Are there any more learning programs like Destinos?
Does anyone know of anything close to destinos in terms of learning more, any input would be much appreciated, gracias.
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Have you watched the Mi Vida Loca lessons?
That was a fantastic link Q, now I have more things to keep me occupied , there are not enough hours in the day for me. but seriously this is a very good interactive tool for learning , it is tops ace.
You may find it helpful to just jump into Spanish television programming as well. You'd be amazed at how much you learn just by listening to the shows in terms of how things are expressed, how people in different positions are addressed, and a whole lot of other really cool things! But, you will need to be able to at least get the gist of what's happening in each scene (which doesn't necessarily need to come from understanding what's spoken) when you start to be able to keep up with the plot, but it'll get easier after a little bit of time.
MSN Latino Video has quite a few shows to browse through, and they have complete series (at least, from what I've looked through). If you want a show that's at least somewhat similar to Destinos in plot structure, the site has telenovelas to watch. My favorite are from Telemundo, which tries to get its actors to speak with international Spanish accents, which are fairly easy to understand for the most part, but you end up learning to recognize an accent that doesn't exist naturally (which isn't a huge problem because it's still Spanish). I have noticed, though, that some of the vocabulary is pretty Mexican.
La Reina del Sur, is supposed to be really good, I know that my friend really liked Aurora, and I enjoyed Mi Corazón Insiste quite a bit (but it jumped the shark in the last third and lost a lot of its charm).
You might also find something you like on RTVE, which is a Spanish radio and television site. I haven't spent much time there, but I did notice that they have a good selection of shows, and they seem to have all the episodes of the shows as well.
One thing to note though is that you won't be able to use closed captioning to help you if you get lost, but you could rewind the videos if you need to. But, I encourage you to at least give it a shot and see if you think it'll help you. 
is there any thing more like destinos ! maybe a bit more advanced !
