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Why The Spanish Clubhouse?

Hola amigos! When people ask me where I am working for the summer and I say, The Spanish Clubhouse”, they almost always follow up with, How did you decide to work there?”. For me, The Spanish Clubhouse had everything...

Fun Facts part 1

Because it is summer and summer is all about fun, this post I decided to share some fun facts about the Spanish language!   1) There are about 400 million native Spanish speakers worldwide....

Fluent In Fun!

After years of taking Spanish classes in middle school, high school and abroad at the University of Salamanca, I have had five different teachers, classroom environments and experiences and have realized that there are many ways to teach a foreign language. The Spanish Clubhouse, however,...

Cracking The Code

I have always been fascinated by codes. When I was a child I would spend hours scribbling in my notebook trying to create a code that my parents couldn’t crack. So as a child when I listened to native Spanish speakers, to me, it sounded...

Our New Intern

Hello everyone! My name is Marissa and I am thrilled to announce that I will be an intern at the Spanish Clubhouse this summer! I will be involved in the classroom as an assistant teacher and I will also be taking...

The Benefits of Studying New Languages

While children can certainly be successful studying languages in the middle and high school years, studies show that children are more likely to develop language proficiency and native accents when a foreign language is introduced during the earliest stages of cognitive development — even as...