Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Spanish phrase book on podcast

Spanish phrase book on podcast
Following the success of my Spanish Podcasts for Beginners, I’ve now launched a new series called Spanish Phrasebook on Podcast. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have purchased, and are still purchasing, my podcasts and pdfs. A big thanks!

The 17-minute unit 1 podcast focuses on eating out. Apart from learning dozens of useful words related to food and restaurants, you’ll also hear common questions and answers that’ll help you communicate with waiters.

At Spanish Bookworld you can download the free podcast, and you can also get the interactive multimedia transcript in pdf that comes with it.

Future podcasts will talk about transport, accommodation, sightseeing, traveling with children and the disable, car hire, changing money, and all other topics that can help you have a more enjoyable vacation.

If you have any queries, suggestions, complaints or feedback related to my podcasts, please leave a comment on this blog and I’ll reply to you very soon.

 

Monday, March 3, 2008

Listen to my Spanish podcast lesson 6

Spanish Podcasts for Beginners
My new Spanish Podcasts for Beginners lesson 6 can be downloaded from Spanish Bookworld and from iTunes.

This latest lesson lasts 21 minutes and, like all the others, comes with an interactive multimedia transcript in pdf. In this lesson you will hear a dialog at a Spanish bar, the list of new words and phrases in both English and Spanish, a grammar unit on how to put together nouns and describing words, and you’ll also learn a new set of numbers (30 – 39).

To practise speaking and listening, there are exercises after each section. Throughout this podcast you will also get the change to review what you learned in lessons 1 to 5.

With the interactive multimedia transcript in pdf you can practise not only listening and speaking, but also reading and writing. You can listen to the dialogs, new words, phrases and numbers at your own pace. All you need to do is click on them to hear the Spanish. You can also see the solutions to all the exercises, fill in your answers, and type in your own notes and save them for future reference.

All the podcast in this series and their pdfs have been written and recorded by me, Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker and an experienced Spanish teacher. All the other voices you hear in the dialogs are also those of native Spanish speakers.