Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Recognizing that it often seems more difficult to make new friends as adults, rather than in our younger days, Natalia offers us some tips to do so.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Natalia explains to us about the four types of temperaments and how understanding your own can help you to best utilize your personal characteristics and interact with others.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
According to Natalia, there's nothing better than a good breakfast to start the day with energy, and she'll give us some tips to do just that!
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Natalia teaches us several useful phrases for ordering at a restaurant.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Released in March 2015, "Hasta La Raíz" is the title track of Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter, Natalia Lafourcade's album.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Mmmm… “roasted milk.” Somehow that translation doesn’t sound quite as tasty as the Peruvian (and Chilean) dessert “leche asada,” does it? In any case, our host Natalia (from Colombia) shows us how to whip up this sweet delicacy. In Part 1, Natalia starts by heating sugar to make caramel.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In Part 2 of our dessert-making lesson, Natalia shows and tells us the importance of beating the “huevos” into a smooth consistency. After the eggs are whipped into shape, we’re heating up the “leche” until it bubbles but doesn’t quite boil. Seguimos con capítulo 3.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
In the final chapter of our trio of dessert clips, Natalia puts the milk, the eggs and the caramelized sugar together. After some time in the oven and then some more time in the refrigerator, you’re ready to enjoy some “leche asada” with a cup of café or plain old milk.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Freshly out of college, Cleer Oviedo sets up an interview for a potential marketing job.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Cleer attends her first post-college interview for a marketing position.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Cleer awaits a phone call from Lida to find out whether or not she got the job for which she recently interviewed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia, Spain
It's Cleer's first day at her new job and a workload already awaits her.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia, Dominican Republic
Everything is going well for Cleer at her new job, until one of her coworkers, Alicia, gives her the news that she has made a mistake that could cost the company a great deal of money.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia, Spain
After Cleer's coworker makes a serious mistake which could cost their company a great deal of money, Cleer makes a call to try to get to the bottom of and hopefully rectify the situation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia, Dominican Republic
After Alicia's mistake, Cleer manages to solve the problem and discusses the situation with their manager. What will the consequences be for Alicia?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Uruguay
Enjoy the music video for the song "Chau" by No te va a gustar, a rock band from Uruguay also known by its initials NTVG. Featuring a cute girl and her origami robot, this video is sweet but quite sad at the end.
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Meet Noe. He takes care of a building in a town about an hour away from Mexico City.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Argentina
Argentinian born and Mexico-based, Noel Schajris is better known as half of the sensational duet “Sin Bandera.” Since 2000, Noel, along with Leonel Garcia, has composed, played and sung hit after hit after hit. But in 2007, Noel and Leonel decided to part ways. Lucky for us, we still can listen to their emotive songs!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Mmm. What's in that and how do you make it? We get the scoop on "nopales" (prickly pear, from a cactus plant) with tomato, onion, cilantro and hot chili peppers from a street vendor in Mexico. Buen provecho...
Difficulty: Beginner
Mexico
Our friends from Nortec Collective are known for their eclectic mix of electronic and norteño music (hence the name: norteño + techno = Nortec). Here, a band member discusses how the group got started, down to the very first time he read about a synthesizer. Don’t miss their Grammy award-nominated Tijuana Sound Machine.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
The Peruvian group Novalima took a break from their European tour for an interview. Learn about the branching out and coming back together that the band members went through to achieve their rich and eclectic sound.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Continue learning about what specific kinds of music go into the mix to make the special sound that is Novalima.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Novalima mixes Peruvian folk music with electronic beats. Touring has become an important source of inspiration. That’s how they translate their musical roots onto the dance floor. Universal tunes with local sounds!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Peru, Spain
Novalima is very aware of the importance of Peruvian folk music, not just in their sound but in another musical genres as well. Paco de Lucía, a Spanish flamenco musician, might have made the sound of the “cajón” (a box-like musical instrument) famous, but that sound is Peruvian as it gets.
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