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

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

Postby Kraut » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:47 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8pYhjEq39o

The Power of Babel
multilingualism
La Riqueza Del Lenguaje La Fuerza De Babel
Anna Solé Mena, que vive y trabaja en Bruselas, muestra cómo el multilingüismo es una de las señas de identidad de la ciudad. Ella se pregunta si se puede educar a un hijo en cinco lenguas a la vez. A partir de su experiencia personal explora las ventajas de la diversidad lingüística. Hablar diversas lenguas favorece la agilidad mental, es gimnasia para el cerebro. Pero aparte de las ventajas cognitivas, el multilingüismo también es un estímulo para los negocios. También comprueba que la relación entre lengua y política es el principal obstáculo para el multilingüismo
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:43 am

Deepl now has a text-to-speech function for the original text and its translation

overall it offers now;

- a translation from L2 to L1
- with a click it offers alternative translations for L1
- text to speech for L1 and L2 (this seems to be botched in the Firefox browser, but works fine in the Edge browser)
- a dictionary function for both L2 and L1: the major meanings appearing at the bottom
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:19 pm

It's much like "Learning Languages with YouTube, Netflix etc" which doesn't work in Firefox (yet)

Easysubs

Improve your language skills by watching TV shows and movies.

Features:
- Support multiple video services: Netflix, YouTube (videos and originals), KinoPub (kino.pub), English With Fun (https://english-with-fun.com)
- Word and full subtitle translation. Just hover over the word you want to translate it or click on subtitles for translation all text.
- Export words to learning services. Support: LinguaLeo (lingualeo.com) and Puzzle English (https://puzzle-english.com/)
- Rewind to previous and next subtitle. Press to arrow button on keyboard for rewind by subtitles.
- Subtitles progress bar. At the bottom of the player, there is a subtitles progress bar to simplify navigation between subtitles. Click on the progress bar to rewind the video to the desired point.
- Subtitles settings. The extension allows you to adjust the size of the subtitles and their delay.
- Change subtitles position. You can drag subtitles to any part of the screen.
- Custom subtitles. You can upload your custom subtitles if they are not on the video service, supported SRT and VTT formats.
- Show all available audio tracks and subtitles on Netflix regardless of region.
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:03 pm

Una clase de ELE en línea con "Hablamos" (Alicia López)

online class face de face

Nos colamos en una clase de Alicia López, que nos abre la puerta y nos muestra cómo usa "Hablamos" en sus clases en línea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IAVqr ... =emb_title

https://blog.edinumen.es/index.php/2017 ... cia-lopez/
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:21 pm

Lingster Academy online courses for learners of German with tons of man-made subtitles

This looks extremely useful to me: you can convert the SRT files into texts and align them bidirectionally.
Then add some good Spanish TTS voices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-3juXG604

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6HoZJq4aSM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_Aox8EFGQ
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:40 pm

El Jardín de Martín

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqPQGNmVLV0&t=909s

Cuánto TIEMPO tardé en aprender Alemán desde CERO?

How long it took me to learn German from scratch.
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:02 pm

About the use of "vale" in Spanish


https://www.delcastellano.com/verbo-val ... 2021-02-22


El verbo que vale para todo

Cuando un extranjero viene a la península ⁠—⁠desconozco la situación en otras zonas hispanohablantes⁠—⁠, se asombra de la cantidad de veces que oye una palabra: «vale».

Los propios españoles no son conscientes de ello, pero basta con tratar ⁠—⁠en español, claro⁠—⁠ con algún extranjero que lleve al menos un par de días por aquí. A la primera ocasión que uno diga «vale», es muy posible que el extranjero repita la interjección no sin una sonrisa en la boca.

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Los usos de "VALE" en español. ¡No te confundas! "Vale ya", "Me vale", "Ya te vale", "Más te vale"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJ-0Laxy7o
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:57 pm


EL LIBRO TOTAL


free digital library


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipl4hZM_SFE

La Casa del Libro Total es una casa colonial en el centro de Bucaramanga que se ha restaurado y convertido en un centro cultural y de tecnología. Es el lugar donde se crea “El Libro Total”, una biblioteca digital gratuita con más de 45.000 títulos entre literatura, imágenes y música, cuya misión es recuperar el patrimonio cultural de la humanidad hispanohablante.


https://www.ellibrototal.com/ltotal/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... l=es&gl=US
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:07 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfpbG_5 ... 2YE_6eRk3d

El arroz verde - Cuento corto
green rice, short story

https://www.spanishinput.com/stories/el ... 1-fiction#


Hi! I'm Miguel, a Spanish language teacher. If you want to reach fluency in Spanish, the main thing you must do is: Get lots of Input. Read a lot, listen a lot and watch a lot. However, it's very important that the input you get is comprehensible. Otherwise, it's just noise.

The stories on this website have been written using high-frequency word forms. Level 1 stories adhere to a list of the top 5,000 word forms, and level 2 stories stick to a list of the top 10,000 word forms. Any word outside each list is highlighted in bold so you're aware that you don't need to learn it right now.

The percentage of new words (words outside each list) has been kept at 2% or below. This 98% comprehension level is ideal for smooth reading, as it allows you to guess the meaning of unknown words.
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Re: My Spanish study favourites (gear, people, methods, resources....)

Postby Kraut » Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:51 pm

Aprender español online

minimalistic animation - so no distraction - sentences spoken twice at normal colloquial speed, pleasantly large subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWsXfCUHkRw
Las mascotas en español. Animales de granja y de compañía.
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