Ester from El Aula Azul tells us a bit about her neighborhood.

"Ser" and "estar" both mean "to be" in Spanish, but have very different uses. Learn more about what distinguishes them with Ester and Silvia, teachers at El Aula Azul in San Sebastian.

Silvia from El Aula Azul demonstrates the difference between the simple present and present progressive tenses in Spanish through examples employing our daily activities.

"Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) gives some of the psychological kind- all while demonstrating the correct usage of the subjunctive and conditional moods in Spanish.

Although "por" and "para" can both be translated as "for" at times, they are used in different circumstances in Spanish. "Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) provides us with several examples of each of them.

Listen for the use of the past (preterite) tense in Spanish as Adrian and Doctor Advice (instructors from El Aula Azul) discuss all of the progress he is making in various aspects of his life.

At her super-intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul, Ivonne is greeted by Silvia, who explains to her a bit about the program for which she is in store.

El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) staff member, Silvia, explains to Ivonne about the plethora of other activities the school offers to complement her intensive Spanish course, including surfing lessons!

In addition to the intensive summer Spanish courses offered at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school, students also have access to a variety of supplemental activities including music and horseback riding classes.

Maria provides some very straightforward information in order to complete the enrollment for her friend, Christopher's intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul.

At El Aula Azul, Idoia and Ester speak enthusiastically about their weekend plans. While Ester intends to go to a concert, Idoia's long weekend in Barcelona will include a whole host of eclectic activities.

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

Doctor Consejos [Advice] de El Aula Azul listens to and interprets her patient, Ander's strange dream. Listen closely in order to gain a better understanding of how "hay" [there is/are] and "estar" [to be] are used in Spanish.

Through an entertaining dialogue between Doctor Consejos [Advice] from El Aula Azul and her patient, Ander, about his terrible week, we see several examples of the "no fault construction" with the impersonal pronoun "se."