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Are you interested in becoming fluent in Spanish? Here is the right person to help you. My name is Diomedes D. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Education in Languages and I also earned the internationally recognized TESOL teaching certificate. 

I have over ten years of teaching and tutoring experience and over five years of online teaching experience. I have taught for some of the best online schools and my students usually describe me as a very caring teacher with a great ability to see my students’ learning and adapt my teaching so that my students can benefit to the full from each lesson they take with me. 

If you decide to take online lessons with me, you are more than sure to have every single lesson you book with me because I always make sure to have everything I need plus a backup of each thing, just in case something happens on the way. 

My training, my experience as well as my passion for teaching are the basic guarantees that I offer you to succeed in achieving your goal in becoming proficient in Spanish.

After completing this lesson, 
 You should be able to talk about personal possessions, and what they say about your personality. 
You will also be able to understand and use some personality related adjectives. 
And you will learn to decide on topics you could talk about, and questions you could ask when talking to someone you do not know well. 

How to Ask for and Give Personal Information

So far the best instructor I've ever had! I'm looking forward to learning all I can from Diomedes. Highly recommend!!

Enjoyed to very much. Looking forward to the next lesson.

Diomedes is an excellent teacher, very patient.  He has engaged and challenged my kids from the very first session.  I definitely recommend him.  He works very well with youth and very accommodating!

After watching this video you will be able to express yourself better as well as understand good Spanish speakers more easily when using the pronoun SE to show that the action is done by itself. There isn't one subject doing the action. Examples in prases like: "La puerta se abrió", "Se me cayó el celular", "La computadora se rompió" show that there isn't a subject who is responsible for doing the action. 

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Understand Native Speakers Better: Use SE to Show Internal Processes

After watching this video you will be able to express yourself better as well as understand good Spanish speakers easily when using the pronoun SE to show that two subjects are doing the same action simultaneously. You will understand and be able to use phrases such as: "Ellos se miran", "Pedro y Juan no se hablan", "Mis amigos se comunican con frecuencia", "Ellos se saludan todos los días".

Understand Native Speakers Better: Use SE for Reciprocal Actions

After watching this video you will be able to express yourself better as well as understand good Spanish speakers easily when using the pronoun
SE together with a verb to represent a reflexive pronoun like: myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc. Verbs like: "peinarse", cepillarse", "maquillarse", "acostarse", "levantarse", "lavarse" can be confusing for Spanish learners, but this video will give you great insight into these verbs. 

Understand Native Speakers Better: Use SE as a Reflexive Pronoun

After watching this video you will be able to express yourself better as well as understand good Spanish speakers easily when using the pronoun "Se" to replace "Le" in sentences like: "¿Se lo envío?" "Se le rompió" etc. 

Understand Native Speakers Better: Use SE for LE

This video gives you an insight of  the use of Spanish Verb Pariphrases. After watching it you  will understand how they are used and what they mean. Here we will discuss basic verb periphrases that introduce the end of an action such as: terminar + gerund, terminar de + infinive.  You will see examples that will clarify both the use and the meaning of the aforementioned paraphrases.  After watching  this video you will definitely understand Spanish way better. 

Improve your Speaking Abilities Using Verb Periphrases Correctly (Periphases that introduce the end of an action)

This video gives you an insight of  the use of Spanish Verb Pariphrases. After watching it you  will understand how they are used and what they mean. Here we will discuss basic verb periphrases that introduce an ongoing action, such as: seguir + gerund, seguir sin + infinitive, ir + gerund, venir + gerund,  etc. You will see examples that will clarify both the use and the meaning of the aforementioned paraphrases.  After watching  this video you will definitely understand Spanish way better. 

Improve your Speaking Abilities Using Verb Periphrases Correctly (Periphases that introduce an ongoing action)

After watching this video you will master the use of Spanish Verb Pariphrases. You will understand how they are used and what they mean. Here we will discuss basic verb periphrases that show the interruption of an action such as: dejar de + infinitive, terminar de + infinitive, no dejar de + infinitive, etc. You will see examples that will clarify both the use and the meaning of the aforementioned paraphrases.  After watching  this video you will definitely understand Spanish way better. 

Improve your Speaking Abilities Using Verb Periphrases Correctly (Periphases that show the interruption of an action)

After watching this video you will master the use of Spanish Verb Pariphrases. You will understand how they are used and what they mean. Here we will discuss basic verb periphrases that show the beginning of an action such as: empezar a + infinive, comenzar a + infinitive, ponerse a + infinitive, romper a + infinitive, etc. You will see examples that will clarify both the use and the meaning of the aforementioned paraphrases.  After watching  this video you will definitely understand Spanish way better. 

Improve your Speaking Abilities Using Verb Periphrases Correctly (Periphases that show the beginning of an action)

After watching this video you will master the use of Spanish Verb Pariphrases. You will understand how they are used and what they mean. Here we will begin by understanding basic verb periphrases that show obligation such as (tener que + infinitive, deber + infinitive, haber que + infinitive, haber de + infinive) You will see how this simple topic will enhance your understanding of Spanish language. Stay tuned for the next video bacause this is just the first one of a series that you will surely enjoy a lot. 

How to Ask for and Give Personal Information - English (ESL) Class

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