Straight from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] language school in San Sebastian, Spain, the quirky style of professors Ester and Silvia adds entertainment value to language acquisition. Ideal for beginners and those wishing to reinforce their basics, the teachers introduce terminology for months, seasons, moods, numbers, family members, and more, as well as delving into some essential grammar.
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Beginner
Spain
San Sebastian? Barcelona? What’s the difference? Listen in to get an unbiased (wink, wink) comparison of the two Spanish cities from Ester, an instructor at San Sebastian's renowned Spanish language school, El Aula Azul.
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Beginner
Spain
Can money buy happiness? That’s the subject of this friendly debate between Ester and her friend…Ester. It seems that too much reasoning has split our El Aula Azul friend in two. Can money at least cure our friend Ester?
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Beginner
Spain
Silvia from San Sebastián shares her daily routine with us. She leads a very active lifestyle that includes a meal with her parents, work at a Spanish language academy for foreigners (El Aula Azul), a drink with friends, and even some quality time with her cats!
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Beginner
Spain
Ah, family… We love them all, each in their own special way. Ester, a teacher at San Sebastian's Spanish language school, El Aula Azul, tells us what makes cousin Carolina attractive and what makes us love cousin Pedro. These two Spaniards couldn’t be more opposite.
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Beginner
Spain
Listen to Silvia, a teacher at San Sebastian's Spanish language school, El Aula Azul, tell about her family, which she describes as a normal family: not too big. It’s not that small, either. You might want to take out a pen and map out her family tree!
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Beginner
Spain
A robbery in San Sebastian's renowned Spanish language school, El Aula Azul?. Whodunnit? What did they steal? Ester tells the story of the robbery and another story about a trip her school took.
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Beginner
Spain
We all have good friends, each one of them with distinctive qualities. Some of them are loud, some of them quiet. Ester, one of our friends, and a teacher at El Aula Azul, explains to us who her amigos are and how well they get along.
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Beginner
Spain
Ester brings lots of interesting and entertaining riddles to El Aula Azul. Think fast!
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Beginner
Spain
Think fast and have fun by solving a series of interesting riddles from Ester, our friend and teacher at El Aula Azul.
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Beginner
Spain
Learn how moods are expressed in Spanish with Ester and Silvia, instructors at San Sebastian's El Aula Azul.
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Beginner
Spain
We're counting! Join Ester from El Aula Azul to learn the numbers!
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Beginner
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul demonstrates some simple addition problems in Spanish.
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Beginner
Spain
Ester and Silvia from El Aula Azul help you practice the name of the seasons and the months in Spanish. Do you already know them all by heart?
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Beginner
Spain
Can you guess which professions the teachers from El Aula Azul are describing in Spanish?
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Beginner
Spain
Can you guess which professions the teachers from El Aula Azul are describing in Spanish? Part 2.
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Beginner
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul tells us a bit about her neighborhood.
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Newbie
Spain
"Ser" and "estar" both mean "to be" in Spanish, but have very different uses. Learn more about what distinguishes them with Ester and Silvia, teachers at El Aula Azul in San Sebastian.
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Beginner
Spain
Silvia from El Aula Azul demonstrates the difference between the simple present and present progressive tenses in Spanish through examples employing our daily activities.
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Beginner
Spain
"Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) gives some of the psychological kind- all while demonstrating the correct usage of the subjunctive and conditional moods in Spanish.
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Beginner
Spain
Although "por" and "para" can both be translated as "for" at times, they are used in different circumstances in Spanish. "Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) provides us with several examples of each of them.
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Beginner
Spain
Listen for the use of the past (preterite) tense in Spanish as Adrian and Doctor Advice (instructors from El Aula Azul) discuss all of the progress he is making in various aspects of his life.
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Beginner
Spain
At her super-intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul, Ivonne is greeted by Silvia, who explains to her a bit about the program for which she is in store.
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Beginner
Spain
El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) staff member, Silvia, explains to Ivonne about the plethora of other activities the school offers to complement her intensive Spanish course, including surfing lessons!
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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
In addition to the intensive summer Spanish courses offered at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school, students also have access to a variety of supplemental activities including music and horseback riding classes.
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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Maria provides some very straightforward information in order to complete the enrollment for her friend, Christopher's intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul.
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Beginner
Spain
At El Aula Azul, Idoia and Ester speak enthusiastically about their weekend plans. While Ester intends to go to a concert, Idoia's long weekend in Barcelona will include a whole host of eclectic activities.
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Intermediate
Spain
Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.
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Intermediate
Spain
Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.
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Beginner
Spain
Doctor Consejos [Advice] de El Aula Azul listens to and interprets her patient, Ander's strange dream. Listen closely in order to gain a better understanding of how "hay" [there is/are] and "estar" [to be] are used in Spanish.
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Beginner
Spain
Through an entertaining dialogue between Doctor Consejos [Advice] from El Aula Azul and her patient, Ander, about his terrible week, we see several examples of the "no fault construction" with the impersonal pronoun "se."
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Beginner
Spain
When Doctor Consejos [Advice] fails to notice any improvement in her patient, Ander, she tries a new strategy in which she presents him with several hypothetical situations that can help Yabla students understand the second conditional in Spanish as well.
