Giving Spanish Anticipatory Guidance in Diabetes
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to cover the main details about anticipatory guidance in diabetes – and doing it in Spanish: Orientación temprana para diabetes.…
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Thinking in English– 8 Ways of Developing Fluency without Translating
Thinking in English will help your language skills to grow. It is possible to teach yourself to think in a second language. In this posting I talk about 8 ways…
2 Medical Spanish Pronunciation Rules to help you ACE medical Spanish words
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn two easy rules for making sure you’re pronouncing medical Spanish words properly. These 2 medical Spanish pronunciation rules apply to all…
Numbers in American English–How to Express Quantity
Numbers mean the same thing in every language. How we talk about numbers varies, however, from language to language. It even varies among countries that speak the same language. For…
Learn Medical Spanish – Taking Family Medical History in Spanish
Family Medical histories in Spanish are an important aspect of gaining a patient’s complete medical history. In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn: Vocabulary for family members in…
Punctuation in American English–Marks to Make Your Meaning Clear
Punctuation marks are marks to make your written meaning clear. You may have learned something about British punctuation. Some of the rules for American punctuation are a little bit different.…
Expressing the Future Tense in English in 4 Ways–Which to Use?
There are 4 ways of expressing the future tense in English: will, be going to, the present continuous, and the simple present. In this posting I talk about each of…
Learn Medical Spanish – 7 Easy Phrases for Communicating Treatment Plans in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn 7 easy phrases for communicating treatment plans in Spanish and being able to talk about them with your Latino patients. These…
7 Medical Spanish uses for PARA in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson teaches you 7 Medical Spanish uses for PARA in Spanish: ¿Para qué sirve PARA? 🙂 Last week, we learned how to use POR, so now it’s…
Talking About the Past in English–6 Ways to Do This
There are 6 ways of talking about the past in English. With each way, the meaning changes. In this posting I talk about each of the 6 ways. There will…
6 Medical Spanish Uses for POR in Spanish
If you are not a native Spanish speaker, I’m sure 100% sure that you sometimes have to guess about whether you should use Para or Por in Spanish. In this…
Simple, Continuous, and Perfect Tenses in English
English has many tenses, including the simple, continuous, and perfect tenses. These tenses exist in the present, past, and future. In this posting I talk about how to use all…
Synonyms and Antonyms in English–Growing Your Vocabulary
Synonyms and antonyms are important to understand as you learn English. Knowledge of synonyms and antonyms will help your English vocabulary to grow. In this posting I talk about 10…
Aprender inglés – 6 tipos de Modal Verbs: Verbos modales en inglés
Los Modal Verbs o verbos modales son verbos especiales en inglés ya que funcionan un poco diferente a los demás verbos. ¿Por qué? No se les añade la “s” en…
Tener Expressions – 13 Things You ARE in English but HAVE in Medical Spanish Contexts
This Free Medical Spanish lesson teaches you 13 Tener expressions, so that you know when to use HAVE in Spanish vs BE in English. These 13 tener expressions are used…
Aprender inglés – Adverbios y expresiones de frecuencia en inglés
Los adverbios y expresiones de frecuencia indican cada cuánto haces algo. En este post hablaremos de los adverbios y expresiones de frecuencia más comunes en inglés. También aprenderás dónde colocar…
Aprender inglés – El imperativo en inglés: dar instrucciones, sugerencias y consejos en inglés
El imperativo es la forma del verbo que usamos para dar instrucciones, sugerencias o consejos. También lo usamos para dar órdenes directas. El imperativo es fácil de formar, solo necesita…
Top 10 Prescription Medications Described in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson teaches you how to talk about the top 10 prescription medications described in Spanish: Top 10 medicamentos recetados descritos en español. In this medical Spanish lesson…
Aprender inglés – Prefijos y Sufijos en Inglés – Cómo cambiar el significado de las palabras
Los prefijos y sufijos no son palabras en sí mismos. Son un grupo de letras que añadimos a las palabras y que cambian su significado. Los prefijos los añadimos al…
Learn Medical Spanish – How to Explain Top 10 Hospital Procedures in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson teaches you how to explain the top 10 hospital procedures in Spanish to your Spanish speaking patients: 10 procedimientos hospitalarios más comunes. For each procedure, I…
15 Commonly Misused Words in English–Similar Word; Different Meaning
There are many commonly misused words in English. Some of these words may have similar spellings, and some may have similar pronunciations. These words, however, have different meanings. In this…
Medical Spanish Conditional Verbs and Patient Conversations
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how to use Medical Spanish conditional verbs during conversations with patients: Verbos condicionales en español médico para conversar con los pacientes. The conditional…
Aprender inglés – Pronombres en inglés: cómo usarlos como sujetos, objetos y para demostrar posesión
Los pronombres en inglés son palabras que pueden ser usadas para reemplazar los sustantivos, es decir, para mencionar cosas sin usar directamente su nombre. En este sentido, un pronombre puede…
Sentence Types in English–Simple, Compound, Complex, and More
There are 4 sentence types in English: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. We use some of these sentence types frequently in conversation. We use others more frequently in writing. In…
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Free Medical Spanish lesson This free Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how to express numbers, dates and vital signs in Spanish: Números, fechas y signos vitales en español. Numbers…
Learn Medical Spanish – Patient Intake Questions in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how to ask Patient Intake Questions and talk through patient intake information in Spanish: Preguntas para Ingresar al Paciente. In this lesson you’ll…
Learn Medical Spanish – How to ask “Have You Ever…?” questions to your patients in Spanish
Have you ever is a great phrase that gives you insight into your patient’s history with a given problem or his/her medical history. This free Medical Spanish lesson focuses on…
The Present Perfect Continuous in English–Past/Present Connections
The present perfect continuous tense in English is used to connect the present with the past. It suggests that something was started in the past but is unfinished. In this…
Learn Medical Spanish – 16 Organs and Their Functions in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about 16 organs and their functions with your Spanish speaking patients: los órganos y sus funciones. In this lesson you will learn about:…
Infinitives in English–6 Ways to Use These Important Words
We form infinitives by combining to with the base form of the verb (to work). In this posting I talk about 6 ways to use infinitives. There will be many…
Learn Medical Spanish – Talking About Palliative Care in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking through initial conversation around palliative care in Spanish with your Latino patients: Atención paliativa. Palliative care is a delicate topic as you speak…
Learn Medical Spanish – Talking through Signs and Symptoms in Spanish with your patients
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking through the different signs and symptoms in Spanish your patient could have when they see you in the clinic. In this lesson you…
Have and Get in English-How Are They Similar, yet Different?
