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14 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
FreeLanguage.org
 As I was putting together my Spanish education guide, Learn Spanish Online for FREE, I came a across a great website for anyone looking for free language resources online. The site is called FreeLanguage.org, and is a collection of free language resources for over 15 different languages, ranging Spanish and French to Mandarin, Indonesian, and Arabic. Each language section includes information on free lessons, podcasts, video, study guides, and other language materials from all across the web.
I had the most interaction with their Spanish Section which provides links and comments to quality Free Spanish Education Resources on the internet. The internet is full of quality language learning pages. Free Language does a great job of sorting through all this information, and organizing it in one central location where it can be used more efficiently!
Worth checking out if you are interested in learning another language.
13 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
In researching for my recent post Free Spanish Lesson Podcasts I sorted through a wide variety of Spanish Education websites. It was actually a pretty daunting task, because there is SO MUCH information on the web about learning Spanish! Like any other topic on the internet, some of the information is great, a lot of it is pretty bad, and many sites are just trying to sell you something, which makes picking out quality Spanish resources an intimidating task.
In my infinite wisdom I have decided to take on this great challenge of finding the best free Spanish learning websites on the net, and even take it one step further by compiling them into one easy-to-follow, Online Spanish Education Program.
The program I have put together is divided into 13 key lessons, and is targeted at the beginner-level Spanish student. Each lesson includes links to written information about a particular grammar topic, indirectly related podcast(s) for listening comprehension, and written exercises for further practice.
The overall goal here is to use available online resources in an organized manner, to develop a solid base of Spanish language. Unfortunately, you won't be speaking fluent Spanish by the end, but you should be in a position to continue your Spanish studies at an intermediate level.
Please feel free to leave feedback about the program in the comments section below, so that I can continue to tweak and improve the lessons.
1 - Pronunciation (60 mins): Our first step will be learning the Spanish Alphabet, and the correct pronunciation of both individual letters and letter combinations
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Written Info:
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1.1 (10 mins)
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Overview: accent rules and written descriptions of the sounds made by all consonants, vowels, and letter combinations
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1.2 (10 mins)
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Single Letters: audio files of single letter sounds
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1.3 (10 mins)
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Letter Combinations: audio files of letter combinations
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Podcast:
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1.4 (20 mins)
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Introduction to Spanish Pronuciation with SpanishSense.com
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Practice:
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1.5 (10 mins)
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Listen and Repeat: practice your pronunciation with these audio files
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2 - Gender / Using the Plural (53 mins): Learn about the gender of nouns, as well as the rules for making words plural in Spanish. These two points of grammar are relatively simple and straightforward, so I included 3 podcasts to further practice pronunciation and get a jumpstart on listening comprehension
3 - Subject Pronouns & Adjectives (40 mins): Learn the subject pronouns (I, you, they, etc.) and the grammatical rules for adjectives in Spanish
4 - Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns (49 mins): my, mine, your, yours, their, theirs, etc...
5 - Ser & Estar (1hr 29mins): Learn and memorize the conjugations of the two verbs, both of which mean "to be". Then learn the different uses of each these two verbs.
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Written Info:
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5.1 (7 mins)
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Introduction to the verb Ser (to be)
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5.2 (7 mins)
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Introduction to the verb Estar (to be)
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5.3 (15 mins)
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Ser vs. Estar: Using the navigation bar on the right, look at "when Ser is obligatory", "when Estar is obligatory", and "comparing Ser and Estar"
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Podcast:
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5.4 (10 mins)
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Spanish Sense: Practice the verb Ser, tell who you are.
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5.5 (10 mins)
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Spanish Sense: More use of Ser, say your name, tell where you are from, basic questions
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Practice:
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5.6 (5 mins)
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Conjugate Ser
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5.7 (5 mins)
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Conjugate Estar
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5.8 (10 mins)
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Distinguish between Ser and Estar
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6 - Present Tense (regular verbs) (40 mins): Learn to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.
7 - Present Tense (irregular verbs) (1hr 45mins): Learn the rules for conjugating irregular verbs in the present tense.
8 - Direct Object Pronouns (42 mins): Learn to replace nouns with direct object pronouns. In the sentences "I cooked Jim a hamburger. He ate it." The final "it" is the Direct Object Pronoun, it replaces the noun "hamburger".
