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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 257 of 384 25 May 2014 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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¡Enhorabuena, Stelle! ¡Bienvenida al mundo de hispanoparlantes! It's always good to see someone move a language over to the "speaks" column. You did it by making it happen consistently and persistently. :)
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| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 258 of 384 01 June 2014 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Over the next month, I'm planning on a big push in Tagalog. We'll be heading home to visit family for the first
time since last Christmas, and I'd *really* like to be able to hold my own in a very basic conversation with my in- laws. That doesn't mean that I won't keep up with Spanish, though! This week, in addition to keeping up with anki, I did: One 60-minute Skype chat. Honestly, one isn't enough. I'm finding that my conversation feels awkward sometimes. I'm not losing the Spanish that I gained when I was putting in three Skype hours per week, but I'm definitely not improving. Come July, I'm going to increase Spanish Skype chats to twice weekly. Four episodes of Democracy Now. For some reason, they didn't post a new episode on Monday. It's very easy to carve out 10 or 15 minutes after work every day to listen and read. While I really like the organization of this news show - full transcript with a good 10-13 minutes of audio - it's very US-centric. Well, obviously…it is, after all, an American show. I'd like to find something similar that's a little less US-centric, maybe something from Spain. Two episodes of Los Simpsons. Again, it's pretty easy to watch a 20-minute episode, and I find that my comprehension keeps improving. 67 pages of "La malediction del titan", the third Percy Jackson book. Honestly, these books are a bit repetitive. But the level is perfect for me: easy. I read in Spanish at the end of the day before bed. The last thing I need is something that will stretch my brain. I want to relax and wind down before bed. I love the fact that I can read in Spanish for relaxation now. This time last year, I had to make sure to read in Spanish before supper, otherwise I didn't have the energy to read more than a few pages at a time. Super Challenge Update I'm currently at 7 books and 3 movies. I definitely need to carve out more time for watching! Edited by Stelle on 01 June 2014 at 8:29pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5378 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 259 of 384 01 June 2014 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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Skype talks are interesting. They are good for confidence and regular chatting, but I found that at a certain point I did not feel like they helped me improve hardly at all. It's like there is a universe of words/phrases/grammar that you get really good at in those types of contexts, but after that it does not help much.
I don't think there are transcripts of Voz de America, but it has a nice daily radio news broadcast. There is a 30 minute version and a 5 minute version. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 260 of 384 02 June 2014 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Stelle, yeah DN is definitely US centric. That's part of the price to pay for having an exact transcript. The only other options I know about, with transcripts, are NHK World Spanish News, which is obviously Japan focused, and the euronews Spanish which has a transcript that isn't exact, but pretty close. The NHK broadcast has a transcript but it isn't "obvious". You must open the audio in another tab and click on the stories from left to right in order to read the transcript. I find the NHK news to be quite dry. I don't think you'd be happy with the "News in Slow Spanish" site.
I enjoy Diario de América from Radio Nacional de España- América being Latin America, but there is no transcript for you. I also watch the 4 minute TVE 2 bulletin from the RTVE app a few times during the week on my smartphone if I happen to be waiting for something. While the euronews program is video, the video isn't absolutely paramount to understanding what's being said. It is international and European news. You must click on the individual stories in the "boletin" to read the transcript. As you scroll down, you'll loose the video. The transcript isn't exact, but close enough. If you have the Foxfire flash video downloader browser extension, you can download the video in mp4. The euronews is available in a bunch of languages- English, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Arabic and Farsi. Whatever you listen to, making it a daily habit is important to build listening skills. So many people start listening and then give it up because "it's too hard". The more you do the better you get. The transcript is a stepping stone, which, at some point you won't need any more. Over a few months of daily listening to an interesting newscast, you'll find your vocabulary increasing and your listening skills improving dramatically. Especially if you already have an idea of what the main stories will be about. My favorite newscast in Portuguese is from RFI France's Brazilian service. The presenters and reporters are all Brazilian. The news is international and the style is conversational. It's definitely not dry. Edited by iguanamon on 02 June 2014 at 2:55am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5538 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 261 of 384 02 June 2014 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | ||
Those two points are probably related since last Monday was Memorial Day (a national holiday honoring veterans) in the US. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 262 of 384 03 June 2014 at 11:26am | IP Logged | ||
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@James29, I'll check that out. Thanks!
@iguanamon, thanks for the suggestions! I'm not sure if I'm using DN more as a listening exercise, or as a reading exercise. Right now, I'm logging it as reading for the Super Challenge. @Warp3, that makes sense! Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 263 of 384 05 June 2014 at 10:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was flipping through my Camino de Santiago journal, and came across the lyrics to a blues song that I made up
while walking. And what luck - my Dad found a guitar at the municipal albergue in Ponferrada! los blues del camino Me duele la rodilla Me duelen los pies Me duele el tobillo Mis ampollas son tres En la cama baja Hay un roncador Pero él que madruga A las cinco es peor Tengo los blues del camino Me duele la cabeza He bebido demasiado vino y cerveza Mis calcetines Huelen fatal Pero soy peregrino Eso es normal Perdí mi toalla Hace cuatro días Encontré en mi ropa Bragas que no son mías Tengo los blues del camino Me duele la cabeza He bebido demasiado vino y cerveza 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4625 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 264 of 384 06 June 2014 at 12:25am | IP Logged | ||
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¡Genial! :)
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