Learning a language is hard. Whether it’s pronunciation, accents, verb conjugation or definitions, it’s hard to wrap your brain around it all. People learning Spanish – especially individuals whose ...

Spanish vowels are generally shorter, clearer and more precise than English vowels. Unstressed vowels are not weakened as in English but are given the same value in pronunciation as those which are ...

People who speak languages other than English are sometimes impressed by how well I and other linguists pronounce words or names in their language, even if we don’t speak a word of it. But it’s not ...

The sounds you make when you read Spanish out loud can sometimes be different to the ones you would make in English. Perfume. Perfume. It’s spelled the same as in English. In Spanish you say all the ...

TRAVELLING to a country where you don’t speak a word of the local language? No problem. Here are some tips to help you fake it till you make it. But it’s not magic: Here are seven basic principles ...

I've been trying to learn Spanish for nearly a year, yet one app has given me more confidence to speak the language after just one 50-minute session ...