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1. About – Why this blog? Who the heck do I think I am?

Motivation is the key to success

1. Don’t be a quitter
2. Spanish for busy people
3. Everyone can learn a language
4. Because you don’t see improvement doesn’t mean it isn’t there
5. Is Spanish really that easy?
6. Spanish should be fun
7. What if you studied Spanish in school but failed?
8. Understanding everything shouldn’t be your goal
9. Turn negative things positive
10. Lazy people are better learners
11. Learning a language is like running a marathon
12. Are you trying to learn Spanish or are you actually learning it?
13. How to keep momentum
14. Making mistakes, does it hurt?

Sentences/Flashcards

1. What’s an SRS?
2. Where to get sentences from?
3. Where to get even more sentences from, with audio?
4. Is using flashcards bad?

For the grammar nazis

1. Screw grammar
2. How to ignore grammar
3. Why you think you need to learn grammar
4. Learn by example
5. I know nothing about grammar…
6. Can learning grammar be a shortcut to fluency?

Yo! Fix my pronunciation!

1. How to roll your R
2. “Listen First” equals to “Never Going to Speak”?
3. Don’t worry too much about your accent (However, after meeting many language learners over the years I do believe it’s possible for adult learners to acquire a native accent)
4. Imitate, imitate, imitate
5. Videotape yourself
6. How I got a native Spanish accent

Input and output (a.k.a. “taking in” vs. “producing”)

1. Input vs. output
2. Understand Spanish: How to make the transition from input to output
3. Spanish conversation groups may damage your fluency
4. Speaking won’t make you better at Spanish
5. The TV Method