You've learned enough Spanish where you feel comfortable trying to converse with native Spanish speakers. But why would anyone want to speak to you if they think you are rude? "Rude??? What are talking about? I'm not a rude person!" Well - here's the deal. If you don't follow this very basic cultural advice I'm going to give you, you will be considered a very ill-mannered person (or 'maleducado/a') But, more than that - you will offend people without intending to. Ah HA! Now

We've all heard it, right? To improve your Spanish, you should watch TV and movies in Spanish. But where the heck do you start? I can tell you my experience using TV as a learning tool. My first foray into Spanish language programming was with a telenovela called Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas which roughly translates to One Day We Shall Have Wings. If you've never watched a telenovela - it's equivalent to what's known as a soap opera or daytime drama in the U.S. i.e. Days of Our