During my time as both a student and language trainer on different continents, I have often seen more women than men in language classrooms.Experts confirm my observation and state that approximately 70% of all language students are women. This raises a lingering question: is this...
Years ago, I found in a bookstore an old textbook with the title “Lernen Sie Spanish schnell und sicher.”As a Spanish teacher still struggling with the nuances of the German language, my immediate thought was that, perhaps, German speakers were so obsessed with certainty that...
Since I was a child, I have often thought about what makes a good teacher. My classmates and I were not sophisticated enough to elaborate on the required traits of the chosen one, but we could immediately recognize a good teacher as soon as we...
It’s a fact that we like to speak more often than we like to listen. It is our spontaneous way of asserting our existence in this planet: “I speak, therefore I am.”(Fotolia) The same is true when we decide to learn a new language. Even though listening...
It has been said that in this fast-paced world the only constant is change. This is true not only in the material world: now it is possible to change partners with the same speed we dispose of, and buy new shoes.Even our opinions are on...
After a long evening class, a student of mine once took me aside and asked me if I knew a secret to learn Spanish in the quickest way possible.I leant over and gently whispered in his ear – there is none.He could not hide his...
