IT’S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. HERE THE MAGIC BEGINS!

My name is Alex De la Paz, I am a journalist, professor, and I will be your host while you have fun learning Spanish. I grew up near the north coast of Colombia, close to popular tourist destinations Cartagena and Barranquilla. Now I live in a small and cold village in the mountains near capital Bogotá. But of course my location doesn’t matter: teaching Spanish goes all online.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP

Every week, I work hard to bring you top-notch Spanish learning content. I don't know if you know it but the process of pre, pro and post production of podcasts, videos, blogs and online courses requires a considerable investment of equipment and extra hours of daily work. If you chip in a couple bucks per month, doing all these resources to learn Spanish can still be my full-time job and my number one priority. Your contribution helps pay for:

•Art and animation.

•Production.

•Video and audio editors.

•Overhead (insurance, taxes, rent, Internet).

•Web designer.

•Consultants.

•Travel for productions.

The podcast and videos will always be free. By having a small financial contribution, I will be able to gain more freedom to create new materials and assume the costs that this implies. I would like to keep recording these contents in different places, to continue teaching you Spanish, in a fun way, while we travel the world together. People who can afford to contribute make it possible for this content to be available for people who can't. Plus, you get great resorces to learn how to speak Spanish fluenty. Your support will continue to give life to my dream, which seeks to add another adventure to your life, while you learn Spanish! Other questions? Check out our FAQ. You can also email us at info@learnspanishwithanativespeaker.com

HAVE A GLANCE AT THE PODCAST

The good humor and creativity that I put into the content of each episode is what makes this Spanish teaching podcast completely different from the others. For example, I do a podcast series where 4 guests participate, each of them comes from a different Spanish-speaking country. Manolo is from Spain, Nico, from Argetina, Pancho, is Mexican, and Juanjo is a “paisa” from Colombia, guess who does the voices of each character? Listen to one of these podcasts here.

INTERVIEWS WITH NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS

There is another podcast series where I interview non-native speakers, such as the renowned Dutch web designer and travel blogger, Sabine Boogaard, who is also our permanent contributor to the show. But in addition to that I also invite students from my private Spanish classes. This podcast series is a kind of hot seat, where I ask questions related to a specific topic and then correct the mistakes of my guests on air. Listen to the interview with my Dutch student, Eline. As I am a traveler, I also record podcasts while walking the streets of any city in the world. This is a podcast series where spontaneity prevails, without neglecting the presentation of historical and cultural notes that surround the place visited. Listen to my podcast where I am walking in The Netherlands.

LIMITED TIME? LISTEN TO MY SHORT PODCAST SERIES

For the days when your time is limited, I have a short podcast series where I explain and give examples to properly use the most exotic words in the Spanish language. Listen to a fun short podcast. Here you also will find a great variety of topics dialogues, based on all the situations that a native Spanish speaker faces on a daily basis. Listen to one of these podcasts. In my cultural podcast series I am focused on the curiosities of the Spanish-speaking culture. You will also listen to the answers on the questions that listeners from all over the world ask me. In this way, I answer the questions that concern you the most when learning Spanish. Listen here to a cultural podcast.

LIKE A SIGMUND FREUD OF TEACHING SPANISH I am like a kind of Sigmund Freud of teaching Spanish. My classes are like clinics where I personally identify all the problems that prevent students from improving their learning and way of speaking Spanish. That experience is what has allowed me to group the episodes of this podcast into various series. The LEARN SPANISH WITH A NATIVE SPEAKER podcast is the meeting place for those who want to speak Spanish like a native. My name is Alex De la Paz, I am a journalist, professor, and I will be your host while you have fun learning Spanish. I think I have superpowers when I am teaching something, or I am in front of the microphones, for the rest I am a simple human being. Es un gusto estar contigo de nuevo. ¡Aquí empieza la magia!