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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 329 of 384 25 August 2014 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | ||
The only full-text-full-audio sites that I know are www.veintemundos.com, www.democracynow.org/es and www.es.amnesty.org/noticias/podcast/. But I wouldn't listen to any of them just for the sheer joy of listening. Democracy Now and Amnesty International (thanks to Iguanamon for suggesting both) are news reports, and Veinte Mundos is a beautiful digital magazine - the audio supports the text, and not the other way around. I really liked the Notes in Spanish intermediate and advanced podcasts. If they were still making them, I'd still be listening. Full transcripts are available, but not free. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| chrisphillips71 Groupie United States Joined 5239 days ago 64 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 330 of 384 25 August 2014 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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I suggest that you go to http://www.ivoox.com/. They have numerous audio books available
for free. You can then go to amazon.com and find the related print or digital copy of the book. While this will cost a little, there are some books that are as cheap as $3. Note: I cannot assure that the audio and book will be exactly the same, but they should be pretty close. 3 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 331 of 384 26 August 2014 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
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I finished Percy Jackson 5!
I feel so free!!!! Overall, I liked the series. The author obviously did his research, and I loved all of the Greek gods, monsters and heroes. That said, by the fourth book, it really started to feel like an "and then..." story. You know the kind: action scene after action scene, "and then... and then... and then...". Also, I found the dream/vision sequences a bit tedious. The series was first-person and Percy had a pretty strong voice. I found it a bit lazy to constantly have him dreaming about what was happening to other people and getting "big reveals". Still, the story was engaging. I'm really glad that I read it. And I'm really glad that I'm finished! in my to-read pile I really appreciate all of the great suggestions from forum members, and I have a long list of books that I'd like to read in the future. But right now, the book budget is set at zero and I don't have access to foreign language books through my library, so I"m going to be reading the five books that I already have before picking up anything new: Los Juegos del Hambre (The Hunger Games) Harry Potter 3 Harry Potter 4 Como Ague Para Chocolate La Casa de los Espíritus Since The Hunger Games is a borrowed book, I'm probably going to start it tomorrow so that I can finish and return it. Aqui No Hay Quien Viva This comedy from Spain has over 90 episodes, all of them available on YouTube. It translates loosely to "No one could live here", and it's about the inhabitants of six flats in a shared building. episodio 1 It's funny, silly and light. We tend to watch a lot of dark, violent shows with immoral characters - Hell on Wheels, The Walking Dead, A Game of Thrones - so it's nice to watch something upbeat in Spanish. Don't get me wrong...the characters on ANHQV are *not* moral beacons. A lot of them are petty and gossipy. If anything, they're caricatures of themselves. The situations that they find themselves in are absolutely ridiculous. But it's funny and engaging. I've watched six episodes so far, and I'll keep going for as long as I'm interested. It's interesting from a language-learner's perspective, because there are lots of different registers in the show. The characters come from different generations, social and educational backgrounds, and they each have their own way of speaking. podcast on early childhood education I just listened to an interesting podcast on Futuro Abierto about early childhood education, which isn't obligatory in Spain (and therefore isn't free): la educación infantil Edited by Stelle on 26 August 2014 at 3:45am 3 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 332 of 384 26 August 2014 at 4:10am | IP Logged | ||
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¡Enhorabuena en terminar la serie de libros! Como agua para chocolate y La casa de los espíritus were two of the first books I read in Spanish, years ago. Como agua para chocolate was also one of my first films in Spanish. These are both two excellent books to start your introduction to Spanish-speaking literature. I hope you will find them as enjoyable as I did. :) Edited by iguanamon on 26 August 2014 at 12:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5210 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 333 of 384 26 August 2014 at 10:24am | IP Logged | ||
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Useful stuff as always! "Aqui No Hay Quien Viva" sounds like exactly the sort of show I'd enjoy and find useful. I've watched a lot of "light" comedy/drama stuff in Italian and it's been very helpful for learning everyday language even if it's not what I'd normally go for. I also listened to the Futuro Abierto podcast about the Spanish language the other day and it was interesting.
