La Niña de Ayer

Muy de vez en cuando me encuentro con una oportunidad como la de "la niña de ayer". Puedo hacer mil fotos en "West Park" cada domingo y como mucho me quedo con un 5%. Y eso sí, después de recortarlas y editarlas. Y, con mucha suerte, entre esas mil fotos hay una muy buena, "a winner". Ayer, cuando esa niña venía hacia mí rodando tumbada encima de la tabla, chocando con el borde y muerta de sueño de tanto jugar, y se paró a unos metros de mí, ya sabía que me acababa de regalar la oportunidad que siempre estoy buscando. La foto estaba hecha. Solo tenía que disparar.

English Class in English - Teaching Second Languages in the Spanish Education System

A few days ago I went to the home of a 10-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister to give them a 90 minute English class. In the end, the class lasted almost 2 hours and we all enjoyed it.

A few days later the mother of the children told me that her son was very surprised by the fact that I had conducted the entire class in English.

It's unbelievable that so many children in Spain are still being taught English in Spanish, which is the primary reason why very few Spaniards finish their education and begin their professional careers with a decent level of English.

Spanish people don't understand English but they think they do!!

According to Richard Vaughan, Spanish people have a big problem. They don't understand English but they think they do. Spaniards only understand 30% of what they hear. Listen as Mr. Vaughan reprimands Sara, a girl from Venezuela, on his radio program.