Advice, recommendations and tips for students of Spanish as a foreign language.
The Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) is one of the main cultural events in Colombia, and the largest in literary matters. Every year, for two weeks at the end of April, the most important publishers in the country and the world meet in the capital [...]
Jian Sakakeeny is a student remembered by everyone at school Nueva Lengua. She is from China, she is 62 years old and currently lives in the United States. She is a woman of passions, who enjoys cooking, dancing and, of course, languages. Lover of learning something every day, [...]
Music is one of the best ways to learn a language, because when we find a song we like, we can listen to it repeatedly without getting tired until we memorize it. Each one of us has different tastes, and music is one of the things that [...]
Today we have an interview with Jenna Stanfield, a former student of our school. Jenna is from the USA, and almost three years ago she immigrated from Colorado in search of a new way of life in Colombia. The chosen city was Medellín and here we have part of her story. By [...]
After a year living in Bogotá, I still remember my first day in this city: the plane landed, I got off, I waited for my suitcase, and at the exit there was a sign that said my name and the only, really, the only word that I knew in Spanish: “Welcome”. [...]
Learning a new language always requires a lot of effort: studying grammar, understanding new words, discovering new habits and, in the case of Colombian Spanish, understanding the different gestures that, without pronouncing a single word, can mean a lot... really a lot! Not sure what I'm talking about? [...]
This is a common question for those who are learning Spanish and even for those of us who already speak it. Is it called a glass of water or a glass of water? To clear up this doubt and after several consultations we found that the correct way is a glass of water. In [...]
