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Learning Spanish language: The Spanish Learners' Society!

I keep seeing people asking for advice about learning Spanish, and I've had some PM's too! So, I've decided to make a thread to get everyone together :smile:

Feel free to post, no matter what level you are! Ask any questions, introduce yourself...anything!

Adiós!

Useful websites

Language Partners!

www.livemocha.com
www.sharedtalk.com
www.busuu.com
www.interpals.com

Grammar

www.studyspanish.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/tontitofrito
http://www.indiana.edu/~call/lengua.html

Radio Stations

www.rtve.es
http://tunein.com/radio/Top-Radio-972-s79707/


Films and TV shows (sites)

www.seriesyonkis.com

Films and TV shows (names) Have a look at some of the films recommended by myself and other TSRers :biggrin:

Volver
Hable con ella
Como agua por chocolate
El Viaje
Chico y Rita
Que he hecho para merecer esto?
Las Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Te doy mis ojos

Music

Fito y Fitipaldis- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUXs4Nt3Y7Y
Alejandro Sanz- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQrm1S4K-I
Maria Volonte- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb328A1WuIY
La Musicalite- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5b3NeaLSbQ
Buena Vista Social Club- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JEdf7XsV5g
Ray Barretto- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEStckGI4TE&feature=related (Skip to 01:45)
Gipsy Kings- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to-jCxxX-sM
Paco de Lucía- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s
Gloria Estefan- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44oqk_BV-ek
Tito Nieves- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLxaOUtFhr4
El Tri- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlCwzq9CgGk
Don Omar and Lucenzo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVRXWzljnEk&feature=player_embedded
Daddy Yankee- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHiHz2pwWho
La Oreja de Van Gogh- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHkDCaa5Ac
Mecano- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTet-8bIVH8

Childrens Books (Great for reading practice!)

http://www.literaturasm.com/Home-ebv.html

http://www.librosalfaguarainfantil.c...ango_edad/239/

http://www.sieteleguas.es/colecciones/20x20

http://www.amazon.es/b/ref=amb_link_...rd_i=599364031

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Reply 1
This is so useful as i know many people that are struggling in spanish. i a m a gcse soanish student and i want to know if there are any sites that could help with spanish work.
Original post by ClevaClocks
This is so useful as i know many people that are struggling in spanish. i a m a gcse soanish student and i want to know if there are any sites that could help with spanish work.



What sort of thing? grammar? listening? reading?
Also, if any of them are on TSR, let them know about this thread. The more people there are, the better :smile:
Reply 3
Original post by thesilvermagnolia
What sort of thing? grammar? listening? reading?
Also, if any of them are on TSR, let them know about this thread. The more people there are, the better :smile:


Well writing and grammer becasue i mostly lose marks on these things
Original post by ClevaClocks
Well writing and grammer becasue i mostly lose marks on these things


For grammar: www.studyspanish.com

Also, there are video lessons on youtube; www.youtube.com/languagenow which I think are quite helpful :smile:
Reply 5
If you need some help, I'm a native speaker.

:smile:
Original post by NEIHUB
If you need some help, I'm a native speaker.

:smile:


Muchas gracias :biggrin:
Reply 7
You lot ARE crackers! Great stuff guys!!
Reply 8
Original post by BogBrush
You lot ARE crackers! Great stuff guys!!


LOL do you do spanish. i think you have a question to ask?
Original post by BogBrush
You lot ARE crackers! Great stuff guys!!


hahaha
Hay tanta felicidad aquí!
Hey all :smile:

I try to learn a bit of Spanish whenever I have some free time so I'm at a very basic level at the moment. So hopefully I'll find some good resources in this thread, as well as advice.
I think this is a brilliant channel for learning Spanish (though I believe it's Latin American Spanish) and the teacher is fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/user/tontitofrito
Reply 11
Original post by LonelySoul193
Hey all :smile:

I try to learn a bit of Spanish whenever I have some free time so I'm at a very basic level at the moment. So hopefully I'll find some good resources in this thread, as well as advice.
I think this is a brilliant channel for learning Spanish (though I believe it's Latin American Spanish) and the teacher is fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/user/tontitofrito


Ooh I'll have a look at those, and add it to the list of useful sites!
Muchas gracias!


Gracias!
Me gusta mucho :biggrin:
Reply 14
Original post by thesilvermagnolia
Gracias!
Me gusta mucho :biggrin:


De nada, ¡a mandar!
Reply 15
Original post by ClevaClocks
LOL do you do spanish. i think you have a question to ask?


jaja bueno.. ¿cuánto tiempo se necesita para saber espanol perfectamente? lo estudio desde hace 4 anos y todavía me mataaaa :colone:
Original post by BogBrush
jaja bueno.. ¿cuánto tiempo se necesita para saber espanol perfectamente? lo estudio desde hace 4 anos y todavía me mataaaa :colone:


Depende de la persona :tongue:
Lo estudio desde hace 3 anos y todavía me mata también, pero estoy estudiando mucho más este ano (2012). Quiero mejorar mi nivel más rápido, antes de los exámenes :smile:
Reply 17
Hola todo! (does that even make sense lol)?

A former GCSE student here re-learning spanish potentially for use for work in South America in two years time. I'm using spanishdict.com and its been useful so far (even if the woman's voice is annoying! :tongue: ). So far i'm finding that readin text it comes back quite fast (e.g. the posts above), however, saying and writing stuff is very hard! Just can't remember the vocab i used to have. Lots of work ahead of me!

May ask a few questions if freetranslation can't answer them. For now, in my broken spanish (and before i've learned to type spanish characters - doing that tomorrow):

Por que aprenden otras personas espanol? Solo los examenes?
'Explica como Carmen Martín Gaite afronta eticamente y estéticamente en su novela la historia reciente.'

A entregar el día 9 de enero. Ánimo :sigh:
I like the look of this thread. :smile: Spanish sounds really sexy, and it's one of the most widely spoken languages, so I want to learn it! I know a decent amount of french, I'm hoping there's some overlap between the two languages... but otherwise, I'm gonna be trying to learn it from scratch :eek: