Learn Spanish con Salsa | Spanish lessons with Latin music and conversational Spanish

In this episode I'll be sharing a conversation with Kayla who joined the Spanish Con Salsa community and started our Learn Spanish with Music course when we first got started.  What surprises me about her story is that she's from a Spanish-speaking family, but it still took her years before she committed herself to speak Spanish fluently.  In this episode you'll hear what pushed Kay...

Have you been trying to improve your Spanish listening skills by just increasing your exposure to Spanish?  In this episode, I'll explain why many of the activities you may have tried are a waste of time, and what to do instead if you *really* want to improve your Spanish listening comprehension skills quickly. I go deeper into the topic in my free online workshop, How to Train Your Ear to Un...

Do you struggle to keep up when listening to native Spanish speakers because they talk too fast? If so, this episode is for you.  I'm going to share the 5 top reasons you have a hard time understanding spoken Spanish, and how you can fix this problem once and for all.  I go deeper into the topic in my free online workshop, How to Train Your Ear to Understand the Fast Pace of Spoken Spanish . ...

Do you want to travel to Latin America, immerse yourself in the culture, make new friends, and practice your Spanish?  In this episode, I give you 5 expert tips to turn your next trip into an authentic travel experience, not just a normal vacation.  Find out how to prepare in advance to take advantage of the opportunity to improve your Spanish while abroad...even if it's for just one week. Sh...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Jen Ruiz, travel blogger and bestselling author.  In this episode, we'll review some Spanish words you'll only hear in Puerto Rico and what to do when you want to practice speaking Spanish but native speakers insist on speaking to you in English instead. Puerto Rican Spanish 101 Course [FREE TRIAL]: http://www.puertoricanspanish101.com/trial S...

In this episode of the podcast I'll be talking to Jen Ruiz, a lawyer turned solo travel blogger and Amazon bestselling author. She is also a TEDx speaker and has been featured by The Washington Post, Huffington Post and ABC News. Jen documents her adventures on her website, Jen on a Jet Plane. This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Jen.  In this episode, we talk about her travel hacks a...

Struggling to go from beginner to conversational fluency? In this episode, I talk to Shay Spence, the founder of Español en 3000 . We talk all about how he improved his conversational Spanish and some of his tips for how you can do the same.  He also shares a little about the culture of Medellín and some Colombian slang that will be good to know if you plan to visit the country.  At the end of our...

Have you heard that watching TV in Spanish can help you reach fluency? In this episode, I give you my personal recommendations for 7 Netflix series you can watch in Spanish.  You'll find learning Spanish with TV series entertaining, addictive, and informative.  Most importantly, they’ll increase your Spanish exposure and help you improve or maintain your level of fluency. Show Notes: https://...

One of the hardest skills to build as a Spanish learner is the ability to have a conversation with a native Spanish speaker. Eavesdropping on native Spanish speakers can help you hear what sounds natural in a conversation, but sometimes you need a little insight on what you're hearing. In this episode, we'll break down a dialogue and give you some tips you can put into practice the next...

Lindsay Griffiths is a doctoral student in the English department at Princeton University. She earned her BA in English Literature and Spanish/English Translation from CUNY Hunter College. She is a published translator and is currently pursuing her studies in African-American and Afro-Latinx literature. In this episode, Lindsay talks about the #1 challenge to successfully translating between Spani...

This is part 1 of the new series: Historias de viaje (Travel Stories). I’m sharing my real life (crazy) travel stories. In this first installment, I talk about my trip to Rio de Janerio. I wanted to go to Carnival, but I ended up taking an unexpected detour to another country after being detained by federal police in Brazil. Want to know how I avoided being deported back to the United States? List...

In this episode, I share my favorite resources for intermediate Spanish learners. Once you get beyond the beginner phase, you'll need resources to help you get to the next level and make continuous improvement. Listen for how to use the best tools that will work for you at this stage in learning. Show Notes: https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/intermediate Links and Resources WordReference.c...