9 - Indirect Object Pronouns (58 mins): Learn to use indirect object pronouns. In the sentences, "Jenny wanted a car. Bob gave her a car." In the second sentence, "her" is the indirect object pronoun.
10 - Preterite (2hrs 6mins): The "preterite" is the past tense in Spanish. Here you will learn to talk about things that happened in the past. This lessons will require a lot of memorization and practice, so take your time with it.
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Written Info:
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10.1 (15 mins)
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Introduction to the Preterite Tense and its conjugations
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10.2 (7 mins)
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More Preterite Basics
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10.3 (10 mins)
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Irregular verbs in the preterite, Ser (to be), Ir (to go), Dar (to give), Hacer (to do)
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10.4 (7 mins)
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Stem changing verbs in the preterite
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10.5 (10 mins)
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"Yo" form stem changing verbs in the preterite
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10.6 (10 mins)
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Irregular verbs Decir (to say), Traer (to bring), Ver (to see)
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10.7 (10 mins)
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Other stem changing verbs in the preterite
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Podcast:
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10.8 (15 mins)
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Coffee Break Spanish: talk about what you like to do in your spare time
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Practice:
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10.9 (7 mins)
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Practice regular preterite
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10.10 (7 mins)
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Practice Ser, Ir, and Dar in the preterite
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10.11 (7 mins)
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Practice conjugating verbs in the preterite, that stem change in the present tense. (Remember, they DO NOT stem change in the preterite).
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10.12 (7 mins)
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Practice "Yo" form stem changin verbs in the preterite
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10.13 (7 mins)
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More irregular preterite verbs
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10.14 (7 mins)
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Even more irregular preterite verbs
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11 - Imperfect (59 mins): The imperfect tense is also used to express the past tense. How it is used, and how it differs from the preterite tense will be explained in 11.2 and more in lesson 12.
12 - Preterite vs. Imperfect (1hr 39mins): Learn the differences between these two expressions of the past tense, and how to use each one correctly.
13 - Future (44 mins): In Spanish there are two ways to talk about the future, using the "future tense" and with the structure "ir + a".
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Written Info:
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13.1 (10 mins)
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Introduction to the Future in Spanish
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Podcast: (10 mins)
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13.2 (10 mins)
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SpanishSense.com: talk about what you are going to do this weekend, "ir + a"
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Practice:
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13.3 (7 mins)
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Practice the future tense
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13.4 (7 mins)
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Practice talking about what you are doing in the future with "ir + a"
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11 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
Backpackers are, by definition, very frugal travelers. They use a number of strategies to save money along the road so that they can prolong their journey for as long as possible. Below is a list of 30 tips from the thriftiest of the thrifty (the backpacker population), regarding budget travel. Leave any additional budget travel tips you may have in the comments section so that we can add them to this list!
Please do not forget to be mindful of safety when using the following tips. Safe travel should always be your number one priority. It's not worth putting yourself at risk just to save a few dollars.
- Talk to the local women: No matter where you are in the world, I guarantee the local women are the ones that really know how to manage the money. Ask them for advice: where to shop, what to cook, where the clean/cheap restaurants are, how to get around, where the deals are, etc. These women can give you more site-specific tips than a guidebook could ever dream of!
- Research a site BEFORE you get there: Know where the cheap hostels are, how much food will cost, what the associated transportation costs will be, etc. You this information to come up with strategies to minimize costs.
- Visit inexpensive destinations: This is an obvious point, but an often overlooked one. If you are traveling on a budget, do some research ahead of time and plan to visit the more inexpensive destinations. Try to minimize your time in big cities, limit the number of expensive, touristy, locations you visit, research the cheapest travel routes, etc.
- Use your numbers: If you are with a small group of travelers, use that to your advantage. Bargain for group rates and discounts at hostels, with tour companies, buy food in bulk, etc. *Traveling with a group definitely has its downsides, but it WILL save you money. See 5 Tips for Traveling in Large Groups
- If you don’t have numbers, hook up with other travelers: If you aren’t traveling with a group, try to form one. This way you can use your numbers as a bargaining chip. *Traveling with a group definitely has its downsides, but it WILL save you money. See 5 Tips for Traveling in Large Groups
- Make friends with the locals: They can give you all sorts of advice about saving money, will often invite you over for meals, while also greatly enriching your overall travel experience.
