Our Favorite Free Spanish Language Learning Resources
The team has pulled together some of our favorite free Spanish language resources to help you keep learning during lockdown! Try them out to start your language journey, maintain your fluency or to supplement your online Spanish classes.
Basic
This podcast is run by a couple: Marina from Spain and Ben from England. They start the audios by introducing useful phrases and key vocabulary before diving into a conversation where you will hear them put it all into practice. The back and forth dynamic between the couple is light and entertaining and they do a great job of explaining the target language. We recommend it for beginner/basic-level students but there are also audios for intermediate and advanced students.
Lyrics TrainingDo you struggle to hear the lyrics in Spanish songs? This amazing website, also available as an app, uses music videos on Youtube to improve your listening comprehension by requiring you to type in the lyrics as the song progresses. It has different levels, so Beginners fill out 10% of the words, Intermediate 25% and Advanced 50%. If you're feeling brave enough, the Expert level will expect you to complete all the lyrics. Good luck!
Intermediate to Advanced
An NPR podcast which shares personal stories from all around Latin America will really engage you while testing your accent comprehension. One week you will be listening to a Cuban accent talk about how the fall of the Berlin Wall led to an influx of bicycles into Havana, while the next week you will hear a Mexican accent reflect on the ever-changing relationship between the Mexican city of Juarez and the US city of El Paso.
BBC News MundoThis is the BBC's Spanish news channel on Youtube. They upload informative videos on events happening around the world and language focused videos such as why the letters B and V sound the same in Spanish or why some countries in Latin America use 'vos' and others don't.
Young Learners
The highly reputable Rosetta Stone is offering all K-12 students who are unable to attend school due the virus 3 months free membership. The application could be a great way for your children to supplement their online classes with Na'atik as they will be able to put what they learn with Rosetta Stone into conversation practice with one of our teachers.
Let us know if you try them out and don’t forget to take part in the Na’atik #languageinlockdown challenge and we hope you continue to improve your language skills during lockdown!
