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| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5395 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 73 of 319 31 December 2013 at 12:53am | IP Logged | ||
Por supuesto. :D I'll update logs and team list tomorrow. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LeadZeppelin Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5021 days ago 59 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 74 of 319 31 December 2013 at 1:47am | IP Logged | ||
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Does anybody know of any good beginner-ish TV shows / telenovelas? I've watched all of
extr@ and I'm about to finish with Destinos. At this point, there's no way I could take another series that is aimed specifically for learners--they're just too slow and annoying (albeit helpful for awhile). But something aimed for natives on the easier side would probably be perfect for me now. BTW, we should start filling up the first couple posts in this thread with lots of resources like this. I'm sure the more advanced Spanish speakers have a lot of resources they've already used to get us started (hint hint :P)! :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4144 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 75 of 319 31 December 2013 at 2:26am | IP Logged | ||
I jumped from Destinos directly into native TV shows, first with English subtitles and then without. The first one I watched was a crime drama called Desaparecida on DramaFever: Desaparecida I'd watch a section with subtitles and then re-watch the same section without subtitles. Or at least that was the goal…in reality, once I got sucked into the story I was too impatient to watch each episode twice. After Missing, I watched La Fuga, and now I'm watching Isabel (both shows on DramaFever). I watched all of those shows with English subtitles, and still found them extremely helpful in building my listening comprehension skills. I'm also watching a few dubbed shows without subtitles - Buffy and The Simpsons. I used to be a dubbing snob, but they're actually very accessible, especially if you're watching a show that you know well in your own language. When I finished with Destinos, I also started listening to the intermediate podcasts on Notes in Spanish: Notes in Spanish I listened to all of the intermediate podcasts and then the advanced podcasts. Now I'm listening to Gold (albeit it not every day the way that I was with the intermediate podcasts). I find that my listening improved ENORMOUSLY with Notes in Spanish. Edited by Stelle on 31 December 2013 at 2:28am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4889 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 76 of 319 31 December 2013 at 2:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Here are some resources for you:
Drama Fever Has a full Latino section, mostly Argentine and Spanish shows, with English subtitles. A subscription is $9.99 / month, but you can watch the first episode of each show for free. Give it a try & see which ones grab you! The language is harder for me to understand than Central American Spanish, so the subtitles really help. Hulu Subscription is $7.99. Has lots of Mexican telenovelas with Spanish close-captions. The acting in these is so over the top that it's easy to follow along even if you don't catch all the dialogue. I watched La Fea Más Bella (Ugly Betty) for awhile, but there were 299 episodes (!) and there was no way I was going to finish it. I just noticed that Pablo Escobar, El Patrón del Mal is on the free Hulu site, but without subtitles or captions. I've marked it 'to watch' for when my Spanish is stronger. Netflix You can get Latin American tv shows if you're willing to tweak your computer a bit. You'll want to install * Hola Unblocker. This will place a little icon in your browser tool bar. You can use this to change the country that you view the internet through. Go to Netflix (or any site), click Hola, change to Mexico (or any country), and a whole new world of browsing is at your command. I haven't explored this a lot. I do know that La Reina del Sur is available, with Spanish closed-captions. * 13 million downloads, and it's still legal! 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| JIK Diglot Groupie Bahrain Joined 4102 days ago 58 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Estonian, English* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 77 of 319 31 December 2013 at 3:18am | IP Logged | ||
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I know it's a bit late and the team is getting a bit large, but do you think there might be room for one
more? I'm hovering somewhere around a B1 in Spanish and want to get to C1 during by the end of 2014 :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5375 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 78 of 319 31 December 2013 at 3:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I recently finished El Capo on MundoFox. It is a very suspenseful show. Quite well done and high quality. The plot is simple to follow.
I also concur with the advice that dubbed shows you already watch are a great bridge between things like Destinos and "regular" Spanish TV shows. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5051 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 79 of 319 31 December 2013 at 9:43am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm watching this ancient telenovela at the moment: Cuna de Lobos
If only for the sake of seeing the main villain's eyepatch collection. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5022 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 80 of 319 31 December 2013 at 10:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I provided a link to some great Argentine series and films in this thread.
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