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Learn Spanish for Your Nannies

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This video is rated “PG-13″ for language. I’ve been laughing since I found it three days ago. This is a good reason to learn Spanish, especially Spanish slang and a few ‘bad’ words. That way you won’t be like those ladies in the classroom sitting there like idiots when someone is calling you an idiot.

10 Reasons to Learn Spanish

To understand better. Like it or not, you'll hear as much Spanish as English at the airport, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and in many other places now. Wouldn't it be nice to understand what people are saying, and what the announcements are? To be able to help others. To improve your brainpower. A

Learn by Drowning?

This is kind of the point of this article. Saying that Immersion schools are not the best way to begin learning a language. It makes sense that adults and children learn differently and that a lot of methods, including immersion try and teach a language like you were a child.

Learnit Lists Releases Beta

A new free language-learning web application, gives you just 10 words each day to learn in one of 15 different languages. It's called Learn it Lists and the goal is to learn a little every day and by seeing the list on your home page as a google gadget, myspace,

Learning Spanish at Live Mocha

Learning with a group or at least a partner is always easier especially when it comes time to practicing your conversation skills. In order to learn to speak Spanish, you have to SPEAK SPANISH! For those of us that don't live in Mexico, Latin America country or a Spanish speaking neighborhood

Another Reason to Learn Spanish

CNN Democratic Debate Austin, Texas Feb. 21, 2008. The question from Univision. There are 30 million people in the United States that speak Spanish. Hillary says that English should be our common unifying language, but that's not always the case, more and more employers are preferring candidates that are bilingual. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/N4z74ALt7TU" width="425"

Spanish Immersion

Everyone says the best way to learn a language is by immersion. I agree, but realistically, at a beginning level, all I hear is a bunch of words. You could probably never even hear English if you didn't have to in America there's so much Spanish radio, TV, books, newspapers,

Learn Spanish with Penguins

A cute cartoon with a Spanish narrator along with Spanish and English subtitles. The narration is completely in Spanish and the subtitles are highlighted in different colors. So, you know the purple Spanish word is the same Purple English word. I wish I could find more of these. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/n9rFncRJJIM" width="425"

Why I Want to Learn Spanish

I live in the US Southwest. There are a lot of job opportunities that open up if you're bilingual. When I've worked with crews of workers, most of the time there may be only one or two people that speak English. If I knew enough to help out, give directions

Learning Spanish Words Galore

Words Galore is a free program for Windows only. Words Galore has thousands of Spanish words made into several different lists you can choose from. You're able to move the words you know into the "known" list so you won't see them again and you can concentrate on words you don't

Learning Spanish Podcasts

There are numerous podcasts out there that claim to help you learn Spanish. Most are really "free trials" and try and get you to buy something else or subscribe to premium content, which is fine as long as it's worthwhile. A couple of my requirements are that they are on iTunes.