Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico, Venezuela
In this episode of Sonido Babel, we'll learn about plena: a musical genre from Puerto Rico that is played with a multitude of different instruments and deals with a plethora of topics from religion, events, recipes, advice, and even superstitions.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
But, what if it rains? Javi from BCNLIP uses this scenario to continue to talk about the conditional "si" plus the future tense construction in Spanish with his students.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
From Otavalo, Ecuador, Blanquita Arias shows us the different components of the indigenous clothing from her community, which is most typically worn to attend weddings.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Located in the beautiful Genal Valley in the Serrania de Ronda comarca in the province of Málaga, the gorgeous town of Genalguacil, Spain, has been deemed a "museum town" due to the permanent artwork that is seamlessly interspersed throughout it. Let's hear more from our host, Fermin, about what else this unique city has to offer.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Luis Guitarra faces a challenge proposed by several Yabla users: singing us a song while simultaneously playing several instruments. Can he do it?
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Will Pablo Escobar's death put an end to drug trafficking and/or violence in Colombia? In the wake of this event, this is a very controversial topic as many people celebrate his downfall and others mourn him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
In order to practice the future tense in Spanish, Javi's students at BCNLIP continue to share ideas about what they "will" do if it rains.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
The mayor of Genalguacil explains to us some of the nuances and history of this unique town-museum with just over five hundred inhabitants, full of wonders both natural and man-made.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
With the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombian society hopes for long-awaited peace and an end to drug trafficking. However, paramilitary groups derived from the different cartels continue to exert an enormous influence and even manage to buy their way to the Colombian presidency.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
In this class with Javi from BCNLIP, his students do a challenging exercise that involves matching conditional "si" [if] clauses with possible outcomes in the future tense.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Let's take a look at how contemporary art has transformed the lives of the inhabitants of Genalguacil, thanks to the unique cultural projects it has undertaken.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
This series conclusion shows us how, in the wake of Pablo Escobar's death, narcotrafficking continued, reinventing itself via a multitude of phenomena such as paramilitarism.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Michael brings us into the world of the Andean guitar, introducing us to some of its characteristic melodies and explaining some techniques for both playing and caring for it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
What will the world be like in fifty years? In this excerpt of Javi's lesson on the future tense, the students of the BCNLIP language school create sentences that speculate about the evolution of transportation, the family, homes, and more.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
In this episode of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we are introduced to Venezuela's national instrument: the cuatro, which can be heard in almost all Venezuelan folk music.
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