Good morning ☀️
In this community, besides accessing courses, interacting in the forums and participating in exciting contests, you can also read articles about the Spanish-speaking world and language learning. With this announcement, I want to propose to you ⑥ blog posts (③ in English and ③ in Spanish) that we have prepared with lots of love. Fancy reading them? ⏬
ENGLISH
In this article, you will find 8 + 2 fun facts about Spain that you need to know before your mobility programme. Some of them may seem strange to you. Brace yourselves, HAHA ( ʃƪ˘ﻬ˘)(˘ ε˘ʃƪ).
Did you know that Spanish has about 8,000 words of Arabic origin? HERE I take you through some peculiarities about the language of Cervantes. Don't miss it! ⭐
Olly Richards is an English polyglot who, in recent years, has become a social media sensation. In this interview, he shares with us his experience learning languages around the world ✈️.
SPANISH
The Val d'Aran ⛰ is a gorgeous region of the Pyrenees renowned for its mountains, ski slopes and nature. Its inhabitants, the Aranese, like Olly Richards, are multilingual. Curious to know what languages they speak? Take a look at this blog post.
In this article, I resort to humour to recount my experience in Mexico, where I lived for a few months. There I got to know the local indigenous cultures and ate tacos like a pig. WRONG ❌. Read it, you will enjoy it :-)
Finally, many people do not know it, but there is an African country where Spanish is spoken. We chatted with Monanga Bueneke, an Equatoguinean influencer who introduces us to her magnificent country and its wonderful inhabitants ♡.
Happy reading, everyone :-)
Bernat, OLS Community Manager – Spanish