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Español con cine, TV y audio
These multimedia courses are for people who have studied Spanish but still find it challenging to participate in real conversations with native Spanish speakers.
Each course consists of engaging video-lessons based on video clips from popular movies, TV programmes, documentaries, or short stories in podcast format. The supplementary ebook provides interesting study materials and online activities linked to the videos or podcasts. We focus on colloquial language, spoken at normal native-speaker speed. We also explain some tricky grammar points and suggest some effective strategies you can use to learn languages more effectively.
Many people find listening comprehension the most difficult aspect of language learning. Our courses focus on colloquial language, to help you to understand what native speakers are saying. You will hear Spanish at normal native-speaker speed, and you’ll learn many expressions that you can use in order to sound more natural. Our virtual teachers explain the vocabulary, the expressions and some points of grammar that come up in the lessons. They also explain the historical and cultural content, which is just as important as the linguistic content when you participate in conversation with native speakers.
With these courses you can:
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Improve your comprehension of colloquial Spanish spoken at normal native-speaker speed.
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Learn useful new words and expressions.
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Become familiar with various Spanish accents.
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Improve your command of several grammar points that come up in the lesson.
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Deepen your understanding of the history and culture of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world.
Each lesson will take 3-5 hours, depending on how often you view or listen to each lesson… multiple sessions are recommended, until you can really distinguish and understand every word without the transcription or subtitles. We also recommend that you choose a section from the transcription and read aloud along with the audio. This will help to improve your pronunciation, intonation, phrasing, and fluency.
Each lesson consists of:
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A video in Spanish, with key words and phrases explained on-screen in English, or a podcast + annotated transcription;
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A complete transcription in Spanish;
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Vocabulary notes in Spanish and English;
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Online activities in Spanish and English to help you internalize new learning;
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Grammar notes explaining points that arise in the videos, in Spanish and English;
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Online activities to help you evaluate your own learning, in Spanish and English..
Español con cine 1: «Arrugas»
The first lesson of this course is a free preview Try it now
This course consists of six lessons based on clips from the prizewinning animated film «Arrugas», a moving yet amusing story about a friendship between two old men in a care home.
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Español con cine 2: «Ocho apellidos vascos»
You can see a short excerpt from this course here.
This course is based on clips from a very popular Spanish movie about the unlikely romance between anyoung Andulusian man and a young Basque woman. They have very sterotypical ideas about each other, and are so different that they could be from different planets. The movie is very funny and you will want to see the whole thing!
(Plus any taxes may that apply in your country)
Español con los Alcántara 1: «Un malentendido»
The five lessons in this course are based on clips from Cuéntame cómo pasó, a popular, prizewinning series from Televisión Española (TVE). We meet the Alcántara, a working-class family living in Madrid in the 60s. The Catholic Church still had enormous power, and contraceptive pills were available only on the black market.
(Plus any taxes may that apply in your country)
Español con noticias y documentales 1: Entrevistas y reportajes
This course is a collection of five individual lessons based on clips from television news programs. Topics include a scandal dating from the Franco era, Spain’s artistic and cultural heritage, the depopulation of rural Spain, and the reasons for the long workday in Spain.
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Español con noticias y documentales 2: La historia de tres regiones bilingües de España
These lessons are based on short documentary videos, delivered in an interesting visual way, about three of Spain’s autonomous communities: the Basque country, Catalunya, and Galicia. You’ll learn a lot of vocabulary that you can use when reading newspapers, watching TV news and documentaries, and discussing historical and current events.
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Español con podcasts 1: El cardumen y otros cuentos
The first lesson in this course is a free preview. Try it now!
Our first podcast course is based on a collection of short stories by Júlia Rodríguez Solera, a writer from Barcelona. We explain the vocabulary, expressions and grammar points that come up in the lesson. We also explain the cultural context, which is just as important as the language when it comes to participating in real conversations with native speakers.
(Plus any taxes may that apply in your country)
Special offer! Save when you buy packs of courses
Real Spanish Course Pack 1: Español con cine y TV
This pack consists of 3 courses:
- Español con cine 1: «Arrugas»
- Español con cine 2: «Ocho appellidos vascos»
- Español con los Alcántara: «Un malentendido»
(Plus any taxes may that apply in your country)
Real Spanish Course Pack 2: Español con noticias y documentales
This pack consists of 2 courses:
- Español con noticias y documentales 1: Entrevistas y reportajes
- Español con noticias y documentales 2: La historia de tres regiones bilingües de España
(Plus any taxes may that apply in your country)
Español con cine, TV y audio:
Innovative multimedia lessons for people who are serious about improving their Spanish
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