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Spanish Learning Accelerator

Language Learning Accelerator

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If you're trying to think your way into learning Spanish, you're doing it wrong. Learn Spanish like you did English: by hearing a huge amount of it. (With at least a vague idea of what it means!) Thousands of Spanish Phrases, along with the English translations, presented directly to your brain: from practical to philosophical to flirting. Just phrases, no filler! Go way beyond the Spanish language basics to not just communicate, but actually become an interesting person in Spanish. As an au ...
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LEARN SPANISH and Practice your listening skills with me as the same time you learn new things about the culture in Spanish. Read my blog and book a Spanish class at https://www.spanishconmari.com/ Contact me at info@spanishconmari.com
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Dr. Todd Mack from Hillsdale College gives Monday through Thursday updates on tips and tricks discussed in teaching a Beginning Spanish II class. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beginningspanish/support
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Notes in Spanish Advanced

Notes in Spanish Advanced

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Ben and Marina bring you podcasts in high level Spanish covering culture, news, conversation, and all the cool words they never teach you in class... Now with transcript pages and worksheets! Visit notesinspanish.com for details. See our Notes in Spanish Intermediate podcast too!
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Learn beginner Spanish with Scott! Scott will help you learn Spanish and start speaking from class 1. He learned Spanish while traveling for several years along the border of Mexico and the United States. Scott's experience working with private students and teaching at the university level will ensure that you learn spanish fast!
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Growing With Proficiency The Podcast

Claudia Elliott, World Language educator

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Welcome to Growing With Proficiency: The Podcast! Are you a World Language teacher who is looking for ideas, strategies, activities, and inspiration to create a World Language class where you and your students enjoy using the language to learn about the world and each other? Do you want to transform your class into an acquisition-driven instruction space where you intentionally provide a ton of comprehensible input? If you are, you're in the right place. Let's start this journey together. He ...
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Nancy’s Little Learners

Nancy’s Little Learners

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Kids can listen to follow up lessons learned in class in addition to new interactive lessons that we didn’t have time to introduce during class. They can sing along with me some of our favorite in class songs and practice Spanish pronunciation. This podcast is great for parents to learn alongside with their kids as well. Have fun!
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HUF Citizenship Podcast

HUF Civic Engagement Department

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Magaly Alvarado Associate Director of Hispanic Unity of Florida and a special guest invited to talk about getting prepared for your U.S. Citizenship Interview. This information and tips are for everyone, especially those Legal permanent Residents eligible to apply for the U.S. citizenship. For more information and more resources please visit our website:https://hufcitizen.org/Our phone number is: (954)964-8884
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Learn *Real Colloquial English* with Zapp! English Colloquial classes! This free audio podcast by Zappenglish.com contains real unscripted English conversations with native speakers, and interactive audio classes including English pronunciation practice. Each podcast comes with its own eBook which you can download at Zappenglish.com. We charge a small amount for the eBooks as this allows us to continue publishing the audio for free. The eBooks contain: A full transcript of the English conver ...
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#BirkbeckVoices

Birkbeck, University of London

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Birkbeck is a world-class research and teaching institution, a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London's only specialist provider of evening higher education.
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Language Latte is a conversation about teaching world languages. Becky Morales looks at research and speaks with teachers from around the globe to find out the best and most efficient methods, materials, and tips to help students gain fluency. Topics include educational technology, getting students to speak in the target language, teaching vocabulary, using films and popular games in class, bringing in culture, using IPA’s, TPRS, CI, the role of grammar, and more. More educational resources, ...
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Spectre - A Scottish based communist podcast, standing in complete and solidified solidarity with the working class of all nations, aims to further the campaign of devotion to, principally, raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries capable of overthrowing the capitalist mode of production and implementing communism, both nationally and internationally. We’ll be interviewing a wide range of guests from a number of socialist/left wing organisations and groups, as well as discussing M ...
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History for Dinguses

History for Dinguses

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Welcome to History for Dinguses. Don’t be offended; I myself am a dingus and we are all Dinguses. This is a podcast that will be diving into the nooks and crannies of history that you don’t learn about in class, and it’ll be lit. Also, a few episodes will be recorded in very broken Spanish and in English. Cover art photo provided by Vek Labs on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@veklabs
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Mini Mandarin - Short & Sweet Chinese Phrases

