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Spanish Names in Mainstream America
If you don't have a name of Spanish or Latin American origin, you probably know somebody that does. Bright Hub looks at some of the most common Spanish-language names that have found their way into common use in the United States.

Published by lmaloney (2,890 pts ) on Apr 30, 2009 to
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Learning Spanish: Horsing around with Spanish Idioms
Spanish has thousands of colorful idioms and sayings, but only a few that allude directly to “el caballo,” the horse. The Spanish conquered much of the western hemisphere on the back of this noble animal, but left it to our Anglo culture to come up with many more of our own horse idioms.

Published by Curt Smothers (6,121 pts ) on Apr 29, 2009 to
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Teaching Spanish - Designing a House Activity
A house is familiar to your students. An fun activity to improve Spanish vocabulary is to plan a Spanish house. Here is the vocabulary they need, and links to sites with Spanish house plans. Have your student s pick a house design, and label it, furnish it, and then describe their house in Spanish

Published by Sonal Panse (12,123 pts ) on Apr 29, 2009 to
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English Name Equivalents in Spanish
Find out what the name you adopted in Spanish class means with this chart of English-Spanish name equivalents.

Published by lmaloney (2,890 pts ) on Apr 28, 2009 to
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Demystifying Spanish Prepositional Pronouns
Spanish prepositional pronouns are a special category of object pronouns. They follow prepositions, but unlike English they don’t mimic their regular objective forms. They also help to clear up confusion caused by using the indirect objects “le" and "les.”

Published by Curt Smothers (6,121 pts ) on Apr 28, 2009 to
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Learning Spanish: All About Object pronouns
Spanish object pronouns can be both the direct and indirect causes of headaches for language learners. These short, but pesky, pronouns are not only confusing as to form, but also as to their position in the sentence. Curt Smothers, a Spanish tutor, puts object pronouns under the microscope.

Published by Curt Smothers (6,121 pts ) on Apr 26, 2009 to
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Learn Spanish by Testing Your Language Skills in Real Situations
To really become fluent in Spanish you need to be able to express yourself in any type of real world situation. The fluency building exercise below has you practice your communication skills in Spanish while giving directions.

Published by alawton (3,218 pts ) on Apr 23, 2009 to
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Activity to Increase Spanish Fluency at Home
This Spanish fluency exercise helps you, as a language learner, to push yourself to increase vocabulary and communication skills. You will define words in Spanish in your own words and then compare it to the definition created by a native Spanish speaker.

Published by alawton (3,218 pts ) on Apr 23, 2009 to
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Language Learning Courses: Standard Deviants Super Spanish Pack
Whether you are a beginning Spanish student or are looking for refresher training to reestablish your foundational learning, you’ll love Standard Deviants Super Spanish Pack. This economically priced interactive DVD pack will teach, entertain, and help you “get in the groove.”

Published by Curt Smothers (6,121 pts ) on Apr 21, 2009 to
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El Dia de la Madre - Mother's Day Vocabulary in Spanish
Enjoy a poem, a proverb and learn other words and phrases related to Mother's Day in Spanish.

Published by lilypond (6,250 pts ) on Apr 21, 2009 to
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