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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 334 of 384 03 September 2014 at 2:21am | IP Logged | ||
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After clawing my way through Percy Jackson, I'm glad to report that I'm flying through the Hunger Games! I read
this book in English when it first came out six or seven years ago, so the story isn't new. It's the first Spanish book that I've read in present tense, and it took me a while to feel comfortable with that. But it's absolutely riveting! It's the first Spanish book that feels the same as an English book - I can read for the better part of an evening without noticing the time go by. Of course, I'm reading *much* more slowly in Spanish than I do in English, but my goal wasn't to read quickly - it was to get lost in a book. I started four days ago and am 179 pages in. There are a lot of words that I don't know, but almost all of them I can figure out (more or less) by context. They aren't slowing me down or hindering my understanding of the plot, so I'm just reading on without worrying about any unknown words. I may or may not pick a chapter to read intensively when I finish reading the book extensively. Overall, I'm a very happy reader! 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 335 of 384 05 September 2014 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have a Skype Spanish session today. I've been working with Rocio from italki, using a textbook on cultures from
Spanish-speaking countries around the world as a springboard for discussion. These sessions are both challenging (because they're higher-order thinking and use lots of new vocabulary) and kind of easy (since I've given up all responsibility for choosing the topics of discussion). I'm currently working with two Skype teachers. With one, I only have informal conversations, sharing stories about our lives and talking about whatever pops up. With the other, I'm following a formal curriculum (although we also spend a good chunk of time just catching up and sharing before we jump into the textbook). I'm really enjoying the balance between the two! I've been working lately on compiling ideas for doing language exchanges or working with tutors. Conversation cards These are for absolute beginners. If you like to speak right from the beginning, it can sometimes be a bit frustrating. Repetition is necessary, but it can get tedious for both parties. I use conversation cards, both as a teacher (with my French students) and as a student (with my Tagalog teachers). Each card has a very simple question to ask, answer and expand upon. I've included copies of the question cards in English, French, Spanish and Tagalog. If you're a beginner to Spanish, maybe you'll find them useful! Language exchange topics This one is for people who are a bit more advanced, and able to carry on a conversation - even if it's just a simple conversation. I've listed 32 themes/topics, along with a half-dozen or so related questions. I've used these topics myself either as a student, a teacher or a language partner. The themes are only shared in English, so you'd have to translate them yourself (or with the help of your partner). If you'd like some help translating some of them to Spanish or French, let me know. I'd be happy to help! Just be specific about which topic you want. 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 336 of 384 06 September 2014 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I started a course on coursera about Open Educational Resources (ie. freely available and openly licensed
educational materials). I'm interested in this topic both as a teacher-slash-student, and as a believer in free and accessible information for all. I've decided to audit the course, which means that I'll be listening to all of the videos, doing some of the readings, and participating in activities that interest me, but I don't plan on doing all of the written assignments. So far, I've listened to the week one videos. They were interesting! One of the experts was speaking in English, which wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but the bulk of the experts were Spanish-speaking professors and academics. recursos abiertos (coursera) Aside from that, I've been spending a lot of time reading Los Juegos del hambre. I'm really enjoying this book! I've read 250 pages in less than a week. Compare that with the last Percy Jackson book, which was about 350 pages long and which took me an entire month to get through. Score one point for reading something that actually interests me. I listened to a very good episode of Nómadas this week: travel to Hawaii! That podcast is so great for feeding my travel wanderlust! I love the music, stories and snippets of local language. I haven't done much listening today or yesterday, though. My dog injured himself quite badly yesterday afternoon while chasing a squirrel in the backyard. We went to the vet, and it looks like he has a torn ACL. He can't put any weight on his back leg, and at 120 pounds it makes negotiating stairs, going to the bathroom or even getting up from the floor a major undertaking. He's in a lot of pain, panting non-stop despite painkillers. We're hoping it's a partial tear that can heal on its own. But if it's a full tear, we may be looking at surgery. We'll go back to the vet on Monday to see what's what. So no walks for him this weekend - which also means less Spanish for me. I hope it's not as serious as I fear it is. It's really hard to see my dog in pain. :( Edited by Stelle on 06 September 2014 at 9:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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