Language Learning

Practical guidance for learners of Latin American Spanish at every stage — from the first six weeks to the long work of genuine fluency. Honest about what is hard, specific about what helps.

Review: Baselang

This review explains what the trial taught me about Baselang's strengths. Baselang is a serious, well-built tool — but it is built for a learner whose availability is more consistent than mine, and probably more consistent than many serious learners with full-time jobs.

Reviews Listening Resources Language Learning Regional Varieties

Review: SpanishPod101

Several thousand audio lessons across five proficiency levels and four Spanish dialect tracks make SpanishPod101 the largest Spanish library on the open internet. A review of what the platform actually delivers and who it actually serves.

Reviews Speaking Language Learning Course

Review: italki

One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. An online marketplace connecting language learners with native-speaker tutors from around the world for one-on-one video lessons, with the distinguishing feature that learners can choose tutors by country of origin. I have included italki among

Reviews Listening Resources Language Learning Course

Review: Rocket Spanish

One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. A structured audio course built around twenty-to-thirty-minute lessons, with voice recognition for pronunciation and role-play exercises for simulated conversation practice. I have included Rocket Spanish among the three products I actively recommend to serious learners

Reviews Language Learning Listening Resources

Review: Spanish Uncovered

One of three products on my Recommendations page for serious learners of Latin American Spanish. A story-based course that builds reading and listening comprehension through extended narratives, with native-speaker audio in both Latin American and Castilian Spanish. I have included Spanish Uncovered among the three products I actively recommend to

Reviews Listening Resources Language Learning Regional Varieties Argentine Spanish Chilean Spanish Colombian Spanish Costa Rican Spanish Dominican Spanish Honduran Spanish Mexican Spanish Peruvian Spanish Venezuelan Spanish Books

Review: Spanish Voices 1 & 2

There is a moment in every Spanish learner's progress when the coursebook audio stops being useful — when the textbook voice, slow and clear, has given everything it can. Lingualism's two-volume Spanish Voices arrives for exactly that moment. On the books that take the next step seriously.

Reviews Listening Resources Language Learning Regional Varieties Argentine Spanish Cuban Spanish Ecuadorian Spanish Honduran Spanish Mexican Spanish Peruvian Spanish

Review: The DLI Spanish Phone Conversations

Three hundred unscripted recordings in six Latin American dialects, free, and one of the more honest listening resources on the open internet.