If you’re just getting started with Spanish and aren’t sure what to do first, this episode is for you. I break down my 5 favorite free and low-cost Spanish resources for beginners, and why you should use them. I also talk about things you should avoid and what to focus on at your level. See the links below for full reviews and discounts for the resources mentioned in the episode. Show Notes: https...

You may know my guest in this episode from her YouTube channel The Urban Eve where she talks all about travel and language learning.  Eve speaks 8 languages and she's going to share with us her secret to learning languages quickly and how to deal with mistakes in language learning.  She also touches on the best way to prevent mixing up words when you're learning similar languages, and at...

How many times have you downloaded an app to learn Spanish, but a month later you still hadn’t even opened it?  Or have you ever signed up for an online Spanish course that you just never got around to finishing?  In this episode, I’m going to share stories from language learners just like you who discovered how to get themselves on track and to stay accountable to meeting their Spanish learning g...

I recently released my free workshop Beginner to Bilingual: The Fast Track to Spanish Fluency . For the first time, I'm revealing all of my success strategies for rapid language learning.  So if you're just getting started with Spanish, or if you've been learning for a while but want to make progress faster, this workshop is for you.  I'm going to show you all of tactics I&apos...

This week, we're continuing our theme of cultural immersion in our conversation with Carlos Cinta.  Carlos is dance instructor, DJ, and music editor.  He's most known in the dance community for his expertise in musicality, especially when it comes to Bachata music from the Dominican Republic and staying true the genre's roots.  He's not known for biting his tongue and definitel...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to dance, visit the Dominican Republic, or go to the concert of your favorite Latin music artist?  What if I told you that you could do all of the above in one event?  Enter Aventura, the world’s largest Latin Dance cruise. In this episode, I talk to the owner/director of Aventura Dance Cruise, Moshe Rasier, to get a behind-the-scenes perspective on this immersive...

Show Notes & Transcript:   https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/habits2 How do you get yourself to follow through with learning and speaking Spanish on a regular basis? If you haven’t already, go back and listen to episode 16 about how to establish the habit of using Spanish in your daily life and complete the 3 action steps before listening to this episode. In this episode, we’ll talk about h...

Show Notes & Transcript:   https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/habits   Do you struggle to stay on track with improving your Spanish?  Have you started learning on one app, only to quit when it got boring, and then later started another program and then stopped that too because you got busy?  In this episode, we’re going to talk about how to make learning Spanish as effortless as possible. I’...

Show Notes & Transcript:   https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/15   In this episode, we’re talking to a Spanish learner that’s probably a lot like you.  Brittany feels a connection with Latino culture, music, and her local community.  After downloading numerous apps and stocking up on textbooks, Brittany was still unable to have a conversation in Spanish.  Brittany shares the strategy that le...

>>> Download the song lyrics at https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/inmortal <<<  In this episode, I breakdown the lyrics of the song “Inmortal” by Romeo Santos featuring Aventura. I also give you some vocabulary and grammar tips along the way. Enjoy!  >>> Rate & Review <<< Let us know how we're doing por favor ! Leave us a rating & review in iTune...

Is your Spanish progress slow because you’re learning in a way that’s boring, ineffective, or culturally irrelevant? In this episode, Desta Haile from Languages through Music shares lessons from her 15 years of experience as a language teacher and musician.  She talks about how she found herself still uncomfortable speaking French after more than a decade of formal classes, and how music helped to...

Aprender cómo se usa el subjuntivo en español para expresar deseos.  Vamos a ver ejemplos de la canción "Ojalá que llueva café" por Juan Luis Guerra. Escucha  Ojalá que llueva café Ve a learnspanishconsalsa.com/13 para los apuntes de este episodio y la transcripción. Si quieres aprender más, visita spanishconsalsa.com/join Support the show ⭐Leave us a rating & review and we just mig...

Lost in Translation: How to Avoid Confusion and Communicate Effectively in Intercultural Relationships (An Interview with Maribel Quezada-Smith from the podcast Diferente) Learning Spanish goes hand-in-hand with learning about Latino culture.  As we learn the language, we meet new people, make friends, and even start dating people outside of our own culture. In this episode, we're going to ta...