning Spanish is the difference between ‘ser’ and ‘estar’. For me these two words remind me of studying physics—as you move up the levels they ...
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Tips 074: How to Avoid Feeling Dumb in Spanish from 2015-02-09T10:56:04
A complaint I often hear is “I feel dumb in Spanish”. I don’t just hear this complaint from other students. I hear it in my own head as well. It’s not a huge surprise we feel this way. But why d...
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Tips 073: How to Order Food in Spanish–A Restaurant Role-Play from 2015-02-05T11:11:39
I don’t know how many times I have walked into a Spanish restaurant and said the wrong thing. It could be at the start of the meal, during or even after I have paid. The idea seems simple enough...
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Tips 072: How to Effectively Use 3 Essential Resources to Improve Your Spanish from 2015-02-02T09:27:16
You may have heard the expression “time is money”. I don’t know if that’s true. Maybe it is. What I do know is that time has one thing in common with money and that is it can be poorly spent. It...
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Tips 071: 10 Tapas You Have to Try Before You Die and 5 You Might Want to Avoid from 2015-01-29T11:46:30
How adventurous are you when it comes to food? Are you the kind of person that tries anything once? Even if you are, you might still want to know what you are getting into. Just in case. Walking...
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Tips 070: How To Improve Your Focus (Part 2 of 2) from 2015-01-26T11:59:57
Have you ever felt like there are hundreds of things competing to distract you and limiting your focus? Or have you ever thought that for one problem resolved there are additional five others th...
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Tips 069: What You Need to Know about Spanish Eating Customs Before your Next Trip to Spain from 2015-01-22T09:00:04
Imagine that it is 7 o’clock. A Thursday night. You are in the main street of one of the biggest cities in Spain and everything is closed. Nobody around. All the bars are empty. You think to you...
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Tips 068: How To Improve Your Focus (Part 1 of 2) from 2015-01-19T10:00:16
I sometimes find it difficult to focus. I also feel this lack of focus is holding me back from achieving my goals. But is focus something that is only reserved for a certain type of person? Or c...
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Tips 067: Common Spanish Verbs–5 Uses For The Word “Dar” from 2015-01-15T12:44:49
‘Dar’ is one of a small list of common spanish verbs that will have a big impact on your Spanish. It is another verb that means a lot of different things in a lot of different contexts. Due to t...
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Tips 066: How Do Excuses Affect Language Learning? How One Change Can Make A Big Difference from 2015-01-12T12:22
How many times have you heard that you should stop making excuses? It’s good advice. Don’t make excuses. But, there is a way to change how you make excuses. You can make your excuses powerful. ...
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Tips 065: How to Tell The Time In Spanish, Time Based Greetings and The Merits of an Early Start from 2015-01-08T10:00:03
Knowing how ask and tell the time in Spanish should be in every student’s repertoire. I would also label ‘telling the time’ as essential Spanish vocabulary for travel. If you are making bookings...
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Tips 064: The 6 Different Types Of Overwhelm And How To Avoid Them from 2015-01-05T10:00:26
Overwhelm sneaks up on us. Sometimes we see it coming. Sometimes we don’t. There are actually 6 different types of overwhelm. And the annoying thing, if you are experiencing any of them, your la...
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Tips 063: How To Use The Spanish Future Tense from 2015-01-01T10:00:59
After New Year’s Celebrations have finished, it is usually time to start thinking about the future. If you want to talk about your future goals, resolutions or plans in Spanish, the Spanish futu...
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Tips 062: Why You Should Rethink Your New Year’s Resolution from 2014-12-29T11:56:48
Should you bother setting a new year’s resolution? Maybe you have set one in the past and thought “what’s the point?” It’s just something we do on New Year’s Eve as part of tradition, right? Or ...
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Tips 061: Spanish Christmas Vocabulary–¡Feliz Navidad! from 2014-12-25T10:42:41
Christmas in Spain is quite different to Christmas in Australia. In today’s podcast episode we discuss some of the differences between Christmas in our two countries. We will also cover some imp...
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Tips 060: Minimum Effective Dose And Language Learning from 2014-12-22T12:49:18
The ‘minimum effective dose’ is a term borrowed from the medical world. It seeks to answer the question: what is the minimum amount of input I need to achieve a desired result? Or in other words...
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Tips 059: An Insider’s Guide To Barcelona from 2014-12-18T11:23:32
Barcelona is a fascinating city. It’s full of life, interesting architecture and culture. In today’s podcast episode we are going to do an interview with Maria to learn about her famous city. I ...
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Tips 058: What You Should Know About San Fermín from 2014-12-15T12:49:46
The San Fermín festival is infamous. Outside of Spain, well at least here in Australia, it is known as ‘The Running Of The Bulls Festival.’ Every year there is a thirty second slot reserved on t...
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Tips 057: How To Use The Spanish Conditional Tense from 2014-12-11T12:18:51
Do you know how to express would, could and should in Spanish? In this tip we will be looking at the Spanish conditional tense. We will give a few examples of how to form this conjugation. And w...
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Tips 056: How To Avoid Breaking The Chain And Improve Your Spanish Faster from 2014-12-08T11:47:35
What can Jerry Seinfeld teach us about learning Spanish? Before I say what it is, it’s definitely one lesson I wish I had learned earlier. Jerry Seinfeld probably doesn’t need an introduction. B...
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Tips 055: Pretérito Indefinido–The Simple Spanish Past Tense from 2014-12-04T11:22:25
This week on the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast we will be looking at another Spanish past tense. This Spanish past tense is called ‘Pretérito Indefinido’ or ‘Pasado Indefinido’. As well as intr...
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Tips 054: The Secret To Success from 2014-12-01T09:00:31
In this podcast episode I’m going to give away the secret to success. I’m going to share the one thing you need to know to be successful at learning a language. What is most interesting about th...
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Tips 053: 10 Spanish False Friends You Need To Know from 2014-11-27T09:47:39
There are a number of words that are exactly the same in English and Spanish. This is a big advantage of learning Spanish. But, this advantage is completely lost if you run into Spanish false fr...
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Tips 052: How To Better Your Best from 2014-11-24T09:06:24
Have you ever heard another language student speak and thought to yourself you will never reach their level? I have. I have met language students who have achieved an almost native level. And wh...
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Tips 051: 3 Spanish Phrases With The Verb‘Poner’ from 2014-11-20T10:23:57
‘Poner’ is one of a small list of Spanish verbs with a huge assortment of common uses. There are 28 uses for “poner” listed in my Spanish to Spanish dictionary. Some uses of ‘poner’ are more fre...
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Tips 050: How To Think In Spanish from 2014-11-17T10:00:02
If I could think in Spanish then I could speak in Spanish. If I could think in Spanish then I good do anything in Spanish. How then can I start to think in Spanish? There is no secret to thinkin...
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Tips 049: The Past Imperfect from 2014-11-13T14:29:26
This week on the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast we will be looking at the past imperfect tense. There are many different past tenses in Spanish. And as you build your knowledge you will need to ...
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Tips 048: 4 Crucial Steps For Improving Your Listening Comprehension from 2014-11-10T11:49:11
As I stood there listening to her, I understood nothing. Not a word. Why after all this time of practicing was my comprehension so poor? I thought I have failed at Spanish and at life. But after...
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Tips 047: 10 Common Ways To React In Spanish from 2014-11-06T18:41:13
As you build your Spanish knowledge you will find yourself reacting to lots of different scenarios. Each scenario will require it’s own vocabulary and a different set of reactions. In today’s po...
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Tips 046: The Best Time Of Day To Study from 2014-11-03T11:43:22
Have you figured out what time of day you should be studying? Let’s assume that you have managed to get into the habit of practicing daily. The next question is how you can get the most out of t...
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Tips 045: How To Make Your Spanish Sound Better Than It Is from 2014-10-30T12:24:13
When you hear the word ‘guiri’, it’s worth double checking to see if the person who is speaking is talking about you. The word is generally used to talk about foreigners. The word ‘guiri’ is com...
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Tips 044: How To Use The Power Of Accountability In Your Spanish from 2014-10-27T10:24:42
In today’s mindset podcast we take a deep dive into a heavy topic. We will take a look at accountability. We do this with the intention of using the idea of accountability to propel our Spanish ...
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Tips 043: Spanish Introductions With Arantxa Flórez from 2014-10-23T07:00:08
This week on the podcast we welcome our first guest. Arantxa Flórez joins us to discuss Spanish introductions. The first phase in any conversation is an exchange of pleasantries. So what are the...
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Tips 042: What Didn’t Work For Me And How To Learn Spanish Quickly from 2014-10-20T10:00:45
I have had a lot of embarrassing moments learning Spanish. I have referred to these moments as failures. But the best thing about failures is that they tell a story of what doesn’t work. One of ...
