Learn good Spanish pronunciation to reduce your foreign accent…

Posted by Chris Showers on August 14th, 2008.

There is more to learning a second language than simply memorizing grammar rules and vocabulary: you also need to practice and perfect your foreign language pronunciation in order to be easily understood. Most linguists agree that if you’ve started learning a second language after about seven years of age, you’ll probably never acquire truly native pronunciation; however, you can take steps to reduce your foreign accent so that you sound as native-like as possible. In this post, I’d like to list my five tips for making your Spanish accent sound more native-like.  Continue reading this post…

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Electricity in Spain: Making sure your US gadgets will work abroad…

Posted by Chris Showers on August 5th, 2008.

You need to know what type of electricity Spain uses.

Soon I’ll be packing to go to Spain; but, before I can pack, I have to make sure that all my electrical devices – computer, digital camera, MP3 player, etc. – will work with the voltage abroad. In order to be sure that my “gadgets” will work abroad, I did a little research online about the differences between electricity in the USA and electricity in Spain. Here’s what I found out.  Continue reading this post…

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