Discussing Depression in Spanish
This is Lesson 1 of 5 in our Mental Health in Spanish series. In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to talk about depression with your patients …
Common American English Collocations–Word That Go Together
Collocations are two or more words that go together in an expression, such as fast food, pay attention, or happily married. Collocations make our vocabulary richer. They make it easier …
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Bien vs. Bueno vs. Buen in Spanish: When To Use Them
Bien y Bueno/a son unas de las palabras que suelen generar confusión cuando estás aprendiendo español: ¿Cómo saber cuándo usar “bien” y cuándo usar “bueno/a”? En este artículo explicaremos su …
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Giving Clinical Recommendations in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson, you will learn how to give clinical recommendations in Spanish and how to start using the subjunctive: Cómo dar recomendaciones clínicas en español y …
Count and Noncount Nouns in English – How and When to use them
Many or much? A few or a little? Fewer or less? How do you know which of these words to use when you are describing the quantity of something? This …
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Upper Respiratory Infections in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to talk about upper respiratory infections in Spanish: Infecciones de las vías respiratorias superiores. We will be talking about: Here …
Understanding Por vs. Para in Spanish and When to Use Them
If you’ve ever had trouble saying “for” in Spanish, you’re not alone! Although POR and PARA in Spanish may both be translated as for in English, they cannot be used interchangeably in …
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Ser vs. Estar: When to Use the Correct Verb “To Be” in Spanish
SER and ESTAR, they both mean “to be”?! Why does the Spanish language have two verbs expressing “to be” while in English there is only one? Both verbs have very …
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“I Don’t Get it.” 20 most common uses of the verb GET in American English
When you listen to conversations in English, you will hear the verb to get in many different contexts. It is one of the 100 most common words in the English …
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Working at home and At Home Schooling through COVID-19 School Closures and Stay at home orders
Home Schooling through COVID-19: Stuck at home trying to figure out how to work productively and support your kids’ learning at home? In this video Rory & Leslie Foster share …
Spanish for Teachers – 5 Idiomatic Expressions in Spanish
How often do you use idiomatic expressions in your Spanish conversations? Do you know some “dichos” en español? Whichever your native language is there are so many colloquial / idiomatic …
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Spanish for Educators – Commands & Classroom Management in Spanish
In this Spanish for Educators lesson, you will learn how to give commands in Spanish. When we think of common classroom management phrases used in the classroom, many of them …
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Usted Commands for Medical Spanish in the Clinic
Giving instructions, suggestions and requesting things is a daily aspect of working with patients. In order to say something like: “sit down, please”, “follow me”, “wait here for a moment”, …
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Teaching Online Through Coronavirus COVID 19 School Closures
Abruptly, one day you’re teaching your students face to face and the next you’re faced with the daunting challenge of teaching your students online. Where do you begin? How do …
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Spanish for Educators – 3 Steps to Implement Redirective Language
In this Spanish for Educators lesson, you will learn three steps to implement redirective language or “lenguaje redirectivo” in your classroom. Here are the 3 Steps to Implement Redirective Language …
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Spanish for Educators – Redirective Language “El lenguaje redirectivo”
This is the first lesson of a new series called “Manejo de aula” (Classroom Management). This Manejo de aula series focuses the Spanish you need in order to manage behavior, …
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2 Medical Spanish Ways To Say “For How Long” & “How Long Ago” in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn: Here is the “For How Long” and “How Long Ago” in Spanish lesson that I taught on YouTube and to our Facebook …
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El fútbol (soccer) en Argentina
En esta lección, estaremos conversando sobre un tema muy interesante en la mayoría de países de Latinoamérica y, en especial, de Argentina: El fútbol. Spanish teachers you can incorporate this …
36 Medical Spanish Transition Words to Use in The Clinical Setting
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how 36 Medical Spanish Transition Words Notes TODAY: Palabras de transición para español médico. In this free Medical lesson you will …
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Medical Spanish – How to Get Your Word Order Straight in Spanish
Do you ever feel like you know exactly what you want to say, and you have all the right words in Spanish, but you just can’t get them out in …
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Medical Spanish Adverbs of Location, Frequency & Manner
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to say use some medical Spanish adverbs of location, frequency and manner: adverbios de ubicación, frecuencia y manera en español …
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How To Talk About Coronavirus in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to talk about the Coronavirus in Spanish with your patients: Cómo hablar sobre el Coronavirus en español. In this free …
Mental Health Conversations in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to have Mental Health Conversations in Spanish with your patients: Conversaciones sobre salud mental. Here is the Mental Health Conversations …
192 Must Know Spanish Verbs for Healthcare
Verbs are the glue that stick all of your Spanish vocabulary together and allow you to string together complete thoughts in Spanish. In this lesson you will learn 192 essential …
Spanish for Educators – Does my Child Qualify for Special Education?
In this free Spanish for Educators lesson you will learn how to respond with a simple answer en español to this common parent question: ¿Mi hijo califica para recibir educación …
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Media Use in Children and Adolescents – Anticipatory Guidance in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson, you will learn how to talk about media use amongst children and adolescents in Spanish: Consumo de medios, tiempo de pantalla y redes sociales. …
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Spanish for Educators – Talking About 13 Disability Categories in Spanish
In this Maestro Miércoles lesson you will learn how talk about 13 disability categories in Spanish with parents and guardians: 13 categorías de discapacidades. Su reto profesional: use this new vocabulary …
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Spanish for Educators – Spanish for Parent – Teacher Conferences: How to Support Kids at Home
In this free Spanish for Educators lesson we are talking about Spanish for Parent – Teacher Conferences: Reuniones de padres y maestros. The objective of this Spanish lesson is for …
Smoking, Vaping & Tobacco Cessation in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson, you will learn how to talk about smoking, vaping, and tobacco cessation in Spanish: Fumar, vapear y dejar de usar tabaco. In this lesson …
Spanish for Educators – Conversation Starters for Talking to Spanish Speaking Students
In this Spanish for Educators lesson, you will learn 10 Spanish conversation starters to uncover the personal and educational backgrounds of your Spanish Speaking students. This beginning of the school …
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Motivational Interviewing in Spanish
The first thing to learn is the different terms used in English and Spanish: Motivational Interview is Intervención Motivacional. In some Spanish speaking regions is also acceptable to say Entrevista …
Spanish for Educators – Communicating your class schedule in Spanish – “Specials” and Class Subjects
Teachers in our Spanish for Educators community speak up and we love it! Following your suggestions about the vocabulary you need to master in the classroom, we have developed this …
Weight Loss and Management – Anticipatory Guidance in Spanish
In this free Medical Spanish lesson you will learn how to talk about weight loss and management anticipatory guidance in Spanish: Orientación temprana para controlar peso y evitar obesidad. Last …
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Spanish for Educators – The Growth Mindset in Spanish
In this Spanish for Educators lesson, you will learn how to talk about the growth mindset in Spanish: La mentalidad del crecimiento. As teachers, we never stop learning! And as …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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: Here is the Medical Spanish …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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? ¿Te suena chino? ¡ES INGLÉS! Pero no …
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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 …
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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 …
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