Sorry for this extremely long reply but I get excited about sharing what's worked for me. This way you'll be listening to a more basic level of Spanish which will help to strengthen and build your listening skills for later more complex Spanish. One final thing, if you have access to YouTube, watch childrens programmes in Spanish. (informal) (singular) Are you listening to me You aren't even looking at me.Me ests escuchando Ni siquiera me ests mirando. I also listen to their books being read on Audible. What kind of music do you listen to I listen to the radio while I have. I have both the English and Spanish versions of these author's books. Another great Spanish speaking author is Isabel Allende. One of my favourite Spanish authors is Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Of course there are also books originally written in Spanish that have been written in other languages. I read the English version first, then the Spanish. I buy (or use what I already have at home) copies of books that I know well in English that have been translated into Spanish. When you see the 'written word' it helps you to make better sense of words and sentence structures when later listening to Spanish. I also find that reading written Spanish helps my listening skills. escuchar He failed the exam because he never listens in class.Fall el examen porque nunca escucha en clase. (to pay attention often used with 'to') a. Escucha Creo que alguien est gritando tu nombre. escuchar Listen I think someone's shouting your name. (to actively hear often used with 'to') a.
TED Talks (also has the option to use Spanish and English subtitles for many of it's talks. I'm not sure if they offer subtitles in other languages but it's likely that they do. listen ( lihs - ihn ) intransitive verb 1. Just keep rotating the subtitles as I've explained. I do this all the time and as I said it has really helped me.Īs you start to feel more confident you'll be able to watch films & programmes that you're unfamiliar with and ones that have only been produced in Spain or Spanish speaking countries. I continue doing this until I know the film really well in Spanish. When I start to feel that I'm following and understanding the Spanish more easily, I then watch the film in Spanish without any subtitles. Then I watch the same film in Spanish with Spanish subtitles. Sometimes I watch the film in English with Spanish subtitles. a film in Spanish with English subtitles. On Netflix there is the option to change the language to Spanish. So, whatever your mother- tongue is make sure that you initially choose something you know well in your first language. In my case, English is my first language. On Netflix or YouTube, TED Talks or whatever medium available to me, I choose a film or programme that I am very familiar with in English. Then practise listening without the text.Īdditionally, something that I have found really helpful and has vastly improved my listening skills is the following: When you hover over the sentences, you'll see everything translated into English for you with links to grammar etc.
As you listen to these articles, the Spanish text is there for you so that you can read whilst listening. Firstly, don't forget that here on Kwiziq there are lots of articles and stories read by our wonderful teacher Inma.
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