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Duolingo

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Sometimes the students find themselves in the position of wanting to practice their Spanish or even getting started in a simple and accessible way, but they don’t know how to do it.

Here there is a very interesting webpage that allows the students to work on their Spanish in a fun way. They can access either from a computer or their mobile phones, but the mobile app is very good, so there it is: practice and have fun at the same time!

Duolingo website

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5 techniques to speak any language

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Have you ever seen any of the TED Talks?

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 […] and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world. [https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization]

The topics of the videos vary and one may not be interested in many of them. If you wish to know or see more about them, visit the TED website

We leave just now this enthusiastic speaker called Sid Efromovich, who speaks 7 languages and shares here his techniques for learning to speak any language.

Summary of Sid Efromovich’s TECHNIQUES TO SPEAK A NEW LANGUAGE

  • MAKE MISTAKES – You are afraid to speak in the foreign language because you don´t feel confident in it. But you need to dare to speak and make mistakes!
  • SCRAP THE FOREIGN ALPHABET – escape from your own alphabet, and try to find ways to grasp the foreign language sounds.
  • FIND A STICKLER – Someone who will help you to find the errors and make them right.
  • SOLO CONVERSATIONS – speak to yourself in the foreign language, so you will have to think how to produce different parts of a conversation.
  • BUDDY FORMULA – find a friend or someone who shares the need and interest of practising the target foreign language and practise, practise, practise!