Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Two-time Olympian and silver medalist, Mireia Belmonte, of Spain tells us about what it takes to be an Olympian as well as about her recent experience at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Adrián Gavira, an Olympic beach volleyball player from Spain, shares with us his enthusiasm for the sport, his recent experience at the 2012 London Games and his hopes for the future.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Spanish triathlete Mario Mola, explains to us the work ethic required to be an Olympian, his 2012 London Olympic experience and his future Olympic dreams.
Difficulty: Advanced
Spain
Spanish beach volleyball player Pablo Herrera gives us his perspective on his sport, his 2012 Olympic experience in London and the merits of his country.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Is an architect born or made? Must an architect draw by hand or can he simply use computers to generate blueprints? Leif, a Spanish architect who relocated to London during the onset of Spain's recession, gives us his take on these and other architecture-related questions.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Leif continues to discuss architecture, elaborating on his creative process, preferences and the architects he admires.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
In order to begin to learn about accentuation in Spanish and the placement of tildes, or accent marks, Lara teaches us three different categories, "agudas," "graves," and "esdrújulas," into which Spanish words are divided, depending upon where they are stressed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
After teaching us the three different categories of Spanish words depending upon where they are stressed, Lara lays out some simple rules for correctly placing the written accent, or tilde, in words in each category.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Lara gives us a brief introduction to Spanish verbs, informing us of the three main verb categories (verbs ending in -ar, -er, and -ir) that we will later conjugate.
Difficulty: Newbie
Spain
Nothing’s better in the morning than a good breakfast and a good lesson! Let’s start this Yabla day with Marta and Ivana, a young lady who’s as sweet as can be.
Difficulty: Newbie
Spain Madrid
What do we do in the middle of the day? What about eating? A good lunch could easily become the highlight of the day. What are our Spaniard friends eating?
Difficulty: Newbie
Spain Madrid
Our friends from Spain keep sharing their rutina diaria with us, and we can see one thing that’s really important to them: food. They eat all the time! Maybe that’s why they look so happy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Cosas de Críos, or “kids’ stuff”, is a friendly song about those bygone times when our world was nothing but a fantastic playground.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Spain’s pop sensation is way more than an enigmatic name. Sure, we’re also wondering why you’d name your band after the removed appendage of a long-gone Dutch painter, but what’s made them famous is their music. "El último vals" is a song inspired by Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
The beautiful Leire Martínez had the difficult challenge to fill Amaia Motero's shoes as lead singer of the Spanish pop band “La Oreja de Van Gogh”. In “Inmortal”, she sings about all the little things from the past that we keep and carry with us; but it’s also about all the possibilities that the future brings. Her final words seem to be fitting to her role in “La Oreja”: “I’ll be your destiny.”
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