So you’re going to pick-up learning Spanish & consider yourself at the «beginner» level? Eso es genial – pero este sitio no puede ser para usted.

There are more resources out there on the internet to help kick-start your Spanish than I care to count, much less try to compete with. Han sido creados por los médicos, college professors, licensed educators, and native speakers, and these resources are much better than anything I could create. Mi sugerencia? Take advantage of them. Utilizarlos para su pleno potencial. Someone has spent years of their life creating this content so people like you can consume it. Do them the honor.

To clarify, Where’s the Gringo? is half blog de viajes, half come-learn-Spanish-with me-on-my-trip-through-Latin-America-blog. TRANSLATION: No sólo quiero revisar lugares que he estado, offer tips/suggestions, etc., pero también quiero documentar experiencias de primera mano en tratar de manejar el lenguaje & encuentros culturales. El material en este sitio web español se orientará a intermediate to advanced level learners. Dependiendo de su nivel de español, you may or may not be able to understand, and likewise, fully enjoy some of the content on Where’s the Gringo?

What You Can Expect to Find on WTG?:

• Useful «dichos,» o refranes / frases en español
• Fotos subtitulados en español / Inglés
• Videos recorded partially or completely in Spanish
• Weekly podcasts with a variety of themes, completely in Spanish.
• «De vez en cuando» (once in a while) vocabulary words
• Links to external resources to further practice Spanish such as Spanish schools, newspapers, websites/blogs, etc.

What You Will Not Find on WTG?:

• Lists of vocabulary words
• Verb conjugation exercises
• Basic grammar exercises
• Topic-specific lessons (i.e. colors, numbers, days of the week, items around the house, etc.)
• Las explicaciones detalladas de la estructura del idioma español
• Any structured lesson of any kind really

To be honest, I would like this website to be a «one-stop shop» for Spanish learners, a place where those interested in learning the language could come and progress through all phases of Spanish. Simplemente no tengo el tiempo para compilar ni crear ese tipo de información, and want to devote my time to creating & sharing what I think could be helpful & useful to others from my travels.

Also, purchasing programs like Rosetta Stone or Livemocha have certainly proven to be useful. However, I believe with a good work ethic and determination, there is really no need to spend any money on digital programs with the amount of free resources out there.

Here is a list of some of my favorite free, online resources (note: some charge for «extra» features):

Websites

Spanish Proficiency Language Exercises – University of Texas at Austin

FluentU

Speaking Latino

Spanish Unlimited

Estudia español

Qué Onda Spanish

Blogs

Spanish Playground

Simply Spanish

Always Spanish

Cómo aprender español

Teaching & Aprendiendo español

Podcasts

La Casa Rojas

Notas en español

Español Obsessed

Coffee Break Spanish

Spanish Pod 101

Videos

Butterfly Spanish

Vocabuflash

Learn Spanish

SpanishDict

Señor Jordan

The Spanish Blog

Please check these great Spanish resources out and let me know what you think. ¿Qué recursos de trabajo para usted? Cuáles no? ¿Tiene algún recursos en español en línea favoritas que me perdí? Me gustaría saber acerca de ellos en la sección de comentarios y comprobar a cabo por mí mismo!