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| Gallo1801 Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 4903 days ago 164 posts - 248 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Croatian, German, French | Message 1 of 6 16 March 2012 at 11:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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So I'm in Andalucía right now for a few months studying Castellano at the Universidad
de Cadiz. Right now I'm trying to polish my Spanish until it's so shiny you could see it from Space. But, I have a desire to learn Catalan in the future. I don't have time nor want to confuse it with all the heavy-duty Castellano studying I'm doing, but I figure it'd be a good idea to pick up an arsenal or at least a few resources while I'm here. But when I get back to the US it´d be nice to have some Catalan things to study with. I'm going to Barcelona literally for 48 hours to visit a buddy on a whim in April, and I need some bookstores or names of resources that would be the best to help a Spanish speaker achieve a good handle on Catalan. I only need a few, not going to study academically only for my own desire of being able to converse in it when I return to the Països Catalans I can use it. I know from reading past posts that Catalán sin Esfuerzo is rumored to be very good, but what else? Since I´ll be in Barcelona, I figured their might be a good bookstore that someone on here knows that otherwise I couldn´t find. Thanks Y'all! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| July Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 5274 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2 Studies: French | Message 2 of 6 17 March 2012 at 2:12am | IP Logged | ||
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I've never been to Barcelona, I'm sure there are piles of resources people could tell you
about. Personally, I'd try to pick up some Spanish DVDs dubbed into Catalan (I haven't found any native Catalan series on DVD) but I enjoyed watching Heroes seasons 1 and 2 in Catalan, and it helped me pick up a bit of passive understanding. However, you would need a region free DVD player back in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7222 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 3 of 6 17 March 2012 at 3:13am | IP Logged | ||
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@Gallo1801,
You could try Curso Pons Catalàn for Spanish speakers. It has one book and two cds. One interesting section is the list of false cognates. I met a person from Barcelona and he knew immediately what program I was talking about. This does not mean all people in Barcelona know of the program. It was just coincidence. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5454 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 6 17 March 2012 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's a thread about Catalan resources:
http://how- to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=29677&PN =1&TPN=1 As for bookstores, I haven't been to Barcelona for at least ten years, but as far as I remember there used to be a bookstore with lots of language learning materials and dictionaries in Carrer de Balmes, between Gran Via and Carrer de la Diputació (just across the street from the old university building). Casa del Llibre in Passeig de Gràcia is probably worth a visit too. If I remember correctly, there's another bookstore with quite a lot of Catalan materials in Passeig de Gràcia, on the left hand side when you walk up the street from Plaça de Catalunya towards Diagonal, but I don't remember exactly where or what it was called. It's quite small, and the language stuff was in the basement. The easiest thing in any Spanish city is always to go to El Corte Inglés. They have just about everything, including books. Just across the street from El Corte Inglés at Plaça de Catalunya you'll also find Llibreria Catalònia in Ronda de Sant Pere. Edited by tractor on 17 March 2012 at 2:48pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gallo1801 Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 4903 days ago 164 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Croatian, German, French | Message 5 of 6 17 March 2012 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks! I'll have to mark those down and go a-hunting when I get there. I like supporting the local joints if possible especially given "La Crisis" so I'll go check out those. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MarcusOdim Groupie Brazil Joined 4848 days ago 91 posts - 142 votes | Message 6 of 6 18 March 2012 at 4:14am | IP Logged | ||
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www.tv3.cat
They make movies, documentaries and Catalan series available and all with Catalan subs (The subbed clips are on the right side/bar) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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