Research Guides
Learn Spanish: Listening/Watching
Visual and Audio Resources
- Films and TVFor information on Films and TV in Spanish, go to the Spanish and Portuguese guide.
- Audio & Video from UW's Language Learning Center
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- Spanish Proficiency ExercisesU of Texas compilation of video clips in which native speakers demonstrate various language tasks. Levels included: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior.
- LingusTVTV channel devoted to learning the Spanish language.
- Notes in SpanishReal conversations in Spanish for all levels.
- DestinosDestinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in a mysterious and entertaining story while viewing everyday situations with native speakers.
- Telescope FilmDiscover films via a database of over 450,000 international films and series. Then search UW Libraries to see if we have access!
Radio
- Radio KDNA91.9 FM and streaming. A Spanish language, public radio station in the heart of the Yakima Valley located in Eastern Washington.
YouTube
- Why Not SpanishYouTube Series. Tips, fun facts, listening activities, and lessons.
- Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.comAudio and Video lessons.
Podcasts
- Coffee Break SpanishFree podcast.
- News In Slow Spanish(Subscription required.)
- Fluent in SpanishOffers free side-by-side bilingual podcasts for Spanish learners
- EspanolistosThe site that will improve your Spanish and push you past the intermediate plateau.
- Radio Ambulante - NPRAn award-winning Spanish language podcast that uses long-form audio journalism to tell neglected and under-reported Latin American and Latino stories.
- duolingo podcast"Fascinating stories in easy-to-understand Spanish"
- El hiloEl hilo es un podcast semanal coproducido por Radio Ambulante Estudios y Vice News que cubre toda América Latina y la comunidad latina en Estados Unidos.
- TED en EspañolCon la guía de Gerry Garbulsky, el curador de TED en Español, exploramos el universo de ideas en nuestro idioma.
Audio Resources at the Seattle Public Library
- SPL websiteSearch for Audiobooks in Spanish through the SPL catalog
Downloadable Audio from the UW Libraries for Learning Spanish
- Pimsleur Language Programs (Spanish, Latin American)
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The Pimsleur method uses audio lessons involving active participation to learn Spanish. Short courses and complete courses available. - Pimsleur Language Programs. Castilian Spanish.
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The Pimsleur method uses audio lessons involving active participation to learn Spanish. Short courses and complete courses available.
Netflix Recommendations
Netflix offers Spanish-language films and TV. Netflix requires a subscription.
- Netfix Top Ten by Country: Mexico (TV)Choose "films" to see top ten films.
- Netflix Top 10 By Country: Spain (TV)Choose "films" to see top ten films. Browse for other Spanish-speaking countries on the country list.