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Even if you don’t swear or use bad words in English, you know what they are. You learned what they were at some point in your life, even if the only reason was to avoid them. The same principle can be used while learning Spanish. I don’t swear a lot in English, right now. There [...]

After my post about Beyonce’s singing in Spanish, I keep running into a lot of other American pop stars singing in Spanish.
This is a little disappointing because the video wasn’t redone for the Spanish version because on the closeups you can tell she’s not singing the words you’re hearing.
My opinion is, that if you’re going [...]

A short tour of Miraflores Peru an upscale shopping and business district. Concerts in the park with an amphitheater. The video gives a tour of each area within Miraflores and views from the walking paths above the cliffs overlooking the ocean. Really incredible scenery.
Miraflores, dubbed ‘Heroic City’ (Ciudad Historica) in 1881 after the Battle of [...]

A cute cartoon with a Spanish narrator along with Spanish and English subtitles. The narration is completely in Spanish and the subtitles are highlighted in different colors. So, you know the purple Spanish word is the same Purple English word. I wish I could find more of these.

A short video about Costa Rica from Travel Video Store. It’s actually just a short teaser to buy their longer videos of other people vacationing in Costa Rica. Kind of short, but the scenery of the rain forest and other sights are pretty good along with some facts about Costa Rica.

A video lesson about Spanish Reflexive Verbs. This is in addition to my other post about reflexive verbs here. Learning Spanish Reflexive verbs seems a little more difficult for some people. Here’s a better explanation about the grammar of reflexive verbs from a Professor with an entire Youtube series on Spanish grammar.
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CNN Democratic Debate Austin, Texas Feb. 21, 2008.
The question from Univision. There are 30 million people in the United States that speak Spanish.
Hillary says that English should be our common unifying language, but that’s not always the case, more and more employers are preferring candidates that are bilingual.

This video is rated “PG-13″ for language. I’ve been laughing since I found it three days ago. This is a good reason to learn Spanish, especially Spanish slang and a few ‘bad’ words. That way you won’t be like those ladies in the classroom sitting there like idiots when someone is calling you an idiot.
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Destinos is the best video series teaching Spanish ever. PBS aired these 52 episodes back in ‘92 or so.
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, [...]