Are these the 100 most important Spanish words your child could ever learn?
We extracted the 100 highest frequency Spanish words from the 31 Speekee videos made in 2013/2014. Our conclusion? These are 100 of the most useful Spanish words your child could ever learn.
6 questions you MUST ask before buying a Spanish program for your child
This post is written to inform consumers who do not know how to choose a Spanish language program for their child.
Holy Week in Spain. An exclusive interview
In the build up to Holy Week here in Arcos de la Frontera, I caught up with Domingo during a recent late night practice, and with my journalist's hat firmly in place I asked him some questions about the art of the costalero.
Solving the Homework Problem [Infographic]
Last weekend my 12 year-old son was faced with a small mountain of revision to do before an upcoming exam. And it struck me very quickly that there was a missing link.
Simple ideas for teaching Spanish to Kids
39 incredible easy ideas for teaching Spanish to kids.
10 Top Tips for Primary/Elementary Language Teachers
Thank you to Sylvie Rawlings for putting these great tips together for us all!
Speekee in 20 words
Catchy, videos, love, humming, colorful, interacts, fun, quality, entertaining, educational, conversations, hooked, watch, speak, repetition, willing, read, grow, music, sing.
How to use the subtitles in the Speekee videos
Speekee comes with optional subtitles (closed captions). You can choose between Spanish and English, both languages at the same time, or watch with no subtitles at all.
Why subtitles are great for language learning
The debate about the value of subtitles for language learning goes like this......
How the #mfltwitterati helps resource providers
Over on Twitter there's a flourishing Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) community.
10 hilarious Spanish false friends
It's easy to think we are the only ones who make silly mistakes with our foreign language learning. But of course, it works both ways. And when it comes to 'false friends' (words that look similar in both languages but differ in meaning) trouble invariably ensues; not to mention the odd total communication breakdown. Check out these comical errors made by Spanish speakers learning English...
How adults learn languages as fast as kids do
We hear a lot about how and why kids pick up a new language like the proverbial sponges. There's even the implied suggestion that if you don't learn a new language when you are young, you've 'missed the boat'. But it's never too late, as I am going to show you.
Jim Porter, co founder of Speekee
Jim began teaching English as a Foreign Language in 1994 after graduating from University in the UK. He has been a language coach ever since.
Top ten starter Spanish words and phrases
You know how hard it is to learn Spanish from scratch, right? It gets so confusing so quickly doesn't it?! I'm going to show you how to cut through that confusion so you can start learning Spanish now, easily.
Speekee images posted by reviewers
Images from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine reviewers.
Antonio and Lucía
Catching up with Antonio and Lucía.
Have you got an earworm?
We didn't know about earworms when we created Speekee, but we certainly did know about the power of music in creating memories - especially useful when learning a new language.
