Spanishpod101

SpanishPod101 is a language course podcast and accompanying website that offers free lessons in Spanish. The service was founded in December 2007 by Innovative Language Learning (ILL).
Overview
SpanishPod101 currently offers lesson podcasts on a schedule of 3 per week with additional extra shows on the weekend. The podcasts are accompanied by text expansion exercises and other tutoring aids for paid subscribers. It is based in New York, NY.
The lesson shows range in difficulty from "Absolute Beginner" to "Advanced" and have an average length of ten to twenty minutes lesson time.
SpanishPod101 was named one of the “Best podcasts of 2008” by the iTunes store.
Shows
SpanishPod101's main goal is to teach spoken Spanish to its listeners. There are several levels of difficulty available to subscribers. Between the levels, the dialogue becomes progressively harder, and the hosts transition from English to fluent Spanish. Each lesson show usually contains a Spanish or English conversation, and then proceeds to the Spanish dialogue of the day. Afterwards, the hosts discuss the dialogue's interpretation and structure and provide context for the new vocabulary used in the dialogue. Then the dialogue is repeated once more. Premium subscribers also have access to extra dialogue and review tracks for most lessons.
Channels
*Absolute Beginner: This level assumes that the listener has zero knowledge of the Spanish language. Lessons are given in English, directed by the English-speaking teacher. When Spanish is spoken, there is lots of repetition. The 3- to 4-line dialogues are repeated, translated, and then vocabulary and grammar are analyzed. Basic phrases and expressions used for courtesy and travel are emphasized, along with grammatical support for communication in the immediate present.
*Beginner: Lessons are given in English, directed by the English-speaking teacher. This level features slightly longer dialogues (4 to 6 lines). The listener is taught how to discuss events that happen in the present and past (present, preterit, and imperfect tenses), and how to express opinions and preferences. Grammatical sophistication roughly matches that of 100-level university Spanish.
*Lower Intermediate: In these podcasts the Spanish speaking host directs the lesson, speaking entirely in Spanish; the English-speaking teacher reacts, responds, and gives explanation in English. Dialogues are 8 to 10 lines. At this level, the listeners learn to narrate events more precisely in the past, present, and future. All indicative mood tenses are included in this level, including compound tenses.
*Refresher: These lessons are also directed by the Spanish-speaking host in Spanish; the English-speaking teacher responds in English or in Spanish. Dialogues can be up to 12 lines max. All indicative mood and subjunctive mood tenses are included in this level, including compound tenses.
*Introduction
*Newbie lesson
*Intermediate lesson
*Upper intermediate series
*Basic boot camp
*Phonetics lesson
*Pronunciation
*Blog comparison lesson
*Verb conjugation series
*Regional Spanish series
*Audio blog
*Video
*All about
*News
Hosts
*JP Villanueva Project Coordinator
*Joseph Mulligan (Pitt., USA/Lima, Peru)
*Beatriz Sosa (Pitt., USA/Lima, Peru)
*David Pérez Sánchez (Madrid, Spain)
*Megan Cytron (Madrid, Spain)
*Lizy Stoliar(Lima, Peru)
*Alan La Rue (Lima, Peru)
*Carlos Acevedo (San Jose, Costa Rica)
*Natalia Araya (San Jose, Costa Rica)
*Ana Madrigal (Guanajuato, Mexico/Morgantown, USA)
*Kathy Vargas Byrd (Chiclayo, Peru)

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