Amy Lin - Online 1-1 Tutor | Podcast Host | Language Learner

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你好 (nǐ hǎo)! Hi! I am Amy Lin 👋 I help beginners learn Mandarin Chinese, wan step at a time. I hope you will fall in love with learning Chinese while having fun along the way! 😊 Mini Mandarin features bite-sized episodes so you can build up your Chinese with just a few minutes a day. Of course, you will still need to be consistent and do your work to see your progress 😂 For more resources, please check out ChineseMandarinCafe.com
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CDMX Expats

Raquel Ramirez

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Tacos, tequila, Spanish speakers… What else is there to discover in Mexico City? And why are so many foreigners accidentally moving here? From tree-lined neighborhoods to street cafes, museums, parks, world-class restaurants, and a wild nightlife scene, Raquel will interview someone who’s moved to Mexico City to get their unique take on what makes CDMX one of the coolest cities in the world. Hear the good, the bad, and the surprising about living in this giant metropolis. Welcome to CDMX Expats.
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LosTiteres.TV

Felix Pire

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Latino characters and an edgy, satirical, sometimes political, snarky college humor make up this puppet webisode variety show starring: Señor Loro, Fidel Castro's ex-pet parrot. LosTiteres.TV (or "ThePuppets.TV" in Spanish) showcases a Latino POV and an edgy, satirical, sometimes political, snarky college humor. Sesame Street visual imagery and style meets Muppet Show-like mayhem with a Latin twist. Plus, THE First PUPPET TELENOVELA EVER!
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Paco Osuna's Mindshake. Living Atope Since 2005. Since 2005 Mindshake has been the brainchild and creative outlet of famed Spanish DJ and Producer PACO OSUNA. What began as a genuine platform to promote his passion for music has now become a global force in pushing techno music culture forward. Based in Barcelona, Spain and often referred to as Paco's “second family”, Mindshake exists to support the art of like-minded contemporaries while developing a foundation for a select group of burgeon ...
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America the Bilingual is a storytelling podcast designed to inspire people on their journey to bilingualism. We'll listen to people who have become bilingual, especially native-English speakers who learned another language as adults (that is, the hard way). How did they do it? Why did they do it? How do they lead their bilingual lives? You'll find out every two weeks.
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FREE English course! Each class is about a specific expression, a few specific words or a grammatical structure and is divided into 4 tracks. In each track the things you're learning are repeated again and again but with different dynamics so you don't get bored! Track 1: Explanation (use, examples, common mistakes) Track 2: Conversation (hear the words in context in a conversation, followed by analysis) Track 3: Interesting Stuff! (a short presentation about a topic) Track 4: Translation Ch ...
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A weekly 5 minute thought-provoking insight designed to rekindle our adventurous spirits, and entice us to live our lives to the fullest. Written and read by Nathan Minnehan, produced and recorded by WalknTalk. www.walkntalk.com Nathan Minnehan is a world class suit designer, published author, public speaker, coach, linguist, and international entrepreneur. He is the founder of walkntalk.com and bigmurphys.com. Nathan has dedicated his life to building brands that inspire others to transform ...
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Thirdmill was launched in 1997 to create multimedia curriculum for Christian leaders everywhere. We produce our curriculum in graphic-driven videos, audio, and text, along with study guides and other additional materials. We produce our curriculum is produced in English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and partner ministries translate it into many others. Our website offers curriculum in over 20 languages. Our curriculum currently reaches millions of church leaders. If you enjoy the audio ...
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wondered how comprehensible input-based teaching varies across different educational levels? How does it look in an elementary school compared to middle and high school? Today’s episode has the answers! In this episode, we will explore how comprehensible input-based teaching looks at different educational level…
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Joined by Brian Reynolds of the RMT we examine the beautiful Blockade Runners to Spain memorial. Situated on the banks of the Clyde, this monument stands as a testament to the brave actions of the seafarers who broke Franco’s blockade of Republican ports. Thirty-five merchant navy and eight Royal Navy seafarers died and scores were injured on vesse…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #154 This is episode 3 in my 2024 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 26th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monda…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is part of my celebration of the 100th episode of Growing with Proficiency, and our guest today is Haiyun Lu, a Mandarin teacher renowned for her expertise in comprehensible input (CI). In this episode, Haiyun shares her insights on brain-based learning, practical strategies for implementing CI in language class…
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Francesco Voltarel was born to Italian parents when they were living in the United States. However, he lived his entire life in Italy. After he completed his school in Italy, he took a gap year before entering college. He took an opportunity to move to Miami, where he had family. He spent the next year working several jobs in the hospitality indust…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #153 This is episode 2 in my 2024 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 26th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monda…