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Tips 041: 3 Common Ways To Use“Llevar”In A Conversation from 2014-10-16T10:00:06
The word “llevar” is one of the most versatile words in the Spanish language. There are 23 uses for “llevar” listed in my Spanish to Spanish dictionary. But in today’s episode of the podcast, we...
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Tips 040: What You Need To Know About Give Up Triggers from 2014-10-13T10:00
It is a hard question to ask – When do I give up? And Why? But, if you have the courage to ask, you may discover an answer in the self-analysis that is worth the effort. When I was 9 I gave up p...
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Tips 039: 15 Different Ways To Express Frequency In Spanish from 2014-10-09T13:39:18
If you want to express frequency in Spanish then you should get to know at least one of the phrases in today’s podcast. We are going to look at 15 different ways to express frequency starting fr...
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Tips 038: How To Set Language Learning Expectations from 2014-10-06T10:00:52
What is an expectation? How do you currently set expectations? Are there such things as bad expectations? Are you setting expectations that are stopping you achieving your Spanish goals? In toda...
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Tips 037: Expressing Cause And Effect In Spanish from 2014-10-02T11:00:46
If you want to know someone well, is it important to discover what motivates him or her? Everybody has a cause and an effect of why they what they do. In contrast, a scientist always needs to ma...
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Tips 036: El Día De La Paloma from 2014-09-29T11:00:23
Imagine you find yourself in the middle of a massive street party at 1:00am. Spanish speakers surround you. There are in jokes, colloquial expressions and stories flying in all directions. You a...
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Tips 035: It’s Time To Start Being More Negative from 2014-09-25T15:31:10
When you start to get into the learning of Spanish. It feels great. There is a lot that you will start saying yes to. But every now and then, like in English, there will be situations when you w...
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Tips 034: How To Learn Spanish Faster By Using A 20-Mile March from 2014-09-22T10:00:09
It was a perfect day, I really felt like practicing Spanish but I decided to stop because I knew it would be the best way to learn Spanish faster. Sometimes learning Spanish quickly isn’t about ...
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Tips 033: How To Know If You Really Know–Saber vs Conocer from 2014-09-18T14:45:36
How well do you know how to say you know what you know in Spanish? It today’s podcast episode we will be looking at these two common verbs in Spanish: saber vs conocer. We will look at a differe...
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Tips 032: The Fluency Fallacy from 2014-09-15T12:01:55
It broke my heart when she uttered those words to me. Not only was it a massive head on collision with reality but I thought at that moment that I would never achieve my Spanish learning goals. ...
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Ya vs Todavía–How to Use These Useful Spanish Words from 2014-09-11T12:13:27
When and how should you use ya vs todavía? These two Spanish words often get introduced together because they both relate to time. Specifically, they add emotion when discussing deadlines. In th...
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Tips 030: La Supercopa De España from 2014-09-08T11:00:31
It was a bucket list item for me. Something that I had always dreamed of. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but I didn’t realise that if it wasn’t for my Spanish it never would have happene...
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Tips 029: Two Useful Grammar Hacking Sentences from 2014-09-04T11:40
In this theoretical episode of the podcast, we will be looking at two useful Spanish Grammar Hacking sentences. These two sentences use indirect object pronouns and so we will also be looking at...
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Tips 028: What Not To Do from 2014-09-01T11:00:05
Is productivity overrated? Is learning Spanish really about getting more done in less time? In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips podcast, I will share one of the best productivity tips ...
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Tips 027: Are You The Best? An Introduction To Spanish Superlatives from 2014-08-28T15:30:36
It’s one thing knowing what is best. It is another thing saying it in Spanish. The key is in knowing Spanish superlatives. Expressing a form of superiority is the topic of this weeks podcast. If...
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Tips 026: Is This The Missing Link? from 2014-08-25T15:30:17
It is often very tempting to simply look for the shinny new things. To assume that what come before is well understood and not worth another look. But in this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Ti...
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Tips 025: How Do You Compare? An Introduction To Spanish Comparatives from 2014-08-21T15:30:14
In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at Spanish comparatives. If you can’t yet make a comparison between one thing and another in Spanish then this tip will ...
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Tips 024: Improve Your IQ With This Unusual Tip from 2014-08-18T15:30:51
Would you like to boost your IQ? Probably a silly question. So moving on quickly, in this podcast episode I will introduce another technique that will help improve your IQ. This is, of course, b...
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Tips 023: Getting To Know Prepositions Of Movement from 2014-08-14T15:26:29
How well do you know prepositions of movement in Spanish? If you can understand and use prepositions correctly you can do anything! Prepositions are tough because they don’t translate well. They...
