Há vários motivos que levam as pessoas a aprender uma nova língua. Razões profissionais normalmente impulsionam o aprendizado e ditam que idiomas estudar. Já é senso comum que para aqueles que desejam se colocar bem no mercado de trabalho é necessário falar inglês e, de preferência, um terceiro idioma. Se você for brasileiro há grandes [...]

There are several reasons why people learn a new language. If you are Brazilian the chances to learn Spanish as a third language are high. After all, every country in Latin America speaks Spanish except Brazil.

Hace unos días leí un artículo relacionado con el shock cultural de las personas que visitan México. Debo aceptar que fue bastante divertido leer cómo se perciben las cosas por un extranjero; pequeños detalles que yo he visto o vivido por muchos años y que para mi que son normales y hasta un tanto aburridas. [...]

Mexico is definitely a country full or colours, traditions, polite and nice people and lots of history but the perspective of a Mexican could be a bit different.

Hace algunos meses decidí aprender alemán. Siempre pensé que dominar un idioma aparte del nativo facilita el proceso de aprender uno más. ¡Estaba tan equivocada! Eso no quiere decir que sea más dicífil porque en realidad todo depende del tiempo que se invierta en el estudio y práctica. Regresando al tema del alemán, noté que [...]

German is known for its long compound words. But also other languages can be a challenge for the beginner learner!

We all know that English is one of the most important languages in the world. However, it is also known that after English, Spanish is the second language most studied around the world.

Todos sabemos que el Inglés es uno de los idiomas más importantes. En América Latina es indispensable para conseguir un buen puesto de trabajo en empresas internacionales, por ejemplo, en México se han establecido una gran cantidad de escuelas que se enfocan a la enseñanza del Inglés e incluso existen algunas especializadas en Inglés de [...]

The old adage about never really knowing a language until you’ve spent some time in the country itself is undeniably, irritatingly true. When I arrived in Spain for a year of study, I was immediately struck by the contrast between the Spanish I’d been learning from my grammar textbooks back in the UK, and the Spanish my taxi driver was shouting at everyone who got in his way as we careened through the streets of Madrid.

In Spanish speaking countries there is a lot of controversy every time a foreign word manages to enter the lexica of the Royal Academy of Spanish. However, new words are not the only controversial issue…