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Tami Olsen - Director, Young Caring For Our Young // Speaking Up For Safety podcast made possible through the Utah Labor Commission On this episode of "Speaking Up for Safety," we are honored to have Tami Olsen, a dedicated advocate from Young Caring for Our Young, as our guest speaker. Tami will dive into the impactful work their organization does…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you feeling excited yet overwhelmed about shifting to comprehension-based instruction? If so, you're not alone. Understanding SLA (Second Language Acquisition) research highlights that this shift is not just an option but a necessity. So, how can we make it happen without burning out? We dive into these questions with ou…
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While the whole world does not speak English, it’s nevertheless a ubiquitous language worldwide.Is that a good thing or bad? Or is it, perhaps, more complicated than that?Professor Rosemary Salomone, both linguist and lawyer, knows how to answer this question perhaps better than anyone. In this episode, she and Steve discuss her newest book, The Ri…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #152 This is episode 1 in my 2024 summer headspace series. This is a chance to revisit episodes from the previous school year during the summer months when you may have a little extra time. Beginning August 26th, you will see new episodes with exciting new topics every Monda…
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Send us a Text Message. Imagine having your students acquire 0.20 words per minute! That’s 1,200 words per 100 hours of instruction. 🤯 When Margarita Pérez-García heard from Dr. Beniko Mason that there is a Second Language Acquisition methodology that can accomplish that, she was on a mission to bring this methodology to her classroom. This methodo…
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Send us a Text Message. ¿Te gustaría saber cómo construir un currículo que no solo facilite la adquisición de una segunda lengua, sino que también cumpla con los exigentes requisitos de tus clases incluyendo tus clases de AP e IB? En este episodio, comparto el modelo clave que he desarrollado para lograrlo en todas mis clases. Descubre cómo puedes …
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #151 Now that the school year is over hopefully you have a little less on your mind and have a little extra time. This is the perfect time to get into your summer headspace. What do I mean by that? You’ll soon understand. Let’s jump in. time to reflect without other pressing…
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Vance is the founder & owner of My Latin Life. He was born and raised in Canada and holds dual Canadian and U.S. Citizenships as well as residences in a number of Latin American countries. He currently lives in a small city in Mexico.Vance was our guest on Episode 143 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. You can also watch this episode on YouTube h…
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This is Riaz Dhanani's third time working with Mindshake, and he's also featured on other influential record labels such as Sola, elrow Music and Knee Deep In Sound.JENNY C is making her Mindshake debut with the three collaborative tracks on this release, and she has previously released solo music via labels such as Techaway, Not For Me and Invited…
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Joined by Josh Morris we explore the STUC and STUC YW, its influence, importance throughout history, and the role it will play in the fight back against anti-union legislation. We look at the wider broad left labour movement in Scotland: it's strengths, weaknesses, and how we educate young trade unionists. STUC - https://www.stuc.org.uk/ STUC YW - …
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a milestone episode of Growing with Proficiency! 🎉 Today, we’re celebrating our 100th episode with a deep dive into sustaining joy and passion in teaching. I’m thrilled to be joined by two powerhouse educators, Meredith White and Bertha Delgadillo, who will share their insights on how to maintain joy in our classr…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #150 How often do we stop to reflect on our teaching? Hopefully we take the time and opportunity to do it regularly so that we are teaching our students as effectively as possible. In this episode I’m going to talk about reflective practice and how we can use this as languag…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Growing with Proficiency, we welcome back Dr. Karen Lichtman for a great conversation on TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). Dr. Karen Lichtman, an expert in the field and the author of the book Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS), explains the three core …
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #149 As teachers, and proficient second language speakers, we have figured out ways to communicate words that we don’t know. We can teach this skill to students early on so that they can begin doing it right away. Circumlocution is a strategy for describing or defining a con…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Growing with Proficiency, the podcast, I sit down with Hélène Colinet to discuss why and how we need to break the myth of grammar teaching and the importance of leading our classes with comprehensible input. Originally from France and now residing in Spain, Hélène is an extraordinary language educator and …
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Hear why Kim Potowski, a professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has a passion for preserving heritage languages, and how she teaches speakers of these languages. De-stigmatizing the way that a Spanish bilingual speaks his or her home language, in Kim’s view, “is a question of social justice.” Listen now to Episode 72 of …