- Avoid booking tours, hostels, guides, etc. from abroad or on the internet: You will find more options and cheaper prices if you book these services locally.
- Get out of the “tourist” areas: If you see tourists, rest assured that local business have raised their prices. Restaurants, hostels, gift stores, etc. are almost always cheaper in the non-touristy sectors of town.
- Spend more time in one place: Instead of trying to cross destinations of your “must see” list as quickly as possible, relax and spend some more in just a few locations. You will save money on transportation, plus you can get a much more in-depth look at the region and its people.
- Make transportation part of the fun: Don't just whizz from one destination to the next in a plane, train, or bus. Instead, rent a mountain bike, horse, or even trek from point A to point B. You will save a fortune on transportation costs, and find the actual journey a lot more enjoyable.
- Explore: Get off the beaten track and explore the lesser known sites of the region you are traveling in. You will save a small fortune by not having to pay inflated tourist prices for the “must see” locations, plus you can find some real gems out there, that have not yet been exploited by millions of tourists.
- Avoid hiring a guide: If you can safely avoid hiring a guide, do so. You will save money, and your trip will be much more of an adventure if you do not have someone holding your hand the whole way.
- Use public transportation: First time travelers often fall into the trap of only using taxis or private transportation to get around. It’s easy, you tell the driver where you want to go, and they take you there. Unfortunately, they also usually charge you 10-20 times what the same trip would have cost using the local bus, subway, or train system.
- Make friends with people who own cars: This tip was taken from taken from Brave New Traveler's Budget Travel Tips You'll Never Read in a Guidebook. A lot cheaper and less stressful than having to take taxis and buses everywhere.
- Utilize night transportation: Take that 6 hour bus or train ride at night. This way you can sleep during the ride and save a night’s hostel fare.
- Carry earplugs and sleeping pills: Many travelers, myself included, hate staying in shared dorm rooms. Somebody always snores, people come and go all throughout the night, and it is very difficult to get a good night’s sleep. However, aside form camping, this is by far the cheapest way to sleep during your travels. Invest in a good pair of earplugs and some sleeping pills so you can get over the annoyances of shared dorm rooms, and take advantage of the savings.
- Carry a tent, and use it whenever possible: When you are outside of urban areas, you can save a lot of money by camping. Many backpacker hostels even have small campgrounds with bathroom facilities.
- Shop in local markets: Stay away from air-conditioned supermarkets and department stores, and do your shopping in the local markets. Make sure you know how much items “should” cost, and be ready to bargain; but if done correctly you will pay significantly less than you would western-style “stores”.
- Don’t EVER buy the first thing you see: When shopping in local markets NEVER buy the first thing you see. I guarantee at least 5 other people in the market are selling the exact same product. Shop around first, compare quality and prices, then buy.
- Buy things off the street: These products are often stolen or breaking international copyright laws, but if that doesn’t bother you ethically, the price is definitely right.
- If you do buy things off the street, make damn sure it IS what you think it IS: If you do buy off the street, make sure you don’t get scammed. Make sure that batteries work, shampoo bottles are full, DVD’s actually play, etc…
- Sneak alcohol into bars or clubs: Fill up an empty water bottle or flask with your favorite cocktail to save on bar costs. Many clubs will search you before entering, so make sure you hide it well.
- Flirt with wealthy locals: In my experience, wealthy locals enjoy showing off their money to foreigners. Take advantage of this and get a free drink or two out of them. Works better for girls, but sometimes us guys can benefit too.
- Cook your own food: You can save a significant amount of money if you prepare your own food as opposed to always eating in restaurants.
- Buy the local food products: Foods produced locally are cheap, eat them. Forget about your favorite foods back home which are likely imported and expensive.
- Learn to use those local food products in a hundred different ways: If you don’t you will quickly grow tired of them, and find yourself buying more expensive, imported goods.
- Get local recipes: Local dishes are usually pretty tasty and also cheap to make.
