Using podcasts and audiobooks to learn Spanish Hello,I find podcasts to be a fantastic resource when it comes to improving &nbsp;listening comprehension. I like that I can listen to them anytime, whil

Ildiko

Using podcasts and audiobooks to learn Spanish

Hello,

I find podcasts to be a fantastic resource when it comes to improving listening comprehension. I like that I can listen to them anytime, while doing something else and that I can pause them and replay them if I get distracted. I also find that I'm extremely picky when it comes to which podcasts I listen to... I can't always define *what* exactly I like/dislike about them, but it's a really fine balance between interesting content + speaker's tone of voice + difficulty [amount of words I don't understand] + speed of speaking.

I have a favourite and a few others I listen to once in a while, but I'm always looking for more to add to my little collection. The main places where I look for them are iTunes and ivoox, sometimes randomly clicking around, sometimes following tags like #LearnSpanish and similar.

I'm guessing audiobooks would perform a similar function, but sadly I haven't found any reliable source for those.

What do you all think? Have you tried them? Do you find podcasts or audiobooks an efficient method?

And why/why not?

EDIT. These are the ones I currently listen to:

1) https://teacherjose.com/podcast/

2) https://hoyhablamos.com/category/podcast/

3) http://www.notesinspanish.com/spanish-podcasts/ (advanced and gold)

4) http://www.espanolautomatico.com/podcast/

+ I've tried News in Slow Spanish but didn't like it too much. Might give it another go though.

2017年7月4日 02:33

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I'm not overkeen on using audiobooks, I often lose the plot if I'm listening at the same time as doing something else (a lot of my listening is done while I'm driving). Another problem with audiobooks is that there is likely to be so much vocabulary that I don't know that sometimes I find it difficult to follow the storyline.

2017年7月5日

Following this thread with interest! This is not a podcast, but I like it. I listen and then look at the transcript if needed. http://www.veintemundos.com/en/ I will add everyone's suggestions to my list.

2017年7月6日

I find podcasts a great learning tool, in adition to others (like speaking and reading). My two favorite podcasts are the famous "notes in Spanish", and "Spanish obsessed" which is Latino-American oriented:

https://spanishobsessed.com/courses/intermediate/

I haven't tried audiobooks - prefer reading my books over hearing them.

2017年7月5日

Thanks so much Andy! That audiobook link is fantastic! And thanks for the podcasts as well.

Do you find them a good tool to learn? Links are the best takeaway from the thread of course, but I was also interested in opinions as to how useful they are to people. I always knew TV shows were great for me, but only recently "discovered" the power of audio-only, listen-while-doing-something else type learning.

2017年7月5日