Learn Spanish with the news

PJ4

Hey, I've been using the www.rfi.fr - Le journal en français facile to learn French with the news. It's a simplified daily news program with text and audio.

Le journal en français facile
http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp

Text
http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/articles/001/script_journal_francais_facile.asp

Audio
http://www.rfi.fr/player/player.asp?Player=Win&Stream=http://telechargement.rfi.fr.edgesuite.net/rfi/francais/audio/journaux/r001/journal_francais_facile_21h00_-_21h10_tu.mp3.asx&iframe=http://www.rfi.fr:80/statiques/playerAudioPageDescDefaut.asp&video=francais_21h00&s=undefined&s2=&xtpage=undefined&xt_multc=undefined&donneesassocies=

I was wondering if anyone knows of a simular online news program in Spanish?

Wudyaquit

es.euronews.com (same as euronews on tv but in spanish)

Video and radio programs on UN website:
http://www.un.org/es/multimedia/videos.shtml
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/spanish/

token101

This is for beginners really, but I find it great:

http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/

I'm not not really sure why you require a subscription, all the full length podcasts are freely available on iTunes.

TO_ARTHUR!

Yeah, I think that watching and listening to the news is a good way to learn or improve one's Spanish but what I think is just as good, and absolutely no joke meant here, are cartoons. We have cartoon network in Spanish, here in the house and I find that the because the programs are intended for kids, the level of Spanish is much lower than on other tv shows like movies and sometimes the news. In addition to this, the voices always speak a good bit slower than in others making them much more easier to catch and understand.

Initially, I was watching football to pick up the language from the commentators and pundits but I found that they all speak too fast for an extrajenero like me, to undertand. Maybe with time I'll be able to watch as well as listen to the beautiful game over here:rolleyes::)

I was pleased with myself, one night during the week, when we went to the cinema to see a film called Intocable and I could undertand most of it. Maybe it was easier for me, given that it had been dubbed from French and perhaps the characters spoke slower but I was happy leaving the cinema from firstly having been able to understand the plot and jokes of the film and secondly being able to enjoy a good film with my friends:D

Watching cartoons are, in my opinion, an excellent way of picking up the language as when you're learning Spanish, and indeed others, being able to hear and listen to people and television/recorded voices is a great skill to have. I think that before I started living in Spain, I hadn't done enough aural work by listening to tapes, radio etc.. and I payed the price when I came here as I found the people quite hard to understand (didn't help that I came to Andalusia though:o:pac:).

Hope this helps you to learn more of the language:)

accensi0n

Topcat and Snoopy in spanish are great.

TO_ARTHUR!

accensi0n wrote: »

Topcat and Snoopy in spanish are great.

They are good. Watching English speaking films that you know well, dubbed into Spanish also works, I think.