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Tips 022: 4 Tricks To Lift Your Spanish Using Body Language from 2014-08-11T20:35:19
I thought I was speaking clearly but he had no idea what I was saying. We have heard it before, right? There is much more said in the unsaid than the said. But have you considered how your body ...
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Tips 021: How to Avoid Mistakes With The Letter“A” from 2014-08-07T21:34:16
In the latest episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at another Spanish word that can cause confusion for English students. Is the letter “a” is a letter or a word? It...
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Tips 020: How To Build Confidence In Spanish from 2014-08-04T21:27:57
In this episode of the real fast spanish tips podcast we look at a big mindset topic. If you have ever struggled with confidence or maybe looking to build your own confidence even though you may...
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Tips 019: 3 Ways To Use“Lo”In A Sentence from 2014-07-31T22:03:44
In the latest episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast, we will be looking at a common Spanish word that can be used in a number of different contexts. One of the reasons that this word cau...
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Tips 018: How To Improve With Little And Big Steps from 2014-07-28T21:31:27
In this episode of the real fast spanish tips podcast we look at a concept called little and big steps. Why should you know about this concept? It is worth knowing because when you consider what...
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Tips 017: A Hack For The Future from 2014-07-24T07:00:49
One critical element of conversation hacking is being able to share your thoughts and ideas as quickly as possible. A common set of ideas that you may want to able express is talking about the f...
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Tips 016: How To Improve Your Brain–Hint: It’s Not What You Think from 2014-07-21T13:04:44
This tip is close to my heart. It is one that has given me a lot of value over the years and I’m sure it will for you too. We all know about the main subject of today’s podcast but many forget h...
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Tips 015: A Hack For The Past from 2014-07-17T13:55:09
There are lots of ways to talk about the past in Spanish. In today’s episode of the Real Fast Spanish tips podcast you will learn about a hack for talking about actions that have occurred in the...
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Tips 014: The One About The Gap from 2014-07-14T11:39:43
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 everyo...
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Tips 013: 5 Useful Spanish Reflexive Verbs For Conversation from 2014-07-10T13:47:59
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 o...
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Tips 012: Are You Suffering From Perfectionism? from 2014-07-07T10:34:04
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...
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Tips 011: Estoy Por–I’m up for… from 2014-07-03T13:51:40
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 ha...
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Tips 010: Beating Procrastination–What Has Worked For Me from 2014-06-30T10:47:11
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 procra...
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Tips 009: Para Ser–In Order To Be from 2014-06-26T14:33:46
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...
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Tips 008: How A Stolen Surfboard Will Help Your Spanish from 2014-06-23T10:49:34
Today I introduce another mindset strategy for learning Spanish faster. In this tip I share another story from my life and how you can apply this lesson to your Spanish training. It’s Monday aga...
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Tips 007: How To Use Verbs Like Gustar To Express Your Ideas from 2014-06-19T08:54:29
Verbs like gustar operate in a group of their own. In this episode of the podcast, I discuss ‘gustar’, other similar verbs and how they are used. This theoretical Thursday builds on last week’s ...
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Tips 006: How To Find Your Spanish Drive–The First Mindset Monday from 2014-06-16T13:24:37
This episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast is the first mindset monday. What has worked really well for me to improve my Spanish has been getting into the right mindset. If you want to l...
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Tips 005: Your First 10 Spanish Words from 2014-06-12T12:19:56
In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast I introduce the first 10 words of the conversation hacking high frequency vocabulary. These first ten words are chosen based on the a combin...
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Tips 004: An Introduction To The 7 Principles Of Conversation Hacking from 2014-06-07T08:50:03
In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast I introduce the 7 principles of conversation hacking. Conversation hacking is one of the best techniques I know to get to a conversational l...
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Tips 003: The Third And Final D Of Language Learning from 2014-05-28T12:04:50
In this episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast, I discuss the last and final D of language learning. When you are struggling to execute, when you are trying to propel your Spanish forward...
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Tips 002: The Most Important D Of Language Learning from 2014-05-20T12:50:30
In the second episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast I discuss one of my most important tips for Spanish students, the second D of language learning and why it is critical for any spanish...
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Tips 001: How To Get A Quality Start In Spanish With The First D Of Language Learning from 2014-05-15T11:27:42
This is the first episode of the Real Fast Spanish Tips Podcast. In this episode I discuss the first D of language learning and why it is important to help you reach your spanish goals faster. I...
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