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Spanish Speaking Communication Difficulties

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    Part of the video series: How to Speak Spanish

    Summary: Learn how to speak Spanish with topics such as communication difficulties in this free language video on learning how to speak Spanish.

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    By Mixitxu Etxeberria
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    Mixitxu Etxeberria graduated in 2005 from Reed College with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics Emphasis on Spanish Dialectology and Anthropology. She lived for one year in Spain half of...read more

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    Spanish is the most studied foreign language among native English speakers, and is the most studied Romance language above French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. English and Mandarin Chinese are the only two languages with a greater number of speakers than Spanish; it is suggested that there are over 400 million Spanish speakers in the world today.

    It is not only a practical language to learn for business and personal relationships, given the numbers of speakers, but Spanish is also a very beautiful language. As beautiful if not more so than the other Romance languages, Spanish is pleasing to hear and fun to speak. For English speakers, Spanish is easy to begin learning, as the alphabet is very similar and the grammar is different but very intuitive. Beginning with some basic phrases, pronunciation, and numbers is just a click away.

    In this free online video series learn from fluent Spanish speaker and teacher Heather Campbell who holds a BA in Linguistics with emphasis in Spanish Dialectology and Anthropology from Reed College. Heather lived in Spain for one year teaching Spanish and hiking the famous Camino de Santiago. Learn to speak Spanish with common phrases for greeting, hotels, the airport, train travel, taxis, money, romance, directions in Spanish, sightseeing, shopping, health and emergencies, time, Spanish numbers, and polite expressions.

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    on 8/2/2008 Thabks so much you are awesome

    varoken said

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    on 8/2/2008 nice video, but i'll help with some corrections.

    "¿Hay alguien aquí que HABLE inglés?".

    "REPÍTALO, por favor" or "REPÍTELO, por favor".

    "¿ENTIENDE S eso?" or "¿ENTENDI& #211; eso?".

    bye :D

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    Spanish Communication Difficulties: Learn to Speak Spanish: Free Online Course
    Hello, my name is Heather Campbell
    Spanish Communication Difficulties: Learn to Speak Spanish: Free Online Course
    Do you speak English? ¿Hablas inglés?
    Does anyone here speak English? ¿Hay alguien aquí que habla inglés?
    Did you understand that? ¿Entendiste eso?
    I understand Entiendo.
    I did not understand that No lo entiendo.
    Could you speak a bit more slowly please? ¿Podría hablar Ud. más despacio, por favor?
    Could you repeat that? ¿Me lo repitas, por favor?
    Could you write that down for me? ¿Podría escribirlo para mi?
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