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My top ten Spanish idioms
Monday, 30 April 2012Idioms are a vital part of learning a language and perhaps even more so the culture. So using the Collins Easy Learning Spanish Idioms eBook on Kindle for iPhone (also available in paperback) made it really easy to read a little on the metro as I hopped about Barcelona. I’ve compiled my ten favourites idioms (in no particular order), here they are:Published in Language Skills -
Using idioms during lessons as a Language Assistant
Wednesday, 11 April 2012Idioms, are perhaps the most complex part of any language learning experience as they are culturally relevant and usually seem to make no logical sense whatsoever to those as outsiders. Competent understanding and usage of idioms in a foreign language truly shows you that you are well on your way to mastering the language, and are pretty confident already. I am spending my year abroad as an English language assistant in Spain and so chose to use the English Idioms book in a few of my lessons to see how it can be used and if in fact using it was a benefit to my lessons. I also, as a language student, studied the Spanish idioms book.Published in Language Assistants -
How to survive university in Spain
Tuesday, 07 February 2012Here are Lucy's top survival tactics for getting through your study abroad placement in Spain.Published in Study in Spain -
Anna's Year Abroad Prep: Packing and living arrangements
Wednesday, 01 June 2011Anna Petri came to England when she was 16 thanks to her German exchange. She decided to stay and is currently studying Translation with French and Spanish. She is currently planning her second year abroad, spending 5 months working in Mons, Belgium and another 5 months studying in Granada in Spain. Here, she lets us know how she's doing...Published in Planning and preparation -
Spanish language learning resources
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
The Ultimate Spanish DictionaryThe BIG Spanish - Collins Spanish Dictionary 40th Anniversary Edition
This comprehensive dictionary has every word you’ll ever need, as well as examples of usage and idioms to help you master the lingo.Published in Language Learning Resources
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Studying three languages at university
Thursday, 26 April 2012Bonjour! Hola! Hallo!
I am currently studying at Bangor University, doing a joint honours degree in French and German with Spanish. Surprisingly the ability to study three languages at degree level is in fact extremely rare, in spite of a growing increase in companies and jobs which list the ability to speak at least one language as one of their requirements.Published in Sixth Form -
Learning Spanish idioms
Friday, 30 March 2012Charlotte is studying French and Hispanic studies at uni and is spending the second six months of her year abroad as an Erasmus student at the Universidad de Córdoba in Spain. She bought a Spanish idioms book for a different way to boost her language skills, as learning typical idiomatic expressions is a very useful way to help you understand the language better, to help you feel more like a local (and never get caught out!) and, of course, to help you ace language oral exams! Find out her verdict on learning idioms on a Kindle.Published in Language Learning Resources -
Digital dictionaries and apps from Collins
Thursday, 01 December 2011As a year abroad student, you need language reference tools that are reliable enough to get you through living, studying and working abroad, and portable enough for travel (without affecting your weight restrictions at the airport!). To make sure you have (and can afford!) what you need, we have wangled an exclusive promotional code with Collins and their software partner Ultralingua just for TYA members!
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To be healthier than a pear: Funny Spanish idioms
Friday, 25 March 2011Ever thought about how certain Spanish idioms come into the language? In what context are they used? What would be the equivalent to ‘por si las moscas’ in English, and what does it mean anyway? Here is a list of our all time favourite expressions from Collins Easy Learning Spanish Idioms. Some are quite funny, some are quite strange, but by all accounts, it’s a sure-fire way to prove you know more than meets the language-learner’s eye...Published in Lost in Translation -
Volunteering in Buenos Aires
Monday, 14 February 2011Rosie Gold is a third year French and Spanish student studying at Manchester University. She spent the first half of her year abroad in Paris where she worked in a bank, and then decided that volunteering in Buenos Aires would be a nice change, having had it recommended to her about twenty times by people who'd visited. Here she tells us about her experiences with the organisation Voluntario Global.Published in Volunteering Abroad
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