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World Cup Spanish Lesson Parts 1 & 2

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:47:37 +0000

Here’s the second part of the World Cup lessons that Elena and I created for you.

Although we’ve kept the Spanish at a starter level so everyone can enjoy the lesson, in the second part we’ve add some more patterns to get you Spanish flowing more freely.

Here’s your Fútbol lección de español, Parte Uno

Right Click here to Download the Audio - - El Mundial 101

Here’s your Fútbol lección de español, Parte Dos

Right Click here to Download the Audio - - El Mundial 102

If you are looking to get your Spanish really flowing, I do have a sequence of courses to take you from zero to fluid Spanish in record time.

Until the end of the final game of “el Mundial” you can get an incredible deal on both foundation Spanish courses. Click below for details:

Viva España Super Pack… Only Available Until the End of The World Cup on, July 11, 2010

Spanish Audio lesson for the World Cup

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:28:02 +0000

As a special Word Cup treat Elena and I created “El Mundial” Spanish lesson for you.

It’ll get you speaking real Spanish so you can chat with your amigos de España or anyone else who speaks Spanish.

Although the lesson is about fútbol you’ll use everyday Spanish patterns that build fluency. Even if you are not into fútbol it’ll still help you communicate.

And if, like me, te gusta el fútbol (you like the fútbol) then you’ll love being able to chat on this subject.

Here’s your special Fútbol lección de español

Right Click here to Download the Audio - - El Mundial 101

If you want to talk about more than fútbol, I have an incredible World Cup Final deal prepared for you, but it’s only good till the end of the game on Sunday, July 11.

Viva España Super Pack… Only Available Until the End of The World Cup on, July 11, 2010

A Certain Spanish Conversation Starter

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:33:02 +0000

Normal sure fire topics for enjoyable conversations with
native Spanish speakers are;

Food

Family

Friends and travel

This month there is only one subject. It trumps everything
else. Yes, it’s La Copa Mundial (The World Cup)

It’s hands down the most lively conversation topic among
Spanish speakers for the next 30 days.

Here are some important facts you need to know about this
event

Location: South Africa (The first time for La Copa Mundial in Africa)

Current champions: Italy

Favorite to win: Spain (another Spanish speaking country,
Argentina, is also highly ranked.

Historically most underperformed team: Spain

El robo del siglo (the robbery of the century): Italy beating
Australia in the last Mundial.

Past winners: Brazil 5, Italy 4, Germany 3, Argentina and
Uruguay 2 each, France and England 1 each

Productivity in Latin America: Down 25%

First game of the tournament: Mexico vs. South Africa… viva Mexico

When does it end: In one month, July 11 is the final?

So, a month from now there will be a new Campeon del Mundo and
the biggest sporting event in the world will be over for another 4 years.

If you’d like to be able to get by in Spanish by the time the new World
Cup Champion is crowned, check out

www.synergyspanish.com

Viva Mexico
Viva Espana
Aussie Aussie Aussie
Forza Italia.

Saludos

Marcus

Spanish Class Charade Catastrophe

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:25:54 +0000

Not everyone likes how I teach. Students usually love it, but the language coordinators I’ve worked with, they are another story.

Once when I was teaching English in Mexico the coordinator came into my classroom to show me how it was done.

A student asked me the meaning of an English word.

I was about to give him the translation when the coordinator jumped in and took over my class.

We then went through 5 minutes of craziness. It was somewhere between a circus, a pantomime and a vaudeville act.

She mimed. She used hand signals. She acted.

Yet, as I looked around the room all I saw was blank stares. I look back at the coordinator and she’s still going on with the show.

By now she’s practically doing hand stands and juggling. Then about 5 minutes into the festivities, she starts using the word in a sentence.

Now the students are guessing the meaning, but they still they can’t figure it out.

Finally someone yells out the word in Spanish. The coordinator points to them with a big smile and says…

Sí, eso es. - Yes, that’s it

The whole circus act was supposedly so we didn’t use Spanish in the classroom, yet the student translated into Spanish and the coordinator answered in Spanish.

Why didn’t she just translate it in the first place?

Solo Dios sabe! (God alone knows!)