- Don’t order a drink in restaurants: Get hydrated before you meal, or bring a small water bottle with you to the restaurant. If the waitstaff gives you a hard time about the water bottle, tell them you have dysentery and the drink in the bottle is enriched with re-hydration salts and electrolytes.
- Use an immersion heater to make coffee, tea, or soups. This cheap, portable appliance will give you the luxury of hot drinks and soups, without having to pay café or restaurant prices.
- Exploit freebies: Take advantage, and stock up on anything you can get for free. Shampoo, soap, toilet paper from hostels/hotels; crackers and snacks on planes, trains, or buses; all you can eat buffets; etc…
09 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
Most backpackers would agree that touring in a large group (over 4 people) is not the best way to travel. Large groups of travelers stick out like a sore thumb making it difficult to blend in, meet people, and really experience the culture. Getting around is tough as everyone cannot always fit onto crowded buses, you have to take two taxis, nobody knows where they are going, etc. Then, worst of all, it seems to take large groups at least an hour to make the simplest decisions, like where to have lunch or which museum to visit. Seriously, who cares, just choose something!
Despite this common-knowledge that group travel is probably not the best way to go, I think we all will agree that it is also near impossible to avoid it for an entire trip. I don’t know how it happens; you pick up that German girl from the café, then the New Zealanders from your volunteer project, then “Patches” who claims no nationality, smells like mothballs, and has been trailing you like Smeagol from “Lord of the Rings” ever since the bus station in Colombia – all of the sudden you realize your traveling duo has become a group of 6! It happens, no point in stressing about it, and if you are smart you can even use the group to your advantage.
Below are 5 tips to keep in mind when traveling in a large group:
- Always bargain for a group discount: If you’ve got the numbers you might as well use them to save you some money. Most hostels and tour companies will offer you a discounted group rate if you negotiate for it, so give it a shot.
- Delegate and seperate: Just because you are traveling as a group does not mean you are attached at the hip. For example, if you are just arriving in a new town, instead of all wandering around town together with your luggage, arguing about where to stay, and making yourselves a perfect target for any vendor that wants to sell something, split up. Leave two people at a local café with your bags, while the others can scope out different sections of town for places to stay. Report back to the café in 20 minutes where you can all sit down and make an informed group decision.
- Take turns: Take turns with daily chores like cooking, washing dishes, grocery shopping, laundry, and bargaining.
- Be a leader: To me there is nothing more frustrating than standing on a street corner, with a group of travelers, trying to decide what to do next. Usually the problem is that nobody wants to step on anybody else’s toes and assert themselves. However, this just means that everyone ends up standing around saying “I don’t know, what do you want to do?”. If your group is suffering from the “I don’t know” syndrome, do everyone a favor, and make a group decision. If people don’t like your decision, at least it might inspire them to speak up the next time.
- Know when it is time to get out of the group: Traveling in a large group can be a lot of fun. However, as I mentioned above, it also makes it difficult to really interact with the local culture, and can be quite frustrating logistically. Know when you’ve had your fill of group travel, and don’t feel bad about separating. Make an excuse if you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feeling, but do what you need to do to ensure that your experience is what you want it to be.
06 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
 Ever since the 1950’s, Vilcabamba, Ecuador has been a highlight on the world map for those interested in longevity, or long-life with minimal health problems. People from this region, also known as the “Valley of Longevity”, say that it is not uncommon for it’s residents to live well past 100 years of age. Though they do not have any formal birth records, many Vilcabamba natives claim to be over 120 years of age. Statistically, it would be rare to find just a couple of one hundred year olds in a population as small as Vilcabamba (pop. 5000). So, to see dozens of people living over 100 years is truly an anomaly.
These claims of extreme longevity have sparked the interests of many scientists over the past 50 years. This interest resulted in a number of trips down to Vilcabamba to try to determine what it is about this region that enables its residents to live for so long.
