Spanish Lessons in the Tech Era 4 or 5 years ago, Pearson sold its stake in the Financial Times and the Economist (two of its flagships) to invest in education technology. I thought to myself back then that the revolution in the education sector was coming, after music, consumer goods, even human relationships, that had [...]

Foto por @ugurarpaci Carnaval is one of the most fun and important parties on the planet, but especially in Latin culture. It is a celebration that is lived in the street, where people dress up in colourful costumes and masks, in addition to non-stop singing and dancing! But from where and when did Carnaval originate? [...]

Spanish World in the Time of Coronavirus In the past 10 months, Hong Kong has been through a number of unprecedented events.  Just as the protests were beginning to simmer down, a new threat presented itself: an unknown infection, with a risk of quickly spreading among humans, within one of the densest cities in the [...]

How did Valentine's Day come to Spain? This Anglo-Saxon custom did not set foot on Spanish soil until 1948, when José "Pepín" Fernández, founder of the Preciados Galleries, introduced the exchange of flowers, chocolates or gifts between lovers. Galerías Preciados is a well-known department store of Spanish origin; the company was founded in 1943 and [...]

To truly understand the language you need to know the culture: gastronomy, architecture, visuals arts and, of course, the music!  See this Bilingual Blogpost for a selection of learner-friendly songs grouped by different regions in the Hispanic World.

Within the world of Latin music, J.Lo was more widely known as the wife of Marco Antonio, than as an artist in her own right.  Is this because of any language barrier?  In the opinion of Spanish World, not necessarily.  J.Lo’s Spanish is good, exhibiting a grasp of word order and grammar, but perhaps not with a huge vocabulary.  A solid B2 level, if we had to assess based solely on this video. 

Our friend Cecilie Gamst Berg brings a little bit of Hong Kong to her new home in Mallorca, Spain.  Join Cecilie as she progresses through the Spanish language while sinking into the Mallorcan culture!

Those of us who share a love for languages, either Spanish or any other, we know that there are always difficulties when we are learning a new one. One of those discuss is related to written expression, which is what we are going to treat this time in our blog.

El Auge de la Cinema August 31, 2019 Posted by: SPWG Category: Bilingual Blogs , No Comments El Auge del cine en español El cine en español vuelve a estar en boca de todos. Una vez más es gracias al director mexicano Alfonso Cuarón y su cautivadora cinta Roma. Por el momento, acumula 132 premios [...]

Do you have any friend called James, Jacob or Jamie? Try asking him what’s his name in Spanish. If he doesn’t know the answer, he may want to read this blog and find out the history behind it.

James (in English), Jacques (in French), Giacomo (in italian), Yakub (in Malay) or Yakobu ヤコブ (in Japanese) are all variants of the same Hebrew name, Jacob (יַעֲקֹב‎).