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Tips for lazy learners of Spanish

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  • 20-06-2009 9:24pm
    #1
    dohouch
    Registered Users Posts: 1,532 ✭✭✭


    Just today noticed 2 things that some people might find usefull.

    1.) Go to the Publico.es, liberal spainish newsapaper, I think, if you don't understand a word, you double click it, and get a nice spanish to spanish definition. This comes as a popup, so you don't leave the page.

    2.) I use an iGoogle page, this has an "Elmundo" gadget, which gives me some headlines from Elmundo. Today I notices that if I expand a headline, I get the option to read full article, or and this is the good part, HEAR the article spoken word for word. So I can start the sound palyback , then open the article in another page and follow it. DRAWBACK, the voice is a synthetic female voice, but I think the pronuciation is acceptable.

    I had a quick look at the "ElMundo" site proper and didn't find the same facility, but it may be there as well.

    We're not suffering, only complaining 😞



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    #2
    MadgeBadge
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭MadgeBadge


    Two excellent tips, most appreciated. Thannks Dohouch :)


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    #3
    nayorleck114
    Closed Accounts Posts: 224 ✭✭nayorleck114


    I have yet to see a Lazy learner actually speak spanish.


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