Voices en Español

Here’s a useful web site I recently stumbled across: OffLineReading.com. Get newspapers from Spain, Chile and Mexico delivered daily to your in-box in a PDF-file. The newspapers are those freebie papers that are handed out at subway, train and bus stations. While many people may knock these newspapers as tabloids promoting “junk-food” journalism, I think they are an excellent learning tool for intermediate and advanced learners of Spanish. Not only are many of these newspapers written in a more relaxed, conversational style, the stories are extremely short and won’t require you to pore over a dictionary to look up words. Also, OffLineReading.com makes it very easy for you to subscribe.

Just select the newspaper(s) you wish to receive and then either click on the subscribe via RSS or via the iTunes button. That’s it. There’s no fee for this service and each morning a copy of that day’s newspaper will be delivered to you electronically in a PDF-file. It can’t get any easier than that.

P.S. If you are unfamiliar with RSS feeds, click here to get more info about what it is and how to use it. In a nutshell, RSS is an excellent way to receive updates about new blog entries on your favorite web sites without having to give out your email address. I recommend Google Reader but there are plenty of other feed readers you can use. Also, you can subscribe to the newspaper feeds via iTunes and the PDF will download automatically to the podcast section of your iTunes account daily.