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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:27 pm

Revista Habla

Tu revista para practicar y aprender español

https://www.revistahabla.com

digital magazine for Spanish learners

Revista digital para estudiantes de español con textos por niveles, con vocabulario explicado y actividades de comprensión de lectura.
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:59 pm

A peek into "Contigo" - An AI assisted tool to help learn Spanish through conversations
Contigo Demo Youtube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwF7j0nRtdM

Dear learners and conquerors of Spanish,

Recently, two of my colleagues who are avid language learners and software engineers created a tool that utilizes conversational AI to help them learn Spanish.

When I heard about this early prototype project that they were working on, I was instantly excited by the thought of having a bridge between learning a language, and actually having a conversation in it.

Their project, Contigo, is a language learning tool that utilizes GPT-3 to provide a conversational AI “tutor”. The tool is a bridge to building conversational confidence, while also displaying intuitive grammar correction. The goal is to provide you with a personalized learning experience that evolves as your language ability advances.


https://www.reddit.com/r/Spanish/commen ... &context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/Spanish/commen ... &context=3
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When the beta launches, we will have an array of voice options from Contigo with different local accents! As for cultural responses from the perspective of particular Spanish speaking areas (Spain, Mexico, etc) we are doing research into this and would love to add it to the app in the future!

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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:36 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA46Cu8wjPU
Somos documentales

Democracia bikini: Dictadura, divisas y bikinis


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A finales de los años 50, en una España arruinada, la línea dura del franquismo tuvo que abrir las puertas al turismo, que llegaba con sus divisas y su carga de modernidad. Combinando humor, sociología, política y sexo, se presentan las bases del fenómeno del boom turístico de los años 60. Un turismo de masas que saneó la economía española en un tiempo récord y que dio inicio a una etapa de excesos urbanísticos.
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At the end of the 1950s, in a ruined Spain, the hard-line Franco regime had to open the doors to tourism, which arrived with its foreign currency and its load of modernity. Combining humour, sociology, politics and sex, it presents the foundations of the phenomenon of the tourist boom of the 1960s. A mass tourism that cleaned up the Spanish economy in record time and ushered in a period of urbanistic excesses.

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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:18 am

https://www.rtve.es/infantil/serie/apre ... a/6529745/

Aprendemos en Clan. El debate
School TV

¿Se puede frenar la crisis climática?
Can we stop the climate crisis?

Download video with "Videodownload helper"
Download subtitles with "https://www.descargavideos.tv/"

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Translate subtitles with "https://subtitlestranslator.com/en/"
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Play with LingoPlayer (allows easy stopping/playing video with mouse movement and allows moving subtitle lines forward and backward independently)
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:21 pm

https://mundoaleman.com/
https://mundoaleman.com/blog/12-libros- ... -alemania/

10 libros que te facilitan la vida en Alemania
10 books to make your life in Germany easier in Germany


¿Tienes planes de irte a vivir a Alemania? ¿Acabas de llegar y todavía estás desorientado? ¿O quizás llevas muchos años viviendo en el país y todavía no te sientes muy integrado? Adaptarse a la vida en un país desconocido siempre es un gran reto, por eso, a continuación encontrarás 12 libros sobre la vida cotidiana en Alemania así como sobre la cultura alemana. Cada uno de los libros trata sobre diferentes aspectos de la vida en el país germano y puede ser una excelente ayuda para facilitarte la vida allí, entender mejor a tus compatriotas alemanes y hacerte disfrutar más de tu experiencia como expatriado.

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Are you planning to move to Germany? Have you just arrived and are still disoriented? Or maybe you've been living in the country for many years and still don't feel quite integrated? Adjusting to life in an unfamiliar country is always a big challenge, so here are 12 books about everyday life in Germany as well as about German culture. Each of the books deals with different aspects of life in Germany and can be an excellent help to make your life there easier, to better understand your fellow Germans and to make your expat experience more enjoyable.

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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:03 pm

Resource List for Learning European Languages



https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearni ... languages/

Hi Language Lovers,

Do you want to learn European Languages but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource lists for you and you can find their links below. Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve them. I hope everyone can enjoy them and if anyone notices any mistakes or has any questions you are free to PM me.

Here is what the resource list contains;

Resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning pronunciation.

Websites to practice reading the script.

Documents to enhance your vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial Language.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e1F ... mZeE/edit#
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:18 pm

800 spaghetti westerns

Todo sobre el western europeo

http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.co ... -malo.html
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:27 pm

Caminos de Santiago, entre el cielo y la tierra

https://www.mundoplus.tv/programacion/l ... la-tierra/

RTVE estrena “Caminos de Santiago. Entre el cielo y la tierra”, una tv movie que continúa como una serie de siete capítulos para redescubrir los ya milenarios Caminos, que constituyen hoy por hoy la calle mayor de Europa. Una muestra de imágenes espectaculares rodadas en 4k con helicóptero, drones y cámaras en las tres rutas principales que llevan a Santiago de Compostela. Los sábados, a partir del 5 de noviembre, a las 20:30 horas en La 2.

RTVE premieres "Caminos de Santiago. Entre el cielo y la tierra", a TV movie that continues as a series of seven chapters to rediscover the now millenary Caminos, which today constitute the main road in Europe. A showcase of spectacular images filmed in 4k with helicopter, drones and cameras on the three main routes that lead to Santiago de Compostela. Saturdays, from 5 November, at 20:30 on La 2.

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probably downloadable here after airing:

https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/caminos ... la-tierra/
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:14 pm

looks like a gold mine, used in EDGE browser you can listen to about 40 Spanish TTS voices

Ejemplos

https://www.ejemplos.co/


La enciclopedia de ejemplos más grande de habla hispana
The biggest encyclopedia of examples in Spanish

Creamos contenidos originales y de calidad, basándonos en ejemplos claros y sencillos.

50 Ejemplos de Oraciones con «de ahí que»
https://www.ejemplos.co/oraciones-con-de-ahi-que/
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Artículo de divulgación sobre el calentamiento global
https://www.ejemplos.co/articulo-de-div ... to-global/

El calentamiento global y sus efectos, explicados de un modo sencillo

El calentamiento global y el cambio climático se encuentran hoy en día en todos lados: en la prensa, en documentales especializados y en boca de políticos de distinto signo ideológico. Pero, ¿Qué es exactamente el calentamiento global? ¿Cuándo comenzó? ¿Por qué es tan importante?

Comencemos por recordar que vivimos en un planeta conformado por una superficie más o menos rocosa (la Tierra), inundada de agua en un 70 % de su área total (los océanos) y rodeada por encima de una bola de gases más o menos homogénea (la atmósfera). Estos tres elementos se hallan en continuo intercambio de materia y energía, en diferentes ciclos o circuitos que se afectan el uno al otro.

Tomemos como ejemplo el ciclo del agua: se calienta por acción del sol y se evapora, ascendiendo a las nubes donde se enfría y condensa para volver a caer como lluvia, nieve o granizo, para volver a fluir por ríos y aguas subterráneas hacia los mares. Este ciclo es llamado el ciclo hidrológico, y no es el único que existe en el planeta: el ciclo del carbono, que abarca otros actores y otros tiempos, es otro circuito muy importante. .....

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