Hot off the press “Spanish Speaker’s Typical Mistakes – Part 2”, plus a fascinating list of Spanish-Italian/Italian-Spanish false friends, both offered by an Italian teacher doing her teaching practice at our sponsor school.   Spanish Students’ Typical Mistakes – Part 2   L’ ho incontrato una settimana fa (non “..fa una settimana”) Lo encontré […]

  Speak Spanish? Italian is a popular foreign language with Spanish speakers, in part because of the similarities between the two languages. Because of these similarities, Spanish speakers pick up Italian very quickly (and vice versa) but there are a number of grammatical and vocabulary differences which cause students from Spanish-speaking countries to make some […]

  If you found Lucia’s list of typical student errors interesting, you’ll be pleased to hear she’s let me have “part 2” of her list… Students of any level can profit from analysing typical errors – they often reveal fascinating differences between your own language (in this case English) and the language you are learning. […]

Nobody likes to make mistakes when speaking a foreign language – it’s embarassing and can impede communication. But have you ever thought about what causes you to make mistakes? Other than just not knowing the foreign language as well as you know your mother tongue… Language teachers are trained to recognise errors caused by differences between […]