{"id":35147,"date":"2023-07-26T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academiacontacto.com\/?p=35147"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:05:14","slug":"intensive-spanish-listening-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academiacontacto.com\/ru\/intensive-spanish-listening-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Intensive Spanish Listening Course"},"content":{"rendered":"
The role of listening skills in language acquisition in super important. That\u2019s why in our Intensive Spanish courses we always dedicate some time to listening exercises.<\/strong><\/p> When students come to Madrid they are exposed to different Spanish accents, since not everyone that lives in the capital is from here. In fact, it\u2019s difficult to find so many gatos<\/em> nowadays (Madrilenians- inhabitants of Madrid \u2013 that are third generation).<\/p> So one of the challenges in real life when visiting Spanish speaking countries<\/strong> is to get used to the way of speaking of people from the North, South, East and West of Spain. It\u2019s surprising how different it can be! And remember that in Madrid we speak a very pure very proper Spanish!!<\/p> Another useful way to \u201ctrain the ear\u201d is to listen to music and watch Netflix with Spanish subtitles. Not only will you learn a lot of vocabulary, but you will also grasp the nuances in accents. Castillian is the official language of Spain, but there are also other widespread varieties: Catalan\/Valencian, Galician, Basque and Aranese. And let\u2019s not forget regional varieties you can hear such as Asturian\/Leonese, Andalusian, Aragonese, Eonavian, Fala, Erromintxela, Extremaduran!<\/p> While listening to your teacher at Academia Contacto it\u2019s also crucial to keep learning, like continue working at home watching TV or a movie, and listening to audio-only entertainment like music, radio or podcasts, but always in Spanish!.<\/p>Intensive Spanish Listening Course: tips and keys<\/h2>