Amparo Sanchez – a singer and guitar player from Spain – is not afraid to mix genres, geographies and influences. On her band Amparanoia’s website, she explains: “My paranoia is music and the idea was to mix rhythms and styles, taking enjoyment from the rumba to ‘ranchera’, or the bolero and ska…” (Of course, Amparo + paranoia = Amparanoia.) Listen to 2006’s “La vida te da” and hear the Afro-Cuban rumba interpreted by this talented Spaniard.

Ana Carolina sheds some light on the nuances of Spanish adjectives and how their position tends to differ from adjectives in English.

In this episode, Ana Carolina shows us how to set the table so that our guests can enjoy any meal!

Ana Carolina gives us seven useful tips for improving our pronunciation in Spanish.

Ana Carolina guides us on a tour of a playground, pointing out a variety of fun children's equipment.

Ana Carolina takes us to a clothing store to teach us some useful vocabulary and phrases for shopping.

In this lesson, Ana Carolina enumerates some common conditional conjunctions in Spanish as well as three types of conditional clauses with examples.

Ana Carolina introduces us to some Spanish vocabulary for personal hygiene products we might pack for a trip, both for use on a daily basis and to be prepared should an emergency arise.

Ana Carolina encourages us to try her easy and tasty Latin American eggnog recipe to surprise our guests this holiday season.

Ana Carolina tells us about some typical symbols of Christmas in her home country of Ecuador, where, in spite of its tropical location, it's quite common to see depictions of snow!

Ana Carolina invites us to learn the Spanish words for a multitude of objects in her favorite room in the house, her bedroom.

Ana Carolina enlightens us about meditation, beyond the cliches regarding positions and having to completely clear our minds. Let's meditate with her!

Ana Carolina delights us with her user-friendly recipe for preparing a healthy and balanced "picadita mexicana" [Mexican appetizer].

How could a dinosaur, a toy car, a rope, and a mystery box possibly relate to one another? Employing those items, Ana Carolina demonstrates to us how to use prepositions of place.

Ana Carolina shares with us three simple experiments to perform at home to teach our kids how germs are transmitted and how to fight them.