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5 Things to Stop Doing to Finally Nail Your Spanish in 2025

How do I improve? Learning Spanish is an adventure full of triumphs, mistakes, and the occasional “Wait, did I just say I’m pregnant?” moment. If you’ve been stuck in the same spot or feel like your progress has hit a siesta, it might be time to rethink your approach. Here are five things you need to stop doing in 2025 if you want to level up your Spanish once and for all!

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If I Started Learning Spanish from Scratch again in 2025 I’d Do This

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If you can get these seven things right then you’re completely off to the races and you’ll boost your chances of becoming fluent by the end of the year. So in this blog post I take my own 35 years experience of becoming fluent to native level in Spanish combine it with over 10 years teaching Spanish, and I and condense it into seven bullet points that I would follow if I was starting learning Spanish from scratch again in 2025.

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Spanish for the Soul: Finding Passion in Language Learning

Learning a new language is more than just memorizing words and grammar rules—it’s about engaging with content that fuels your passions. When you connect language learning to something you genuinely love, like adventure travel for example, the process becomes not only more enjoyable but also more effective. So in this blog post I delve into how pursuing your interests can turbocharge your linguistic growth.

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Why some people find learning Spanish easier than others?

I speak to a lot of students about learning Spanish and there are always mixed views as to how easy or hard it is. There is no obvious correlation to those who find it easier than others, it’s not like all women aged 47 who are lawyers and already speak two other languages say they find it easy whilst all men aged 27 who work in restaurants and are keen surfers find it difficult. So I’ve done some digging and have actually found some common ground. So in this blog post I share with you why some people find it easier than others to learn Spanish and what you can do to make your language learning much easier, and sooo much more fun.

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What Does Speak Spanish “Like a Native” actually mean?

With exam results out in the UK this week the ongoing debate about whether ‘native speakers’ should sit exams (as it is said to jeopardize the statistics and influence grade boundaries) got me thinking about what actually a “native speaker” of a language is. So in this blog post I’m explore what it actually means to speak native Spanish in the UK?

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