For years I practiced my languages with tutors and teachers. I don't typically do traditional lessons, and I still take some sort of lesson (it can be conversation [...]

I recently wrote about gifts, the kind that can push your Spanish learning forward. You might get a book, or something else, not necessarily in English, but it [...]

I like this idea of having three options: Transform your current situation Accept your current situation Leave your current situation If we applied this to your Spanish learning [...]

Last week one of my friends gifted me a book on relationships. It wasn't an actual book or ebook: it was a gift card to buy one he [...]

I have people in my life I consider to be very well-read who aren’t very smart. The reason is because even though they’re very well-read, they read the [...]

"What should I read after completing the Spanish Novels?" I get this question often from my readers. You can read anything you want. And maybe you wanna read [...]

I recently read an email by Matt Archer (from Matt vs Japan). It was about how our native language gets in the way of our second language, especially [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]