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Episode 28 (Season 3)El Cuero
In this episode, you will hear about a whole species of terrifying creature from Chile! El Cuero lurks near the shore waiting to devour its next victim. Listen to learn its habits and how to defeat it!
Core Vocab: cuero, pieles, manta, puede volar, ojos rojos, garras, ventosa, lagos, orilla, se acerca, agarra
About the Podcast
The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast that brings you interactive, easy-to-understand stories in Spanish written primarily for beginners. Storytelling is the most engaging and natural way to learn a new language, which makes this podcast perfect for any Spanish learner! Listening and reading simple stories with familiar words make it easier for our brains to process the new language. Stories help the learning process take flight!
Each episode of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast is based on a lesson available through Garbanzo. You can assign the corresponding lessons to your students through your Garbanzo account to further your students’ acquisition journeys.
Episodes:
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Episode 1 (Season 1)¿Qué dicen los animales?
Do animals make different sounds in different countries? In Season 1 Episode 1 of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, Voice Artist Paulino Brener will help you discover what sounds animals make in Spanish. The episode is almost entirely in Spanish, making it a perfect immersive language learning experience for beginning Spanish language learners. This is the first episode in a series designed for beginners, with more to come every two weeks!
Core Vocab: Dice/n, no dice/n
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Episode 29 (Season 3)
El Caleuche
Description: Hear about a Chilean ghost ship called “El Caleuche” which sometimes can be found, and sometimes can’t be found, in the waters of southern Chile.
Core Vocab: buque (ship), tripulantes (crewmembers), nadie conoce (nobody knows), and agarran (grab)
Episode Blog Post
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Episode 28 (Season 3)
El Cuero
In this episode, you will hear about a whole species of terrifying creature from Chile! El Cuero lurks near the shore waiting to devour its next victim. Listen to learn its habits and how to defeat it!
Core Vocab: cuero, pieles, manta, puede volar, ojos rojos, garras, ventosa, lagos, orilla, se acerca, agarra
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Episode 27 (Season 3)El Sombrerón
This episode is sure to have you running for the scissors! Listen to this legend from Guatemala about a peculiar man with an even more peculiar interest in long hair.
Core Vocab: hombre, trenza el pelo, duerme, come, está triste
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Episode 26 (Season 3)La Cuyancúa
If you are visiting Sonsonate in El Salvador, beware La Cuyancúa! It may seem harmless enough at first, but you don’t want to run into it and find out what befalls its victims!
Core Vocab: dice, tiene, quiere, puede, cerdo, serpiente, lluvia
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Episode 25 (Season 3)La leyenda del mate
Do you enjoy a steaming cup of mate every once in a while? Or maybe you’re having one right now! Whether you're a mate connoisseur or are hearing about this delicious drink for the first time, this episode is sure to be entertaining and informative! Find out the mystical origins of this famous South American beverage!
Core Vocab: luna, nube, tierra, tiene hambre
Garbanzo is an amazing tool in my Spanish classes for all levels. The stories are based on the culture and related to many topics in the Hispanic world. The stories are leveled into different proficiency levels so I can individualized for my learners depending on my level!
Eunice Loredo
About Garbanzo.
Garbanzo is an online, interactive library for Spanish classes. Choose from our collection of 1.2k+ stories to assign meaningful and appropriate lessons to your students. With Garbanzo, language learning can happen anywhere!