Native German speakers, in my experience, have a view of their own language that learners don't always share. They're convinced German is hard to learn. Most people, they assume, [...]

Last weekend I asked a German man an atypical question: ​ “Would you like to practice cross-talk? You speak German, and I respond in Spanish.” He said Yes. I’m [...]

I just came back from a pharmacy shop in Tisens, Italy. Had quite a unique intercultural experience. This is in South Tyrol, 15km from Bolzano. Here, most people speak [...]

Last week I’ve been to Austria. I spent a couple days in Vienna and in Innsbruck. The main reason I visited Innsbruck was an AI event. It was all [...]

Most people learning Spanish have no idea what reading at their level actually feels like from the inside. They know the label, but they haven’t taken a placement test [...]

When I was a teenager and took private English lessons, my teacher assigned me a short story to prepare before an exam. I was supposed to use it for [...]

I recently had a business coaching session with an American client, in Spanish. As we talked about the vision of his business and what's his role there, I noticed [...]

Todos los años algún lector me pregunta: Walter (o "Paco"): ¿cuándo vas a escribir más Spanish Novels? When are you going to write more Spanish Novels? Mi respuesta suele [...]

omar clases de una cosa a veces nos ayuda en otra. Por ejemplo: Tomar clases de dibujo puede mejorar nuestra observación visual (tenemos más consciencia de las proporciones) Tomar [...]