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Hispanocast LogoI just came across two sites that are associated and that offer nicely organized directories of available Spanish and Portuguese language podcasts.

Keep in mind: these are podcasts in Spanish and Portuguese - not directed at learners of those languages! These are great for intermediate to advanced and beyond level learners of these two languages to access loads of (hopefully interesting) audio content (sometimes with transcriptions) in their target language.

Lusocast LogoI just sifted through the Portuguese podcasts and found some that are quite interesting, one is called O Seqüestro do Rolo Sagrado and consists of chapters of what appears to be a book by Robson Ramos. Also of note is a podcast featuring Brazilian Lounge Music.

There are loads of podcasts at these two sites to meet anyone's interests, so have a look!

Visit Hispanocast.com for Podcasts in Spanish
Visit Lusocast.com for Podcasts in Portuguese

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Acabo de recibir un email con un sitio web con información para aprender el chino.

Del Sitio Web

Un servicio entretenido y gratuito para aprender a leer, escribir y hablar chino. Curso de mandarín en línea, diccionario chino español francés inglés, traducción de nombres, taller de caligrafía china, herramientas, traducción anotada, conversor de caracteres, recursos, articulos y foros.

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Just came across a unique resource for learning Spanish through a series of video soap operas!

You have to sign up for an account to gain access to the videos, FYI.

From the site:

A video instructional series in Spanish for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs, audiocassettes, music CD, video and audio scripts, and coordinated books

Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Understanding of Spanish and appreciation of many Hispanic cultures increase as students become absorbed in the mysterious and entertaining story. Closed captioning in Spanish can be used as a teaching and literacy resource. The series is also appropriate for teacher professional development.

Visit Destinos.

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I was just sent a link to a new podcast for keeping up on Spanish.

From the site:

Hola y bienvenidos a Español Podcast, el podcast en lengua española para todos aquellos que quieran revisar en profundidad todo lo relacionado con el español que han aprendido, que saben y hablan, pero que está pendiente de algunas actualizaciones.

Este podcast se dirige, pues, a aquellos hablantes de español que quieren perfeccionar su español hablado y escrito, a los quieren estructurar mejor sus conocimientos gramaticales del español, a los que necesitan ganar fluidez y agilidad mediante una escucha más exhaustiva y a aquellos que deseen ampliar considerablemente tanto su vocabulario como el uso de expresiones coloquiales.

Para alcanzar estos objetivos, creemos que la escucha de situaciones sugeridas, diálogos, explicaciones y ejemplos, pueden ser la mejor manera de lograrlo,

Nuestro deseo es compartir con todos las personas interesadas en éste, nuestro enfoque, todo lo que pueda servirles para mejorar y perfeccionar su nivel de español hablado y, en la medida de lo posible, escrito. En ello pondremos nuestro más sincero empeño y nuestras mejores estrategias.

El ritmo de aparición de nuestras unidades de Español Podcast pretende ser semanal. Será un podcast cuyos contenidos distribuiremos entre explicaciones, diálogos, situaciones escuchadas y ejemplos.

En cada episodio encontraréis la forma de acceder a la guía escrita, que podréis ir leyendo simultáneamente a la escucha del archivo audio.

En nuestra web, podréis encontrar cada episodio con su correspondiente archivo de audio, que podréis escuchar en mp3 simplemente haciendo un clic sobre la correspondiente señal de audio, o descargarlo en vuestro disco duro, tal como estará claramente señalado.

Saludos desde Barcelona y bienvenidos de nuevo.

Visit SpanishPodcast.org

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Just came across this excellent list of RSS Feeds for News in the Spanish Language.

From the site:

"RSS News Feeds From All Over The World!

With the magic of RSS- and XML-based feeds, it is easier than ever for news organizations, institututions and businesses to share their information with the world. This format allows organizations to post their information in a format that can be used by others in a flexible and timely manner, automatically updating new information and allowing the world to browse as it may. Welcome to our RSS newsfeed page, featuring foreign language newsfeeds from around the world! If you have any questions or can't find what you need, please e-mail us."

Visit Multi-Lingual Books List of RSS News Feeds in Spanish (español).