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This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Spanish, to improve your Spanish vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Spanish. These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Spanish language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Spanish class. The more you …
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Send us a Text Message. En este episodio, reflexionamos sobre uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrentan los profesores al hacer la transición de métodos tradicionales a métodos comunicativos: la apatía y las distracciones de los estudiantes. Analizamos cómo esta apatía ya existía con los métodos tradicionales, pero se vuelve más evidente cuando nec…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #148 What is your understanding of the word proficiency? This is a concept that we use all the time in our language classrooms. How about the word performance? This concept is also becoming more commonplace in our teaching vernacular. When we say that we are proficiency-orie…
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Send us a Text Message. Join us for a powerful conversation with Becca Silver, an instructional coach and the CEO and founder of The Whole Educator. In this episode, we dive into the powerful world of mindsets in education—exploring what growth mindset truly is and how it impacts our brains, backed by fascinating research from Michigan State Univer…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #147 Throughout the school year I published Leveling Up Coaching episodes with language teachers who are taking on a challenge area in their teaching or simply wanted to improve in a particular area. As part of this collaborative relationship we talk through some possibiliti…
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Join us this time as we welcome Amy Dott and Amanda Shirley from Utah Refugee Connection to our podcast. Together, we explore many initiatives and programs offered by Refugee Connection to support our refugee communities here in Utah. Their mission is perfectly captured in their mission statement to "Create meaningful connections between refugees, …
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Gaby Vivas is the founder & owner of Global Spanish & Global Portuguese. Gaby is originally from Venezuela. She finished high school in France, where she lived for a year. She then emigrated from Venezuela to Colombia, from where she first invested in Bitcoin in 2017. Later, in 2019, she lived in Russia for a year. Just before the pandemic shut the…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to Growing With Proficiency The Podcast! In today's episode, we're talking about story asking – a powerful strategy that can help you deliver a ton of comprehensible and compelling input while building a strong community inside your class. In this episode I’ll share what story asking is, why it’s so successful, …
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This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Spanish, to improve your Spanish vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Spanish. These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Spanish language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Spanish class. The more you …
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #146 When it comes to providing comprehensible input, is it possible to use authentic resources? In this episode, we explore how to use authentic listening resources as a form of comprehensible input with Steven Lopez, a Spanish teacher in New York. Steven shares his process…
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Send us a Text Message. Are you looking for an interactive and engaging activity to boost your students' participation and build a strong classroom community at the end of the school year? In this episode of "Growing With Proficiency, the podcast," we explore a unique twist on the popular Card Talk activity that my students absolutely loved! In thi…
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Send me text and let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast. #145 In this episode I’m taking on the question of leveling up. We often talk about proficiency levels and the output that goes along with each level. We’ll take a look at some concrete examples of language produced at each level and I’ll share some suggestions for how we ca…
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In this class, we will dive into the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the problems therein. We’ll learn about this history of NATO during the Cold War, and how the alliance postured itself against the USSR and the Warsaw Pact. Lastly, we will explore the history of NATO during the period of American Unipolarity in the wake of …
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Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:30 On the Peoples Schule4:00 The Spirit of the Warsaw Ghetto and Passover9:00 Nazi Germany's Invasion of Poland11:10 Video - The Warsaw Ghetto - US Holocaust Memorial Museum18:15 Q&A 127:00 April 19…
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The PSMLS presents a long-awaited class on the Spanish Civil War, with an overview of the entire war itself and the different forces involved as well as the contribution of American communists to the Republican forces. We will also highlight the reactions and involvement of powers internationally, including a section on the USSR’s anti-fascist fore…
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Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:00 Video - I Love My Land - Tribute to Women14:30 Q&A 124:30 Video, continued40:30 Q&A 248:45 Clara Zetkin - Lenin on the Woman Question57:30 Q&A 31:07:00 Conclusion…
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Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:10 Video - History of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Aftermath10:00 Background of the Incident13:20 Q&A 122:00 Second Video on Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire30:40 Women for Racial and Economic E…
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