Learning a new language has many benefits for your career, social network and personal development. Are you currently learning or planning to learn Spanish or Portuguese? These articles offer you tips and tricks to help you with language acquisition!
Have you ever come across a student who doesn’t speak a word of the language you’re teaching? When they can’t get past “hello”, and you also don’t speak their native language, it can be quite frustrating for both you and…
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two words of opposite meanings to create a new word or phrase with a unique meaning. Oxymorons can seem absurd, yet make perfect sense at the same time. They often present…
Portuguese is a beautiful, Romance language spoken by almost 300 million people across the world. It is ranked 5th among world languages for the most number of native speakers and it is the official language in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,…
Native English speakers often talk in idioms and expressions, which can be confusing for a language learner. When idioms are translated word for word, they usually don’t make any sense! As an ESL/TEFL teacher, you can teach your students some…
“False friends”, also known as “false cognates”, are words in two languages that look similar but have completely different meanings. English and Spanish have a lot of “false friends”, which makes learning the Spanish language a bit challenging, yet entertaining,…
Taking a new language from the books to the streets can be nerve-wracking. As you strike up your first conversations, there’s a constant worry about saying the wrong things while trying to piece together your limited vocabulary with the correct…
Learning Spanish or Portuguese should NOT be a daunting experience. Rather, it should be exciting as it opens up doors to new job opportunities, travels, and friendships across Latin America and Europe. How quickly you learn Spanish or Portuguese will…