I’m not sure what it is about foreign language teaching, but people come up with the goofiest ideas. They either seem to think you have to pound students with grammar or entertain them with games.

Yet, expressing yourself freely in another language is entertaining enough. No one needs the sideshow.

It’s thrilling when you discover you can say what you want to say in Spanish. And it’s exhilarating when you try it in real life on Spanish speakers and they get what you say right away.

I’ve haven’t found a faster way for you to experience sensation of success with Spanish than learning the most powerful Spanish patterns first. They open up the language for you. In fact, there are a handful of patterns so powerful that just 138 words can be turned into 88,0000 phrases.

My advice is to forget the grammar, forget the charades and get your Spanish started with power patterns first.

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Spanish words now what?

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:12:41 +0000

If you just know words, even if you know thousands, you can still struggle to have good conversations with your amigos.

The good news is that once you add a missing ingredient your Spanish words come to life. I’ll show you the secret spice in a moment, but first a quick recap.

Do you remember you can make 325 Spanish words by changing English words that end in TION to CION. For example

Reservation = Reservación
Cancelation = Cancelación
Celebration = Celebración
Identificacion = Identificación
Corruption = Corrupción

Learning how to change English words into Spanish is the fastest way I know to build a huge Spanish vocabulary. But what do you do with the all those words?

If you only learn words you soon find out that you can’t say much. There’s something missing.

The missing ingredient is verbs, but don’t get scared. I’m not about to ruin your conentraCION and cause you intimidaCION about conjugaCION.

No none of that…

Instead, I’ll show you how communicaCION with verbs makes your Spanish come to life.

Here are two Spanish POWER VERBS you need to know.

Hay = there is / there are

Tengo = I have

Let’s see if you can read these Spanish sentences.

Hay mucha corrupcion en Mexico.
Hay una celebración en el honor de San Isidro Labrador.
Tengo vacaciones en octubre.
No tengo mi identificacion.
Hay muchas cancelaciones.

You understood everything right?

Adding verbs brings a static word list to life. It turns a bunch of words into real phrases that express real ideas. And here’s the best part…

Using Spanish verbs doesn’t take hours of studying dull conjugation charts. Instead, you can start with Spanish Power Verbs and speak in sentences right away.

Don’t forget your two first power verbs,

Hay = there is / there are

Tengo = I have

You’ll use them all the time.

In Shortcut to Spanish I teach you step by step how to use Power Verbs with the 3145 Instant Spanish Words. That way, you get to speak real Spanish right away. To make your Spanish come to life the easy way go to:

www.how-to-speak.com

Saludos

Marcus

P.S. You also receive 3 hours of special audio lessons in Shortcut to Spanish. These audios show you how to quickly start putting full sentences together… even if you’ve had trouble from Spanish lessons before.

Listen to what Christopher has to say…

I LOVE THIS PROGRAM

I have been trying to learn Spanish for the past year. I knew a lot of words but now with your program I can put everything together. My Abuelos are from Cuba, and yesterday I was able to speak to my Abuela in complete Spanish.

Gracias por todo.

Christopher Pujol
Pennsylvania, USA

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Cinco de Mayo

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:33:15 +0000

A popular myth is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day.

Wrong!

Mexican Independence Day is actually September 16. In fact, it’s the 200 year anniversary this year.

So, what is Cinco de Mayo?

What really happened on the 5th of May was the Mexican army won a battle against the invading French army in the Battle of Puebla.

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the interior of Mexico in and around Puebla, but in other parts of the country it’s a yawn.

My wife, Elena, and I once went out in Rosarito, Mexico on Cinco de Mayo. We were expecting a party but the town was as dead as a dodo. We ended up crossing the border into the USA, headed for Old Town, San Diego and had a blast north of the border.

That’s the funny thing about Cinco de Mayo; it’s probably a bigger celebration in the USA than in Mexico.

In the USA, Cinco de Mayo has taken a life all of its own and is now a huge celebration of all things Latino. It’s enjoyed by Latinos and Non- Latinos and especially people who like to eat, drink and be very merry.

