Comments on: Contact keeps us sharp http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/03/01/contact-keeps-us-sharp/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/03/01/contact-keeps-us-sharp/#comment-2067 eleena Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:40:57 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1181#comment-2067 ¡Gracias, Marilyn y Michael! @Marilyn: In the future I would love to hear how your language exchange group is going. Please send me an email, down the line, if you'd be open to blogging or talking about the group and how things are going, because I think it would be very instructive to others interested in organizing their own conversational-exchange groups. Best of luck to you in launching your group! @Michael: Well, Univision announced this week that it is laying off 300 employees, so accessing audio and video content online from overseas channels is increasingly the way to go. More options and fewer (or zero) commercials! Thanks for providing that link. I've found that there are a ton of those aggregator type of sites out there, but sometimes the links they provide are dead or they download very, very slowly. But if you've had a good experience with the site you suggest, I'll have to check it out. ¡Gracias, Marilyn y Michael!

@Marilyn: In the future I would love to hear how your language exchange group is going. Please send me an email, down the line, if you’d be open to blogging or talking about the group and how things are going, because I think it would be very instructive to others interested in organizing their own conversational-exchange groups. Best of luck to you in launching your group!

@Michael: Well, Univision announced this week that it is laying off 300 employees, so accessing audio and video content online from overseas channels is increasingly the way to go. More options and fewer (or zero) commercials! Thanks for providing that link. I’ve found that there are a ton of those aggregator type of sites out there, but sometimes the links they provide are dead or they download very, very slowly. But if you’ve had a good experience with the site you suggest, I’ll have to check it out.

]]> By: Michael http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/03/01/contact-keeps-us-sharp/#comment-2063 Michael Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:51:57 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1181#comment-2063 I know what you mean, really. It's just that I'm the kind of person that really does not want to talk to strangers haha. But I do have friends in Juarez MX that I take advantage of quite often ;) But as far as staying sharp, I keep books and magazines on hand to read out loud and look up words. And lately I've been streaming tv channels in Spanish from the internet. This is so much better than Univision that is available in the states. Novela after novela after noticias after novela. Anyway now I watch normal tv, only it's in Spanish! A person can have access to just about all spanish speaking countries. I'm sure there are better, if anyone knows of any I would love to know, but this is what I been using. http://wwitv.com/portal.htm?http://wwitv.com/television/index.html This could help anybody with almost any language really, provided they are serious. Anyway kudos to your blogs, always! I know what you mean, really. It’s just that I’m the kind of person that really does not want to talk to strangers haha. But I do have friends in Juarez MX that I take advantage of quite often ;) But as far as staying sharp, I keep books and magazines on hand to read out loud and look up words. And lately I’ve been streaming tv channels in Spanish from the internet. This is so much better than Univision that is available in the states. Novela after novela after noticias after novela. Anyway now I watch normal tv, only it’s in Spanish! A person can have access to just about all spanish speaking countries. I’m sure there are better, if anyone knows of any I would love to know, but this is what I been using.

http://wwitv.com/portal.htm?http://wwitv.com/television/index.html

This could help anybody with almost any language really, provided they are serious.

Anyway kudos to your blogs, always!

]]> By: Marilyn http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/03/01/contact-keeps-us-sharp/#comment-2060 Marilyn Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:13:33 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1181#comment-2060 I am about to launch a community intercambio program in my little town. We have a small immigrant population. I think matching native English speakers with native Spanish speakers will be great fun and rewarding for all involved. You're a real encouragement, Eleena! I am about to launch a community intercambio program in my little town. We have a small immigrant population. I think matching native English speakers with native Spanish speakers will be great fun and rewarding for all involved. You’re a real encouragement, Eleena!

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