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Welcome to the Destinos Telenovela Resources web page. I hope that you find these resources useful in your Spanish learning efforts. Before getting to the resources, here are a few important notices:
One of the most valuable resources available here are transcripts that I developed for each Destinos episode. Scroll down to the Destinos Files Location (Dropbox) link to access the transcripts and other resources.
Destinos is an older series and consequently many published resources are out of print. I was able to purchase used copies and am making them available here on this site. They include the Destinos textbook, associated audio files, the Workbook/Study Guide resources and audio files for each episode, and other useful resources.
1. DESTINOS WIKIPEDIA REVIEW: If you are interested in a high-level overview of the plot and characters (which makes it easier to understand the Spanish learning elements), check out the Wikipedia posting for Destinos:
This is a great way to learn much about the culture and daily life in Madrid. There are 4 formats of the conversations: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Gold. Beginner level has more English and covers some grammar (por vs para, ser vs estar, etc.). Intermediate and Advanced files are about 100% en espaol with the same vocabulary level. The speed of the conversation is the real difference in these 2 levels. Gold format is 10 minutes in Spanish and 10 minutes analyzing Spanish vocabulary in the conversation.
All audio files are all free and are available in podcast and .mp3 format. All pod casts are also available FREE from the iTunes Store. Search for Notes in Spanish. Each of the levels has an album icon at the top of the iTunes page as Notes in Spanish Beginner, Notes in Spanish Intermediate, Notes in Spanish Advanced and Notes in Spanish Gold. Clicking each album icon will provide all free podcasts for that level.
If you like the Notes in Spanish audios above you might want to watch their Notes in Spanish free videos. Ben and Marina provide videos with a vocabulary guide after each one. Some of the video were filmed on location throughout Madrid.
Click on a topic to open the window to the transcript. Double click on the links for the audio either in the wav or mp3 format. Audios can only be downloaded from the website. Right click on the wav or mp3 format link and select download.
Overview: Audio files for students that want to begin listening to audio files at a slower than normal rate. The news topics are directed to listeners with a basic vocabulary and grammar. The Latin America tab is the sister site of the original Espaa site and the format is the same for both. The Latin America tab contains news articles exclusively from the Americas.
Overview: This site is produced by Radio Lingua. This is mostly in English answering questions about Spanish from listeners. Typical questions involve grammar, numbers, directions, etc. There are many conceptual ideas presented on how to learn Spanish.
The link to the 5 files is indexed on the right of the web page. To listen to the audio, click the Download mp3 file link. All podcasts are also available FREE from the iTunes Store. Search with Caf Cortado.
Overview: These iTunes podcasts are produced by the De Paul University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to support their basic Spanish courses. These are directed to beginners and provide excellent listening comprehension. Most of the podcasts have very little English as an introduction. The majority of the podcasts are in Spanish.
To listen to the podcast place the mouse over the title and click on the play icon that appears the left of the title. These free podcasts are available from the iTunes Store. Search with Basic Spanish: SPN101,
The program was originally broadcast on Public Broadcast Stations (PBS) as a teaching tool for The format is a telenovela (Spanish soap opera) providing dialogue to increase vocabulary and listening comprehension. There are 52 episodes and each is 30 minutes.
These audios are interviews with prominent people who are subject matter experts. The speed is real time Spanish from Spain. All of Spanish language accents are represented with many guests from Latin America.
This is a talk-radio history program that explores many historical topics in the 55 minute program. To download any podcast right click the play icon and select download. These free podcasts are available from iTunes Store.
This is a talk-radio history program produced for Cadena Ser radio. Podcasts are about 15 minutes and cover a variety of subjects. Free audios may be played via streaming audio on a computer or downloaded via the iTunes Store.
Overview: This is a series of videos produced by Prentice Hall Publishers for the textbook Realidades. These videos are used for Spanish I classes to develop listening comprehension. The story line is used to connect the 10 videos.
There is a story line and this is a great way for beginners to get started or people who are re-connecting with Spanish to see how much they remember. The website offers links to the videos, the entire transcript, lists of grammar notes and vocabulary lists sorted by episode. All text material can be printed for free if the person wants a copy to make notes.
This is a regular series produced by TeleMadrid. The format is to interview people who live in other parts of the world who that were originally from Madrid. Double click on the title to play the video.
Overview: This is the same format that became popular in with other stations in Spain. There are interviews of Spaniards who live in different countries. This series is produced by Radio y Televisin Espaola or RTVE.
Overview: Canal Sur Andaluca has used the same popular format of interviewing people from Andaluca who live in outside of Spain. If you were ever curious about the Andalucan accent this is the place to listen to it.
The well-curated site medicalspanish.com offers specialized courses for various medical professionals including physicians and practitioners, hospital nurses, office nurses, medical assistants, emergency responders, physical therapists, occupational therapists and medical receptionists.
It starts with simple topics such as Spanish pronunciation, the colors and the family, and it teaches you Spanish vocabulary and grammar while slowly introducing medical terminology on topics that range from the body to medical tests to pregnancy.
With over 60 videos (or, as they call them, virtual classes), 96 readings, a ton of exercises and interactive practice and five quizzes, this course, offered by the Rice University on Coursera, is possibly one of the most comprehensive free courses on the topic you will ever find.
There are some very popular language learning apps that include some lessons on health in general, the parts of the body and diseases, though there is little more to be found on popular apps pertaining to the medical field.
The same happens with Rosetta Stone. This is not an app designed to teach you medical Spanish, so apart from the odd body part or common illness, you will not find much there (although Rosetta Stone Enterprise includes a healthcare course in Spanish, this is not a course intended for individuals).
The main app, Canopy Speak (linked above) offers phrases in 15 languages, including Spanish. The app teaches over 4,500 medical phrases across nine specialties, like dentistry, pediatrics and general surgery.
The second app, Canopy Quest, is only available for iOS users. It is also designed to help you learn medical Spanish in a game-like manner. The app has you role-play through real scenarios in order to practice your Spanish speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
FluentU offers numerous benefits for medical professionals. You will find lots of great videos focused on interactions between doctors and patients in hospitals, general physical health and more relevant topics.
Thanks for the kind comments. If you find anything missing let me know. Also, if you move on to Nuevo Destinos, the videos have been pulled from Annenberg, but I can give you access to the WP4 versions. Tom
This is a real treasure trove! My one problem is that the Destinos videos in the .zip file play fine for the first few minutes, then go to super slow-motion. They also look like they are 2 hours and 45 minutes long in the Quicktime player on my Mac. (Mojave OSX 10.14.2)
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