• Why I’m Thankful for Learning Spanish

    Every year around Thanksgiving I take time to reflect about the things for which I am thankful. You can bet that I am grateful for the opportunity to learn Spanish. Learning Spanish has opened doors and provided me with opportunities I would not otherwise have. I met a Guatemalan man in Boston, Massachusetts on a work visa. His name is Eric Quixaj, and he became one of my great friends. We were able to take part in some service activities together and he has a giant heart. He has since returned to Guatemala and I have been unable to contact him, but the memories remain. I am certainly not the brightest star in the sky, but I do know that learning Spanish has sharpened my memory. I am under the …

  • Remember to Remember

    The main reason that people give up on a goal is because they don’t remember it. I recall as a child writing down goals I wanted to accomplish for the upcoming year and sealing them in an envelope to be opened in 1 year. All I did was write down goals on a piece of paper and put them in an envelope. I forgot about the experience a few hours later and re-opened the envelope one year later. Do you think I did well on my goals? Nope, I really hadn’t done much to accomplish the goals I had written down one year earlier. Recently I set a goal to wake up and stay up each morning when my alarm went off. It is especially difficult for me to wake …

  • Language Learning Resources on LearnALanguage.com

    I would like to take a moment of your time and inform you about the language-learning resources on LearnALanguage.com. This website is full of vocabulary and phrases that will help you improve your knowledge of the language you are learning. The site provides you with hundreds of lessons, games and activities in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, French to English and Spanish to English. A few of the pages I visit most often include: I love you in Spanish Kiss me in Italian Japanese Slang How are you in French Where is the restroom in Russian Can you help me in German Months and days in Chinese Expresiones de inglés Animaux anglais Learning how to say different phrases in other languages is fun. You may want to put …