Unfortunately, scientists never came to a consensus, and their conclusions have been varied. Some, simply dismissed the claims of very long-life to be unsubstantiated, since the elderly in Vilcabamba do not possess formal birth records. Others have attributed the extreme longevity to a near perfect climate (around 70 Fahrenheit year-round), low fat and calorie diet, and an active lifestyle. Native Vilcabambans are a simple people who spend their days actively working their farms, and consume a variety of fresh grains, fruits, and vegetables. While their diets are quite healthy, it is interesting to note that these same people also often consume 3 or more rum beverages and over 40 homemade cigarettes each day! Studies have also shown that the water in Vilcabamba may be the reason for the people’s lack of disease and long-life. Many scientists believe that the water that flows through the valley’s rivers consists of a near perfect mineral balance, that keeps our bones strong and minimizes cholestoral buildup.
Having visited Vilcabamba myself, I can say that it is a very interesting place, and even though the theory of longevity may be debated, it is still a perfect compliment the overall Vilcabamba atmosphere and tone. Definitely worth a visit.
Read more about Vilcabamba’s Legend of Longevity:
www.vilcabamba.org/article.html
www.trivia-library.com/a/health-and-old-age-places-with-high-longevity-v...
06 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
A major distinction between an intermediate and advanced speaker of any language is the person’s ability to communicate as a native speaker would. An advanced speaker is able to express her thoughts in the same way the native speaker does, while an intermediate speaker does not have the same “feel” for the language and thus relies on sentence structures and cognates of their first language to communicate in the foreign one. This intermediate speaker is normally still understood, but there is something unnatural and awkward about the way their phrasing.
This ability to think and communicate as a native speaker would, is only learned after much practice and many hours of listening to native speakers until one way just sounds more natural than the others. However, to help with the process, I have compiled a list of a 11 common errors I often hear intermediate Spanish speakers make, who are still making the transition to advanced speaker.
- "embarrassed"
Translating this word incorrectly may actually cause some embarrassment. A common mistake is to use EMBARAZADO. However, EMBARAZADO actually means “pregnant”. TENER VERGUENZA is the correct translation of “being embarrassed”.
- "excited"
Another word that make cause you some embarrassment if translated incorrectly. A common error is to translate “excited” to EXITADO. However, EXITADO actually means “sexually excited”. Regular old “excited” is translated to EMOCIONADO.
- "to realize"
People often use REALIZAR to say that they realize something. However, REALIZAR in Spanish only means “realize” in the sense of “carrying out an action”. To say that you “realize” something, like you “realize you left your keys at work” the correct verb phrase is DARSE CUENTA DE
- "like this"
When saying “like this”, a common mistake is to say COMO ASI. However, since the word ASI itself means “like this” it is redundant and incorrect to say COMO ASI which would translate literally to “like like this”. To say “like this” use ASI.
- "to look for"
A common mistake is to say BUSCAR PARA when trying to say “to look for”. However, the verb BUSCAR by itself means “to look for” so to add the PARA is redundant. BUSCAR means “to look for”.
- "thank you for…"
A classic por/para mistake. When saying thank you for something, use GRACIAS POR as opposed to GRACIAS PARA
- "actually"
It sounds as though “actually” should be translated to ACTUALMENTE. However, ACTUALMENTE means “nowadays”. REALMENTE is a more accurate translation of actually.
- "ridiculous"
“Ridiculous” is often incorrectly translated to RIDICULOSO which actually is not a word. The correct translation is RIDICULO.
- "with me"
The common mistake made for “with me” is to CON YO. However, “with me” is actually translated into one word CONMIGO.
- "another"
To say something like “I want another beer”, a common error is to say YO QUIERO UNA OTRA CERVEZA. However, the UNA is actually unnecessary meaning the correct translation is simply YO QUIERO OTRA CERVEZA.
- "I like _____ing"
A common tendency is to use maintain the English structure of “I like _____ing” and say ME GUSTA _____ANDO / IENDO. However, the correct structure is to actually keep the verb in the infinitive and simply say ME GUSTA _____ (verb in the infinitive). For example: ME GUSTA CAMINAR, TE GUSTA COMER, NOS GUSTA JUGAR, etc.
04 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
A trip to Vilcabamba, Ecuador is like a journey back in time. A journey to a time and place where life was simple, completely disconnected from the stresses of the modern-day world.
Vilcabamba is an excellent destination for anyone hoping to “get away from it all”. Set amongst the rolling, green, Andean hills of Southern Ecuador, Vilcabamba features a mild, sunny climate, with temperatures that stay in the high 60’s to low 70’s (19-24 Celsius) year round.
