Al pie de la letra Podcast

Una conversación con Kate B.
Welcome to the eighth episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  I have recorded a series of conversations with my high school students.  It is important to listen to as much Spanish as possible, consistently, in order to develop your listening comprehension.  We will address a variety of topics and simply have fun with the Spanish language, errors and all.  Allowing you all to listen to these conversations, is not only meant to help you practice your listening skill, it is also meant to inspire you and show you that with some hard work and effort, it is possible to develop conversational skills in the target language like my students.  
In this recording, I speak to a lovely student by the name of Kate.  We chat a bit about the educational system.   

To view the conversation on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQZsMXyxr4

¡Hola a todos!
Soy el Profesor Adams. We have decided to do something different in addition to our grammatical conversations.   I have recorded a series of conversations with my high school students.  I am using this Podcast feed to broadcast each conversation.  It is important to listen to as much Spanish as possible, consistently, in order to develop your listening comprehension.  We will address a variety of topics and simply have fun with the Spanish language, errors and all.  Allowing you all to listen to these conversations, is not only meant to help you practice your listening skill, it is also meant to inspire you and show you that with some hard work and effort, it is possible to develop conversational skills in the target language like my students. To kick off this "A conversar con mis estudiantes" series, I have decided to speak to a friend of mine who decided to learn Spanish in his early 30's and was able to develop conversational skills in under two years.  Es muy impresionante. 

To view this conversation on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_N55l7-Jg

Is it POR or is it PARA? 

Welcome to the sixth episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with a brief recap of the previous episode (expressions).  Then, they talk in detail about the concept of POR and PARA and all of the curious differences from Spanish to English.  There is so much more than you might have thought.  Tune in!

Menos mal que (It’s a good thing that…) 
Welcome to the fifth episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with a brief recap of the previous episode.  Then, instead of discussing a standard grammatical topic, they decided to have some fun with a variety of “expressions” and “proverbs.”  Some expressions are idiomatic expressions and others are interesting translations showing the uniqueness of both English and Spanish.  As they say in Spain, “¡Nos lo vamos a pasar pipa!” (We are going to have a great time!). Tune in!

“To be or not to be.” Welcome to the fourth episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with a brief recap of the previous episode.  Then, they talk in detail about the concept of SER and ESTAR and all of the curious differences from Spanish to English.  There is so much more than you might have thought.  Tune in! 

Welcome to the third episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with a brief recap of the previous episode.  They talk in detail about the concept of GUSTAR.  They also discuss verbs that function like Gustar.  The verb GUSTAR can be tricky.  Tune in! 

Welcome to the second episode of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with a brief recap of the previous episode.  They talk in detail about definite articles.  Definite articles are a bit trickier than they seem.  They compare how the Definite Article is used both in English vs Spanish.  They also review some fun examples. 

Welcome to the first of many episodes of Al pie de la letra Podcast.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams start off the episode with giving a brief introduction of who they are.  They discuss why they decided to create a Podcast and how they can support your Spanish language acquisition process.  They explain what the title AL PIE DE LA LETRA means and also explain why they are the perfect team when it deals with learning a second language.  La profesora García and el profesor Adams talk about the idea of letting go of your fear and about being very consistent with the learning process.  Check out www.alpiedelaletrapodcast.com and subscribe to our newsletter so that you will receive a monthly reminder to listen to our up and coming episode.