Que necesito para ver la television en espanol?
Hola chicas! I just have a quick and simple question...will watching tv in Spanish actually improve it? I'm only in Spanish 3 currently and I plan on being fluent in the future, but I need help understanding it more. Usually when I listen to an audio in Spanish I can only pick up certain words because it seems like they're talking so fast, but they're really not. My teacher told us that a student came back in Spanish 4 speaking it really well after he watched tv in Spanish everyday over the summer. Any answers? Gracias!
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Hi, I'm from the UK so am not sure what level Spanish 3 is. When learning a language you need to be able to speak, listen read and write. If you cannot speak to Spanish speakers that skill will fall behind. You can always read out loud which gets your brain mouth and ears used to the sounds of Spanish. However, the more you listen to Spanish the better you will understand it. Music is a great way because you can sing along and it helps your vocabulary and rhythm of speech. My view is there are two types of listening, background listening and more concentrated listening. For example I sometimes read an article in two papers, look up the important words I don't know then find a video on the subject. El País has a Youtube channel and the paper 20 minutos always has lots of videos
In our Spanish lessons we often listen to short videos. This site has some
another good site is vertaal. They often use a report from rtve daily news. Try listening without subtitles, several times and do the exercises before looking at the transcript.
Adverts are another good source of listening and there are lots of apps which will allow you to play videos more slowly. You will gradually pick out words and phrases.
As for Spanish tv of course it is worth watching. However, to keep your interest find something you enjoy eg a telenovela. I sometimes watch rtve Spanish national tv. I like página Dos about books [in short segments] and
which is food music and travel in Spain - most of the music is sung in English! Many of the most recent series on rtve have subtitles and a transcript eg the original
Just build time to listen to Spanish. You will understand very little at first but you will improve either by listening to the same thing lots of times eg a song or tuning in to a programme you like.
Buena suerte
