£50 voucher competition T&Cs

Terms & Conditions for The Modern Language School £50 language Voucher Prize Draw There is 1 prize of a £50 language voucher redeemable against any of our courses or private tuitions. Open to UK residents aged 16 and over, excluding employees and relatives of The Modern Language School. Closing date for entries is 11.59pm GMT on 31st July 2017. […]

Exclamations in Spanish

My Thursday morning Spanish class have been busy working on using exclamations in their Spanish conversations. I found this useful article that I would like to share with you all. Please make sure that you scroll down to the interjections and ways of expressing anger and disappointment! http://www.spanishdict.com/guide/spanish-exclamatory-words-and-expressions

World Book Day 2017

So today, the 1st of March 2017 is World Book Day in England. My two lovelies have been asked to go to school dressed as their favourite book characters. With so many to choose from it was hard to decide but they have plumped for Mildred Hubble from the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy and […]

Improve your Spanish by listening to songs

One thing that my students tell me that they struggle with, is listening to spoken Spanish. By listening to Spanish songs and by reading the transcripts in Spanish, you will improve your listening skills no end. The beauty of this web site is that you have the ability to slow down the recording! Please take […]

Bienvenidos a los estudiantes españoles

A real warm welcome back to The Modern Language School to all my Spanish students. I have loved teaching my existing students again this week after the summer break and I have had the pleasure of welcoming many new beginners too. Good luck with your Spanish studies this year and I hope you all enjoy your […]

Spanish vocabulary is easier than you realise!

Do you know more Spanish words than you realise? I have been thinking of ways to help my students in my Spanish lessons at The Modern Language School learn more vocabulary. By learning these cognates (words from two different languages that are the same or similar) you will be able to instantly learn thousands of […]

Spanish newsletter November 2015

Hola estudiantes, Thank you to all of you who attended our charity dinner and/or supported the event by buying raffle tickets or donating prizes. We are pleased to announce we raised £1027 for charity research! This term is flying by and I can’t believe we only have three weeks of this term left. Classes for […]

Spanish phrases at the chemist

Conversation Buenas tardes. Creo que he comido algo en mal estado. Good afternoon. I think I’ve eaten something that was off. ¿Cuáles son los síntomas? What are the symptoms? Tengo náuseas, dolor de estómago, y me ha salido un sarpullido. I’ve got nausea, a stomach ache and I’ve come out in a rash. Desde luego, […]

Dining out in Portugal

Eating is something you will get plenty of chance to do in Portugal and you are in for a treat! Here are some useful words and phrases for you: garfo fork faca knife colher spoon prato plate copo glass guardanapo napkin   Here are some basic items you may wish to ask for (pedir) in […]

Dining out in Portugal

Eating is something you will get plenty of chance to do in Portugal and you are in for a treat! Here are some useful words and phrases for you: garfo fork faca knife colher spoon prato plate copo glass guardanapo napkin   Here are some basic items you may wish to ask for (pedir) in […]