Budget hotels line the town roads, while more expensive options can be found just outside of town, tucked amidst the lush vegetation that covers the town’s surrounding areas. Massages and other body treatments are advertised all over town, and can be as inexpensive as $5 per half hour. There are a number of tour operator around town that offer single to multi-day horseback riding tours, as well as guided treks into the nearby Podocarpus national park. Independent day hikers can find a number of options just outside of town including the Rumi Wilco wildlife reserve (www.rumiwilco.com) and the Mandango peak which at 2030m is the highest point in the area.
04 Jun 2007 by Rob Meyer
Ecuador Travel Quick Facts:
Capital: Quito
Population: 13.6 million
President: Rafael Correa (2007)
Independence: May 24, 1822
National Language: Spanish
Highest Point: Chimborazo 6,272m / 20,577ft
Monetary Unit: US Dollar
Main Exports: petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish
Ecuador Travel Planning:
Passport/Visa: Visas are not required for most travelers entering Ecuador (contact your embassy for more information). Once in country, it is recommended you store your passport in a very safe place, and only carry copies as opposed to the original in case of theft or loss. If passport is lost or stolen, contact your embassy immediately.
Inoculations: Not required, but recommended. Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Dengue Fever, Malaria, Cholera.
US dollars: A huge advantage for US travelers. Bring plenty of low denomination bills ($1’s and $5’s), as it can be very hard to find change in smaller stores and outside or urban areas.
Clothing: Depends on what region of the country you intend to visit. While in the Andes, multiple layers are recommended as days can get quite warm, while nights routinely drop to the low 50’s or even into the 40’s (). In contrast the coast in Ecuador is hot year round. Here you will be most comfortable in shorts and short-sleeves during the day, and something a little warmer for breezy, coastal evenings and nights. The Amazon is also hot and very humid. However due to biting insects and dense vegetation, you will be better off with thin, well ventilated, quick drying materials that cover most of your bodies skin. No matter what region of Ecuador you are in, always be prepared for rain.
Camera: Of course you will want to document your Ecuador travels. With computer access widely available, digital cameras are recommended.
Internet Access: To communicate your Ecuador travel experience to all your friends and family back home. Available in most cities and towns of reasonable size (over 5,000 people) and will normally cost between $1-$1.50 per hour (though more expensive in remote areas).
Travel Insurance: Always a good idea regardless of length of stay. This expense is minimal because you never know what can happen.
29 May 2007 by Rob Meyer
Lately I have been seeing more and more websites offering free Spanish Lesson podcasts. I think this is a fantastic idea, and could be really beneficial to anyone planning a trip to a Spanish speaking part of the world.
I think most people would agree that it is definitely beneficial to learn a little Spanish before attempting travel through a Spanish speaking area of the world. But, let’s be honest, trying to learn a language out of a book is extremely boring, and doesn’t even provide you with necessary practice in pronunciation and listening comprehension.
Spanish Lesson podcasts can fill that gap, and give you an opportunity to improve your listening comprehension and practice correct pronunciation. Plus, podcasts are free, so why not spend a couple of hours a week using them before your big trip!?
To help you on your way I looked over a number of sites offering Spanish Lesson podcasts and came up with a list of 4 that I consider to be the best. All together they can provide you with over 100 hours of free Spanish instruction!
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Coffee Break Spanish: This is a good site for beginners. The Spanish speakers in the podcast are NOT native speakers, but they provide a good balance of Spanish conversation and explanation in English.
- Spanish Sense: This is a very solid site, offering Spanish Lesson podcasts in 5 different levels: newbie, elementary, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced (though most are for their “newbie” and “elementary” levels). Every podcast I listened to was run by native Latin American Spanish speakers (I think from Mexico, but not sure).
- Notes in Spanish: This site offers intermediate and advanced Spanish podcasts. The podcasts are run by a native Spanish speaker from Spain and an Englishmen, both of whom speak Spanish only in Spanish during the podcast.
- Rojas Spanish: Podcasts for intermediate to advanced Spanish speaker. These podcasts are run by Luis Rojas who is from Lima, Peru. His is accent is not exactly like a native Ecuadorian’s, but it is similar.
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