I am reposting the following currency trivia from the Spanishdict website. Enjoy. Name a Spanish-speaking country that uses the same currency as 19 other countries. Name 2 Spanish-speaking countries that use the USD as their national currency.Hint: The 2 names share the same first letter. Name the Paraguayan currency.Hint: It shares the same name as …
Learning Spanish from comic strips
What is your favorite comic strip and character? Your answer will most likely give away your age bracket and gender. My wife adores Peanuts and her favorite character is Snoopy. Another comic strip from around the same era is Mafalda which was written and illustrated by Quino, an Argentine. The main character in Mafalda is …
A little self-deprecating humor won’t hurt
Language learning is about making mistakes and trying again, only to make more mistakes, hopefully different ones but sometimes not. Mistakes made during a self-study can be demoralizing but not quite as embarrassing as when you made them with a live conversation partner. Having a thick skin and a sense of self-deprecating humor will certainly …
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