Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Ana Fernández-Villaverde, aka La Bien Querida, sings hauntingly about regret in “De Momento Abril.” Sharing the stage with this Spanish songstress are guitars, violins, a piano, a drum set and a cajón—that is, a box-shaped percussion instrument to sit on. The cajón is originally from Peru, but it’s used in modern flamenco and other musical genres.
Difficulty: Beginner
Spain
Listen to the whispery, seductive sound of the Corpus Christi lead singer’s voice as she sings a beautiful declaration of love and of the angst it can create. The video, directed by Nadia Mata Portillo, captures the mood perfectly.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
These friendly and animated guys are hardworking chilangos. That’s how people from Mexico City are known around Mexico. Let’s share a bus ride with them and learn some slang about workers and working in and around Chilangolandia.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Let’s keep learning the Chilango slang. Ciudad de México, also knows as El Distrito or el D.F. is home to around 21 million people. Of course, they have to set themselves apart from people coming from other cities, and that’s why they created their own words, their own expressions. We went to share and learn with this nice construction crew, all of them very proud of being Chilangos.
Difficulty: Advanced
Mexico
En route, Juan and friends tell about working far from home. Not only are there financial obstacles, there are cultural differences as well that lead to some misunderstandings. Americans don’t quite understand the saying Mi casa es su casa. Pay attention the next time someone from Mexico tells you there’s a party at your house!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
How is the weather on the fifth season? According to this video we should expect some winds with a few sunny flashbacks. And there is also a chance of Marc Anthony, mostly know for being Jennifer Lopez’s significant one.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
“La Quinta Estacion” is Spanish for “The Fifth Season.” Although this band originated from Spain, after a Mexican telenovela (soap opera) adopted one of their songs as its theme, they toured the country and decided to make it their home. “Que te quería” (“That I Loved You”) is the first fiery single from their 2009 album.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Kowy from Ecuador sings his song, "Ella" [She] for Yabla, accompanied by his guitar. Have fun listening!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Ecuadorian singer Kowi will delight us with the video for his romantic single "Copas Rotas" (Broken Glasses).
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Kowy has created a song to help us learn some nature-related vocabulary. Let's hear it!
Difficulty: Beginner
Ecuador
Let's go on a word journey with Kowy, who will use a song he wrote for his foreign girlfriend to teach us new words in Spanish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain Madrid
Movie producer, Kira Moreno, is originally from Madrid but lives in London where she works in production for Indian films. In this clip, Kira explains to us a bit about her duties as a producer as well as her favorite places in London and what she misses about Spain.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
In this first episode of Kikiriki Notizine (a news and magazine show), we'll meet its reporters and characters, who will introduce the topics they are going to speak about.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
A water shortage at Kikiriki Notizine causes chaos among the staff.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Of all things, the citizens choose water balloons to protest the water shortage about which their mayor speaks- and he does not seem to have the best ideas about saving water either!
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