¿Cómo se dice? Part 1
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New addition to NOVELAS EN ESPAÑOL resource packages: Siete días de julio
Siete días de julio (the sequel to Cuatro días de enero) by Jordi Sierra i Fabra (Spain)Novel, 320 pages Barcelona 1947: Miquel Mascarell returns to an almost unrecognizable city after eight harrowing years as a prisoner of war. He has nothing and no one left from his previous life as a faithful family man and[…]
Por y Para Lesson
Here is your “once and for all” lesson on Por vs. Para, brought to you by Susanna Janssen in Café Bilingüe. Click on the links below to access the handouts: Por and Para complete lesson Por Fixed Expressions Por and Para Exercises Exercise Answer Key
Five Verbs Meaning TO BECOME
This video will give you confidence and accuracy in using the five Spanish verbs meaning “to become” Click for the handout for this video
Bienvenidos a CAFÈ BILINGÜE
Put the sparkle in your Spanish with my servings of CAFÉ for Confidence Accuracy Flexibility Ease. This is the intro to my video blogs designed to help you solve recurring problems, eliminate repeated errors, and make your Spanish ever more fluid and accurate. ¡Adelante!
My Summer in the Dark Days of Spain
What is it like living through a devastating civil war, and worse, being on the losing side? I am as close as can be, short of experiencing the real thing which I hope to heaven none of us ever will. I sit at my computer in front of a picture window with a view of[…]
Darn and Double Darn: The Multi-Tasker Mindset
I’m driving to the airport this beautiful autumn afternoon. I could be listening to my Italian lesson to make good use of time, but a pressing assignment is calling forth my multi-tasking prowess. What better way to write a blogpost about multi-tasking than to be in the act as I roar down the freeway, exercising[…]
Mary and the Merry Month of May (excerpted from Wordstruck! The Fun and Fascination of Language)
Mary and the Merry Month of May Spring’s beauty unfolds as wildflowers delight woodland walkers, new foliage glistens on trees, and another wave of blooms graces backyard shrubs. May is the month for patio parties, the dilemma of having to choose from six musical and fundraising events on the same weekend, and colorful festivals all over[…]
The Best Brain Elixir, Part 1
Did someone say “brain elixir”? Let’s make it something we can drink, especially if it tastes like piña colada. Or eat, preferably with the flavor and texture of fine dark chocolate. Lacking that, at least give it to us in pill form since this is, after all, 21st century America where we expect things fast,[…]
Around the World on Cupid’s Arrow
Valentine’s Day is approaching, but I’m not one to give relationship advice on how to find the perfect mate, how to woo, how to rekindle or glue it back together. Nor would I wish to hold forth on fifty ways to leave your lover.What I propose are novel ideas on what you might whisper in[…]