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Online Spanish Resources & Tips

Online Spanish Resources & Tips

Are you looking to find the best resources to learn Spanish? It can be a little daunting at first when you realize that sentence structure is all over the place, and that native Spanish speakers in different countries seem to speak separate languages altogether. Whether you feel Spanish is currently confusing, too quick, or simply too hard to learn, we,…

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What is a Good TOEFL Score? [2024 Update]

What is a Good TOEFL Score? [2024 Update]

The Test of English as a Foreign Language, more commonly known as the TOEFL, is most typically used by universities to determine the English level of a hopeful international student. However, many other professions from around the world use the TOEFL as a required (or recommended) certification. We analyzed what makes a good TOEFL score for 2020 across all categories. Broken down into four distinct sections (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing), this exam works to measure your ability to use English in a university setting. How to get a good score in TOEFL is a whole beast of its own, but before you begin TOEFL prep, it’s important to start with knowing your goal. What’s a good TOEFL score? What do you need to earn to achieve your English language goals?

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Masculine and Feminine in Spanish (el & la): The Rules & Their Many Exceptions

Masculine and Feminine in Spanish (el & la): The Rules & Their Many Exceptions

Below are a number of words you would think should be “la” according to the rules above, but they are “el”, as they are exceptions to the el/la rules. The same thing in the other direction – the rules say it should be el, but the word is actually “la”. Below you’ll find a list of words and be able to find out for yourself if it is masculine (el) or feminine (la).

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Spanish Alphabet Sounds

Spanish Alphabet Sounds

The below chart tells you how to pronounce letters in Spanish. As you’ll learn, not only can a letter like ‘a’ sound a bit different, letters like ‘j’, ‘h’, ‘e’, and ‘i’ are completely different from English to Spanish. And then there are the double letter sounds, such as the well-known ‘rr’ and ‘ll’, but also the lesser-known sounds, ‘ga’,…

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