Place to listen & read - native spanish speakers

[NiCACHiCA]

I just found this site today when searching for help to understand spoken Spanish better.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/beg01.html

It gives examples of native speakers from different countries, covering topics

for BEGINNERS - 'identifying basic objects', 'basic colors', 'introducing yourself to others', & more;

for INTERMEDIATE - 'Telling time' 'favorite movies actors singers', & more;

for ADVANCED - 'your most recent job', 'your experience in an accident' & more;

and for SUPERIOR - 'Living in another time period' 'role play: phone appt. with doctor' & more

And it allows you to follow along with text while you listen to the native speaker (which helps me ALOT, the visual learner that I am). I think it will help me get a natural feel of how sentences flow in simple topics. And it could quickly become a favorite for me! So glad I found it, and I hope it can help someone else out there too!

[CrOtALiTo]

How can I use the website?


I didn't understand.

[Jessica]

what level would I be? Intermediate, I think

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, I should to use the intermediate level in my case, but in the English.

[NiCACHiCA]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Yes, I should to use the intermediate level in my case too/also, but in the English.

Sorry, CrOtaLiTo, but I think that site is just for people who want help learning Spanish. I did a quick search and here are a few sites I found for you (and any others that would like help with English). I hope they help. If not, you can go to Google and search "ESL Listening Exercises" or "ESL Diaolgue Practice" or something similar and you should get numerous results.

http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/...ing-test1.html
http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm
http://www.englishmedialab.com/listening.html
http://eslus.com/esl/resource.htm

[irmamar]

Crotalito, you can go there, that's a good place (I'm sorry if I'm spamming )

http://www.mansioningles.com/

[downloadmystuff]

Thanks Nicachica. The site you recommended is very helpful.

[laepelba]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Listening/understanding spoken Spanish has been my BIGGEST problem. When I was in Uruguay & Peru last month, it drove me CRAZY because people would say things to me and wait for me to respond, and they KNEW I SHOULD understand, but I didn't ... because I didn't understand what they were saying. But when they slowed down and explained each word to me, I realized that I SHOULD have known what they were saying. THIS IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO helpful.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




:raiseth eroof:

[bmarquis124]

ahh thank you so much for finding that!! that's my school's website

[dushko]

Thank you, that is going to be very helpful.

Post other links you know of that you´ve found helpful.

[NiCACHiCA]

Glad everyone enjoys the sites. It took a lot of google-ing to try and find some good sites where you could listen to native Spanish speakers in somewhat simple conversations to get the ears accustomed to the language!!
laepelba, I will be the exact same way when I go to Nicaragua this Friday! It's so embarrassing, but it's part of the process I guess! I just keep telling myself "one day..."!

If anyone finds others, please share too. I haven't had time lately to search for any more sites!

[irmamar]

Sometimes, it's better a few sites than a lot of them, because you can "hacerte un lío" (how would I say "hacer un lío") and at last you do nothing (or at least this is my case). I prefer a few sites and do what I'm asked to do and, when finish, look for another one. I hope it'll be helpful

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

OH MY GOODNESS!!! THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Listening/understanding spoken Spanish has been my BIGGEST problem. When I was in Uruguay & Peru last month, it drove me CRAZY because people would say things to me and wait for me to respond, and they KNEW I SHOULD understand, but I didn't ... because I didn't understand what they were saying. But when they slowed down and explained each word to me, I realized that I SHOULD have known what they were saying. THIS IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO helpful.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




:raiseth eroof:

hmmm!

The second phrase I made in English from Spanish was:

Please speak slowly because I am learning English.

I needed to understand the clients at my job. (Menial work, but all the same, it brought me food to the table and I gave myself a chance to learn English)

[EmpanadaRica]

Looks like a very good and useful site to pracise listening Nicachica

This may also be useful to you & others in search of practise material - it has many exercises
amongst others many listening exercises

http://www.ver-taal.com/index.htm