Spanish Courses in Spain in disguise!

Thursday, 11 June 2015 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish lessons and laughter over Joxemi´s paella
Too often Spanish courses in Spain are associated with formal classes at established universities and Spanish language institutions. However, many adult students of Spanish work as well as study, and have limited holiday time to do both. This means that they often seek to combine a Spanish course in Spain with a holiday in the country

Don´t take the Spanish people out of learning Spanish

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 / Published in Bilingual Families, Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish conversations with Spanish people
I am always amazed at the number of Spanish language schools in Spain that boast about their highly sophisticated language labs full of the latest technology! Surely, (I have always thought) it is far better to learn languages with real people? Surely, the elderly señora with time to talk on the plaza, or a friendly shepherd bringing

Spanish Language Courses at the Open University: their Perfect Summer Complement

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish courses in Spain with a difference
Open University Spanish language students enjoy our Spanish language courses and house-parties in the Pyrenees in Spain, and have done for over a decade; braving the 10 hairpin bends to our Pyrenean farmhouse to join us for a chat! Our total immersion Spanish language courses have always offered an ideal summer complement to years of distance learning where Spanish tuition is based primarily

What Lozanov has to do with our Spanish house parties (and in defence of the comment ‘Mummy, your job is just like having a party!’)

Wednesday, 27 April 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish lessons, laughter and lunch at our favourite Michelin recommended restaurant
Twenty years ago, when Jan, the Polish sandwich boy, visited my PR office in Canary Wharf neither he nor I had any idea of how our brief exchanges would sow the seeds for the Spanish language courses I run in the Pyrenees today. It all started as he handed me a ham and pickle sandwich

Why do the British suffer so acutely from Linguaphobia?

Tuesday, 22 March 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain
Learning Spanish on the hoof
On my travels I meet a stream of intrepid Brits in everything except learning foreign languages. They trek the Himalayas in thunder storms and raft the Zambezi with the crocodiles and yet,  no matter how extrovert and gregarious they are by nature, one obstacle seems always to obstruct their path – the language barrier.  Lame

Spanish Courses in Spain – are they really necessary?

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish classes in disguise
Spanish language courses in Spain – which one do you recommend? Where should we go? Where is the best place to study Spanish in Spain? I hear the question again and again and I am usually quite baffled by the insistence on a formal Spanish course and the intent search for a formal Spanish school