If you’d like to celebrate any Spanish occasion with your amigos, check out my Shortcut to Spanish Course. It’ll jump start you Spanish and get you in the conversation.
http://www.how-to-speak.com/

Easy Spanish

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:05:15 +0000

Is there such a thing as easy Spanish?

It so often seems so complicated, especially with traditional methods of teaching. Sure, parts of the Spanish language are really complex. Yet, there are also parts of Spanish that are easy to learn.

In fact, some words you can literally learn instantly.

The other day I was listening to a Beatles Song called Revolution 1. What’s that got to do with Spanish? Well take a look at some of these lines…

You say you want a revolution
You tell me that it’s evolution
But when you talk about destruction
You say you got a real solution
You ask me for a contribution
You say you’ll change the constitution
You tell me it’s the institution

Now, check out the translation of those lines into Spanish.

Dices que quieres una revolución
Me dices que es evolución
Pero cuando hablas de la destrucción
Dices que tienes una solución verdadera
Me pides una contribución
Dices que cambiaras la constitución
Me dices que es la institución

Notice anything?

Yes, all the English words that end in TION are almost the same in Spanish. The only difference is they end in CION instead of TION.

That’s good informaCION. You see, there is a collecCION of Spanish words like this.

And it’s a good soluCION if you have an ambiCION to learn Spanish on your next vacaCION

There are hundreds of Spanish words you can make from English words that end in TION.

Are you ready to take the TION - CION challenge?

Think of 7 English words that end in TION. Then click the link below to see if your 7 words match a CION word in Spanish.

Here’s an extract from Shortcut to Spanish with the Tions-Cion words.

There are 325 words on that list.

These instant Spanish words get even better.

There are 30 more little changes you can use to turn English words into Spanish. Learn them and you can get an instant vocabulary of 3145 words. For more details check out Shortcut to Spanish.

Leave a comment to let me know how you went with the Tion-Cion challenge and what you think of this easy instant Spanish.

Why didn’t I think of that!

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:12:30 +0000

It’s only taken me 5 years to put 2 and 2 together. An idea so obvious I cant believe I didn’t see it years ago.

Now that I have discovered what was right in front of me for so long, it’s time to share it.

You see, if you have struggled with Spanish in any way, if you have ever doubted yourself or thought you were too old… think again

This new combination of Spanish learning tactics gets anyone speaking Spanish right away.

If you haven’t grabbed the free lessons yet, click here to get started and claim your FREE lessons.

Once, you try them, drop back here and let me know what you think.

Speak Spanish like a diplomat

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:13:53 +0000

Here the FSI Spanish Course FREE. It’s the one the US State Department used to teach diplomats the FBI and DEA Agents.

A warning: it’s intense…

You’ll either love it or hate it.

If it’s not for you, try my step by step lessons at Synergy Spanish testdrive.

If you do like it, you’ll be busy for a while, there’s a complete 60 hour course here.

Download the complete course here (it’s a massive file, 320MB)

If you just want to download the individual lessons, you’ll find them on this website.

Let me know what you think.

Even More Spanish Fluency Patterns

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:33:22 +0000

This is the third lesson in our Spanish Fluency Patterns series. It’s the approach to verbs from Bola de Nieve that gets you speaking fluent Spanish.

If you missed any of the previous lessons, here’s a link to the first one – Spanish Fluency Patterns 1.

And the second one showed you More Spanish Fluency Patterns.

To do this third lesson… this is all the theory you need to know

AR verbs change to AS to make the 2nd person informal, for example…

AR verb		2nd person informal
Trabajar	To work	Trabajas	You work
Pasar	To spend (time)	Pasas	You spend (time)
Comprar	To buy	Compras	You buy
Llegar	To arrive	Llegas	You arrive
Cocinar	To cook	Cocinas	You cook
Preparar	To prepare	Preparas	You prepare

Ser o no ser – To be or not to be

One more thing, in Spanish to talk about someone’s characteristics the Spanish verb to be is ser, which has an irregular pattern like this

AR verb		2nd person informal
ser	To be	eres	You are

You’ll learn more by interacting with the audio than by analyzing Spanish verbs, so let’s get started right now, here’s your audio lesson.

Get Your Spanish Fluency Audio 3 Lesson 3 Here

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