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  1. kdespot

    Language questions

    Okey dokey... pretty easy answer to the poles question. Sounds like the actor/actriz terminology is undergoing an evolutionary process. Thanks, all!
  2. kdespot

    Language questions

    Can someone tell me what Spanish word is used in Spain to refer to hiking poles? Bastones? Palos? Also, as women in tv and movies generally are now referred to as "actores" rather than "actrices", would I refer to Penelope Cruz as "una actor"? "Una actora"?
  3. kdespot

    What is the best app to learn some Spanish for the Camino? Thanks

    Yeah, if you're learning specifically to walk the Camino, you really want to train with Castilian Spanish. It sounds quite different from what is heard in most parts of the US! News in Slow Spanish has a regular program of just Castilian Spanish (don't choose "Latino"). I'm a news hound so I...
  4. kdespot

    What is the best app to learn some Spanish for the Camino? Thanks

    This is absolutely true! I'm a retired Spanish teacher and so I have lots to say on this topic. Just a few here... In addition to any app or program that you use to actively learn, also try to have as much spoken Spanish in your environment as possible, the good old immersion theory...
  5. kdespot

    Easy Spanish radio?

    I have just shared these suggestions on my website. If that's not ok with anyone, just let me know. ¡Mil gracias!
  6. kdespot

    Easy Spanish radio?

    There is definitely a dearth of beginner level videos out there for Spanish learners who need a bridge from zero to listening to natives. To that end, I've decided to put together a website that supports beginners and intermediates in the quest to understand spoken Spanish. I wasn't going to put...
  7. kdespot

    What are YOUR Favourite Spanish Words?

    Of course she did... as soon as you said gracias!
  8. kdespot

    What are YOUR Favourite Spanish Words?

    The comments about the subjunctive made me laugh. It's actually the favorite grammar concept for many of us language nerds. It's the grammatical manifestation of a culture (more Latin American than Spanish) that does not live in a black & white world. If you understand the Days of the Dead, you...
  9. kdespot

    What are YOUR Favourite Spanish Words?

    You all have hit so many nails on the head. As a profesora jubilada de español (being jubilant describes the state so much better than being tired again), I celebrate when folks just focus on being understood. Apologies to all for all those bad language programs that overemphasize grammar. The...
  10. kdespot

    If you are interested in Spanish history, check this out

    Wow. Wish I had a Camino to walk with you and hear your stories, John.
  11. kdespot

    If you are interested in Spanish history, check this out

    Thanks very much for posting this thread, VNwalking. The book I read along the Camino (tearing out the pages after reading them) was Hotel Florida: Truth, Love and Death in the Spanish Civil War by Amanda Vaill. It's a non-fiction account of six journalists who covered the civil war, but reads...

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