It is easy to confuse have and get in English. Sometimes they mean almost the same thing. Often, however, they have different meanings. In this posting I talk about the…
Spanish for Educators – Reporting Test Scores in Spanish
In this Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how report test scores in Spanish to parents and guardians: informar las calificaciones. Su reto profesional: start using this new vocabulary to…
Spanish for Educators – Regular Verbs in the Preterite in Spanish
In this Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how to use and conjugate the regular verbs in the preterite (past tense) in Spanish: Verbos regulares en el pretérito. Here…
Perfect Modals in English–Expressing Possibilities, or Regret
Perfect modal verbs in English work in similar ways to perfect verb tenses. We form them with the verb have and the past participle of the main verb. When we…
Spanish for Educators – Regular Verbs in the Present Tense in Spanish
Present Tense Verb Refresher! In this Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how to use and conjugate the regular verbs in the present in Spanish: Verbos regulares en el…
Spanish for Educators – How to Talk About Positive and Negative Student Behaviors in Spanish
In this Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how to talk about positive and negative student behavior with parents during conferences: El comportamiento positivo y negativo del estudiante. Su…
Phrasal Modal Verbs in English–Modals with Two or More Words
Phrasal modal verbs in English are modal verbs with two or more words. Just as some verbs with two words are phrasal verbs (clean up, give away), some modals also…
Spanish for Educators – 4 Tips to Learn Spanish for Free
If learning and/or improving your Spanish this year is one of your goals, be sure to get these 4 tips to learn Spanish for free to help you accomplish your…
Learn Medical Spanish – Discussing Back Pain in Spanish
This free Medical Spanish lesson focuses on discussing back pain in Spanish: el dolor de espalda. In this lesson I teach on common causes of back pain anatomy of the back…
Learn Medical Spanish – Discussing Headaches in Spanish
This Free Medical Spanish lesson focuses on discussing headaches in Spanish: el dolor de cabeza. In this lesson, we’re discussing stress headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, sinus pain, strokes, concussions and vision…
Plural Nouns: Regular and Irregular Plurals in English
All nouns are either singular of plural. Singular nouns mean just one, while plural nouns mean more than one. In this posting I talk about the rules for forming plural…
Learn Medical Spanish – Questions and Phrases to Assess Child Abuse and Neglect in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how assess child abuse and neglect in Spanish. This is a delicate topic requested by a community member who wanted to know the…
Borrowed Words–How English Borrows from Other Languages
The English language has many borrowed words. English is basically a Germanic language by structure. English vocabulary, however, comes from everywhere. In this posting I talk briefly about the history…
Learn Medical Spanish – How To Talk About and Evaluate Chest Pain in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about and evaluating chest pain in Spanish: el dolor de pecho. Here is the Medical Spanish lesson I taught to the Facebook group: Subscribe…
Spanish for Educators – Stem-changing Verbs in Spanish
This Spanish for Educators lesson focuses on understanding the stem-changing verbs in Spanish and start using them in the classroom: Verbos que cambian de raíz o verbos de bota. Su…
Spanish for Educators – Irregular Verbs in The Present Tense in Spanish
This Spanish for Educators lesson focuses on mastering the irregular verbs in the present tense in Spanish: Los verbos irregulares en el presente en español. In Spanish, verbs have three…
English Conjunctions: Joining Words, Phrases, Clauses, and Ideas Together in English
Conjunctions are words we use to link other words or ideas together. In this posting I talk about 3 types of conjunctions and how they work. You will see many…
Learn Medical Spanish – Less Common Causes of Abdominal Pain in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how to talk about the less common causes of abdominal pain in Spanish: Causas menos comunes del dolor abdominal. Here is the Medical…
