If you’re going on holiday in a Spanish speaking country and you want to learn a little of the local language before you go, Guardian Travel are offering free Spanish lessons from their website.
There are four lessons available from their site. The first lesson is on how say “hello” goodbye” etc, then the are lessons on finding your way round, wining and dining, and then the final lesson is on expressing likes and dislikes. These are perfect if you want to make an impression whilst on holiday.
The free Spanish lessons are in mp3 format and there are accompanying notes in Adobe format.
I’m thinking about downloading the lot and booking a vacation in Spain; Barcelona’s a great destination.
The Spanish for travellers lessons are available from the Guardian Travel website.
[...] It’s always important to be able to speak a little local language when you are on holiday or a business trip, and we’ve already featured a Spanish audio language download center in the Travel Niche blog, but multimedia learning resources for Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic languages aren’t so easy to find on the web. [...]