Visual Link Spanish(TM) Newsletter - Volume 6 Issue 25

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This issue:
1. Testimonial
2. Weekly Spanish Lesson - “Locations”
3. Words of the Week
4. Ask Dave Section - “How Can I Understand Native Speakers that Talk
so Fast?”
6. Responses to Past Newsletters

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Visual Link Spanish(TM) Testimonial –
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Hi

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Weekly Spanish Lesson—Locations
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For this week’s lesson, click below to learn some basics in Spanish
Locations. You’ll hear María from Mexico and learn with a fun,
interactive format. You’ll learn some locations questions, the
difference between the formal and the informal “you” and a few actual
locations.

To check it out, click here:
http://www.spanishprograms.com/learn/locations.htm

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Words of the Week
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Taken from our complete CD-ROM course —–

Monday / Let’s go / Vamónos / Vamos
Tuesday / Fast / Quick / Rápido
Wednesday / Wait! / ¡Espere!
Thursday / Look! / ¡Mire!
Friday / Listen to me! / ¡Escúcheme!
Saturday / Come Here! / ¡Venga para acá!
Sunday / Get out of here! / ¡Salga de aquí!

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The Official “Ask Dave” Section —–
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Question

When I hear spanish people talking I just don’t understand because
they talk so fast. But when they speak slow, I do understand what I
know. How can I help myself?

Answer

At the end of each section of the course is an audio conversation.
First of all, be sure and go through the conversations a few times
until you start to understand them without having to translate in
your mind. Next, is an assignment that I like to give to students:

Listen to a Spanish radio and/or TV station for fifteen to thirty
minutes and write down any words you recognize from songs and
commercials. Guess the topic that is being discussed. This may be
difficult at first because you have a limited amount of vocabulary
and radio announcers and songs use a seemingly unlimited amount of
vocabulary. However, the more you do this exercise, the more you will
tune your ear to Spanish.

Hopefully these tips can help you out. Our goal is to help you learn
Spanish!

Hasta luego,

Dave

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Culture —– Amigo Week!
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As I’ve mentioned in previous newsletters, one of the best ways to
improve your Spanish, apart from a course like ours, is to speak with
native Spanish speakers. Now I’d like to suggest that an even better
way to learn Spanish is to become friends with a native Spanish
speaker - especially one that doesn’t know much English.

What should you do if you don’t know where to find a Spanish-speaking
friend? I recommend looking around your neighborhood, at work, go
Latin dancing or go to a Latin event. Latin dancing can be a great
way to improve your Spanish and learn more about Latin culture
through music and dance.

Now I’d like to share a quick cultural note about friends in Latin
America vs. here in the U.S. Generally here in the U.S., work and
making money are the #1 priority in many people’s lives. Often
friends and family come second. In Latin America, generally friends
and family are considered the top priority and work comes second. It
may be said that some people work to live and other people live to
work. Of course there are many exceptions, but this is generally how
it is in the two countries. What is it like in your country?

Since this is amigo week. Be sure and send information about our
newsletters and website to friends who want to learn Spanish.

Sneak peek at next week: “Strike!”

¡Hasta luego! (”Until later”)

David S. Clark — President / Director
Visual Link Spanish(TM)
Fun, Interactive Spanish Courses
http://www.spanishprograms.com
dave_c@spanishprograms.com

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Responses to Past Newsletters
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Response #1

HOLA

JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE TOPIC. WE ACTUALLY USE THAT GESTURE IN
GUYANA(SOUTH AMERICA) TO POINT TO THINGS AS WELL AS PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO KNOW YOU ARE REFERRING TO THEM
BUT WE HAVE NO NAME FOR IT AND IT IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE
AVERAGE GUYANESE. I BELIEVE IT IS SOMETHING USED BY PEOPLE IN THE
CARIBBEAN MOSTLY.

Response #2

Hi Dave,

I have noticed the practice of “lip pointing” is also used among some
American Indians including the Navajo. Pucker the lips, swing the
head around to the direction with a slight uplift of the chin.

Allen

Response #3

Hi Dave,

I love your newsletter, I look forward to it every week. In regards
to the “Dominican Point” They do this in El Salvador also. I was a
manager in a restaurant and needless to say the kitchen was all
latin, half Mexicans and half El Salvadorans. Many times when I would
ask where someone was I would get the puckered lips point. This also
works well if your hands are full which is often the case in latin
american countries.

Keep giving us more cultural information, I LOVE it.

Have a great day

Sarah Castellano

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