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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4683 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 1 of 2 25 June 2015 at 4:38am | IP Logged |
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The folks at PodClub
just released an iPad app for their Italian, French, German, Spanish, and English podcasts, and so far it seems very useful. I just learned about their Al dente! Italian podcast from nj24 a few weeks ago. It's good, not amazing, but I've been using it a lot for three key reasons: it's 100% in the target language, there are target-language transcripts for the podcasts, and they are aimed at the A2/B1 level. It's hard to find resources at this level - so I'll be sticking with this one for awhile. It looks like all the transcripts are embedded in the app, but you need to either stream the audio or save the episodes you like when you have a wireless connection. It's well designed - very basic and user friendly. The podcasts: German: Andrea erzählt Spanish: A mi aire Italian: Al dente! French: L'avis de Marie English: Back in Wales They also have a handful of Italian, German, and Swiss-German (Schwyzertütsch! That's a cool looking word) podcasts in the archives. Edited by kanewai on 25 June 2015 at 11:18pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5001 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 2 25 June 2015 at 10:29am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the recommendation! I've listened to a few episodes of Al Dente, it's a little slow for my level but it seems excellent for A2/B1 as you say, especially for those wanting to work on listening comprehension since it has transcripts and the episodes are of a reasonable length. Unlike a lot of learner-oriented material, it covers quite a wide range of topics and the language is quite natural and not "dumbed down" even though it's deliberately slow and clear. Like you say it's hard to find good resources at that level.
I'll definitely check out the Spanish one when the time comes. In Spanish I find learner materials a bit too easy but proper films and TV a bit too hard, and podcasts like this seem ideal for starting to bridge that gap. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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