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Intermediate
Spain
Let's examine the difference between the verbs "parecer" and "parecerse." This time, Doctor Advice from El Aula Azul wants to help Ander, who seems very tired. To get to the bottom of his issues, the doctor inquires what is important to him in his daily life and how he resembles his parents and siblings.
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Intermediate
Spain
In another great session with El Aula Azul's Doctor Advice, her patient Ander will teach us how to use the subjunctive tense when we talk about feelings that other people or situations provoke in us.
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Intermediate
Spain
The best cure for "lovesickness" is to find someone compatible with you. In this video, Doctor Advice from El Aula Azul will help Ander discover who his ideal partner is as they practice using the subjunctive.
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Beginner
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul challenges us to guess which countries she is describing.
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Beginner
Spain
How much do you know about geography? Continue to guess which country our teacher at El Aula Azul is referring to from her creative clues.
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Beginner
Spain
What objects is Ester from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] language school describing? Listen carefully, and guess!
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Beginner
Spain
What is it?! Play this entertaining game with El Aula Azul's Idoia, who will challenge you to guess the objects she describes.
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Beginner
Spain
Actors, actresses, singers, athletes ... Let's guess which famous people Ester from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] is describing!
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Beginner
Spain
Let's play more guessing games at El Aula Azul! Can you guess which famous person we're talking about?
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Intermediate
Spain
Eight-year-old Paula tells us about the things she likes to do and the activities in her daily routine.
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Intermediate
Spain
Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] language school, introduces us to a friend who is very interested in learning more about the school as well as the city of San Sebastian.
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Beginner
Spain
After providing us with clues, Ester from El Aula Azul dares us to guess which historical figure she's describing. Are you up to the challenge?
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Beginner
Spain
Which historical figure is Idoia from El Aula Azul describing? Listen to her clues, and dare to guess!
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Beginner
Spain
Meet the "Tutti Frutti," who'll tell us how old they are and where they're from in this fun video from El Aula Azul.
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Intermediate
Spain
Let's discover the neighborhood of Gros in San Sebastián with Ester from El Aula Azul. Best known for hosting the San Sebastian Film Festival, this ulra-trendy neighborhood located alongside La Zurriola, the city's famous surfing beach, also boasts a conference center as well as a multitude of bars and dining spots.
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Beginner
Spain
Meet the fabulous teachers at El Aula Azul Spanish school in San Sebastian, Spain. We'll learn their names, where they are from, and what they like to do in their spare time— if they have any!
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Beginner
Spain
If you're curious about the teachers from El Aula Azul, don't miss part two of this video, where we'll meet even more of the staff and learn some interesting facts about them.
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Intermediate
Spain
In this video, Ester from El Aula Azul meets surfing aficionado Ekain at the world-famous Zurriola Beach in San Sebastian, Spain. He'll share with us some advantages and disadvantages of the beach and why he loves surfing, as well as some of the benefits the sport entails for both adults and children.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Spain
In this video, Ester from El Aula Azul will describe four wild animals for us. Guess which animals she is talking about!
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Beginner
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul continues to describe for us various wild animals. Can you guess which ones they are?
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Newbie
Spain
Guess the colors of the things Idoia and Ester from El Aula Azul are describing, and learn some vocabulary in the process!
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Newbie
Spain
Let's continue our guessing games with more colors!
Difficulty:
Beginner
Spain
You'll love this El Aula Azul guessing game where you'll have to decide which Spanish dish Ester is describing.
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Beginner
Spain
Let's play another guessing game with Ester from El Aula Azul and see if you can guess which dish she's describing!
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Beginner
Spain
Guess which international foods are being described in this entertaining guessing game from El Aula Azul!
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Beginner
Spain
Looking at a picture of some grandparents and their grandchildren, Ester and Idoia from El Aula Azul use their imaginations to speculate about the family members.
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Beginner
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul imagines what is happening in the photo Idoia is showing her. Do you agree with her somewhat dramatic speculation?
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Beginner
Spain
Ester and Idoia continue to come up with interesting scenarios while looking at pictures, this time, a photo of two young girls. Let's hear their guesses about where the girls are and why while working on our Spanish vocabulary.
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Beginner
Spain
Let's see what theories Idoia and Ester come up with this time about the people in their fourth and final photo.
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Intermediate
Spain
Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, believes that reading is one of the most important tools for acquiring vocabulary and understanding language structures. In this video, she recommends to us some of her favorite books for lower-level Spanish students.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Reading authentic Spanish literature is one of the most interesting ways for more advanced Spanish students to increase their vocabulary and knowledge of linguistic structures. Ester from El Aula Azul recommends three books that her upper level students have enjoyed.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Ester from El Aula Azul prepares a delicious chickpea recipe that is ideal for children who don't like to eat their vegetables.
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Intermediate
Spain
In this video, Ester from El Aula Azul explains the recipe for a delicious and very typical Spanish dessert: natillas, asking us to pay special attention to the use of the imperative with the person "vosotros" [informal plural "you" in Spain].
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