Free Time Learning - El Chapulin Colorado Is My Favorite Show For Learning Espanol!

in #spanish7 years ago (edited)

I think that Duolingo is the best application for learning the basics of Spanish, but my favorite learning tool now that I've finished those lessons is watching TV. I like to mix up watching more adult-vocabulary shows with kids shows, as it helps in what I imagine is something similar to muscle confusion for the language centers of my brain. I'll often watch Spanish television in the background while I work on Software for GainingSteem.Com and Booleancoin.Com. I watch these 3 shows a lot:

  1. El Chapulin Colorado
  2. Hijos De Las Estrellas
  3. The Octonauts

For Native Mexican Spanish Speakers and those who grew up in the culture, they may think of the old sitcom-type El Chapulin Colorado when they think of it, but I've been watching the single season of the cartoon version that they have on Netflix (although I like the episodes of the old one that I watched on YouTube), which is just as funny.

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So, the premise is that El Chapulin Colorado, The Red Grasshopper, is a bumbling superhero who saves the day every time even though he is very clumsy and oftentimes very thick-headed. It is absolutely hilarious and is perfect to have on with the subtitles for me, as I understand about 65-70% of it without subtitles.

Hijos De Las Estrellas, Children of the Stars, is another awesome show, my adult selection, which is a documentary series about different space phenomena and stories about Space and culture. It is a great show and I find that the the similar themes in each episode make it easy to pick up the vocabulary. I probably understand about 40-50% without subtitles.

The Octonauts is a show for young kids about a team of animals that go around the ocean underwater saving different wildlife. They are a sort of rescue team and the vocabulary is perfect for me, as I can understand about 80-85% without subtitles, so it is my sweet spot for vocabulary retention exercises and it is pretty good honestly. It grows on you, as hilarious as that sounds. I think that it is important to not take yourself to seriously as a language learner. After all, at the beginning, kindergartners speak better than you. haha I like to think of my current level as that of a 2nd grader or so. Through my heavy TV consumption, I hope to be fully fluent by Spring.

AS ALWAYS, WISHES OF WEALTH AND HEALTH FOR ALL! :)

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didn't know persons than speak english remember him <3 that was a cool show, so classic

Yeah, I actually randomly discovered it on Netflix and thought it was hilarious; then, I told another Software Dev I know who is from Mexico about it and he told me about the classic and about some other awesome old stuff to watch too! :)

wuo that's awesome this show is so meaning full because make you laugh and don't need groseries, show you than you can be a hero even if you don't have powers, just because you want to help <3 and is childhood xD you got my heart with this sir

Amen to that! :) I'm happy I could add some nostalgia to your day! :)

that should be a good trick to get people xD Hit them right in the nostalgia! hahahahaha. hm... i could use it xD :v

Nice topic ,I think the best way to learn other mothertangue languge is listen a lot to adapt your hear and brain for words and than by watching a lot and reading a lot to adapt the ayes for word transcription after that the gramer come to adjust the words and verbs

wow very amazing....post

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