Dan Berges

Dan Berges

Dan Berges is the Managing Director of Berges Institute.

How to learn Spanish fast

Taking classes is not really necessary. We can learn most things by ourselves, right? Well, technically yes, but we often learn much faster if we have a. professional guidance, b. a well-thought-out curriculum that limits the amount of information we have to assimilate each week in packets we can easily digest and c. some external pressure that "forces" us to maintain a good pace.

Conocer vs. Saber

Both verbs can be translated as to know, but they have different meanings.

What's the difference between "ser" and "estar"

Use ser for defining attributes of things or people (such as being tall, being big, being good-looking).

How to learn a second language

According to the legend of the Tower of Babel, the biblical structure could never be built as the architects, engineers and workers involved in its construction were unable to communicate with each other after humanity had been divided by languages and nations as a divine punishment meant to destroy its arrogance.

Articles in Spanish

Articles are words that accompany nouns and give us information about their identifiability, or, in other words, whether the noun that it accompanies constitutes previously known information.

Berges Institute's survey: Is English your first language?

On September 20, 2018, we conducted a survey in which we asked some of our current and former students in NYC and Chicago the following question: Is English your first language?

7 benefits of speaking a foreign language

"Oh, I'd really like to learn other languages, but"… The sentence after the 'but' doesn't really matter. A great percentage of native English speakers that wish to learn other languages never do because the process is too rigorous.

Why do people study Spanish?

On June 29, 2018, we conducted a survey in which we asked some of our current and former students in NYC and Chicago the following question: What was the main reason behind your decision to learn and/or improve your Spanish?

10 things you can do to dramatically speed up your Spanish language learning process

Really, grammar is super important, and it’s fun; think of it as the logic behind the language. You probably enjoy watching videos and reading articles about how things work.