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Episode 30 (Season 3)El Basilisco
Description: We’ve got a rooster laying an egg and a snake incubating it… what could go wrong? Find out in this episode!
Core Vocab: caballero (knight), secuestrar (knidnap), brujo (sorcerer), salió (left)
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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 11 (Season 2)Justin va a la universidad
This story is about a boy named Justin who heads off to college with a dream, but he runs into some trouble with his classes and he has to change his plan. Garbanzo storyteller Nelly Andrade Hughes shares the story with controlled language in Spanish so that it is easy for beginners to understand; especially beginning Spanish learners that have been listening to all of the episodes of our podcast! If you would like to familiarize yourself with previous episodes, check out the Season 1 Recap episode, or listen to Episodes 1-10.
Core Vocab: Quiere ser, toma, habla
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Episode 10.5 (Season 2)Season 1 Recap: Episodes 1-10 Review
Welcome to The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast Season 2! Check out this episode for a recap of what we learned in Season 1!
Core Vocab: dicen, camina, ve, no puede, va, hay, abre la puerta, no cierra, los números del 1-12, son las, a las
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Episode 10 Bonus (Season 1)La nochevieja
You can’t stop Garbanzo voice artists from having a good time when they get together - and why would you want to?! To celebrate La Nochevieja, our first collaborative recording, and the end of the first season of The Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, we have given our artists space to go off-roading a little bit and add their own flare to a bonus episode about Las doce uvas de la suerte.
This episode is a companion to the regularly scheduled Episode 10: Las doce uvas de la suerte featuring the talents of Nelly Andrade Hughes. For a fun twist, hear some extended party scenes written and compiled by Andrea Giganti Dima with some cultural performances and references that you won’t want to miss!
This episode uses the same “Las doce uvas de la suerte” script featured in Episode 10 written in comprehensible language suitable for beginners, but is presented without pauses to answer the questions and with the addition of beginner and intermediate language spoken between Nelly and her guests.
Core Vocab: La Nochevieja, buena suerte, uva, hay, los números del uno al doce, tradición, necesita, campanada, come
Episode 010.1 Transcript: La Nochevieja (Bonus Episode).docx
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Episode 10 (Season 1)Las doce uvas de la suerte
For our tenth episode of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, Nelly Andrade Hughes will be telling us about a special tradition, Las doce uvas de la suerte, which is celebrated in Spain and parts of Latin America on New Year's Eve. As a special treat, Nelly is joined by some special friends––and familiar voices!
This fun, cultural lesson uses controlled language so that it is easy for beginners to understand; especially beginning Spanish learners that have listened to all of the episodes in Season 1 of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast.
Core Vocab: La Nochevieja, buena suerte, uva, hay, los números del 1 al 12, tradición, necesita, campanada, come
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Episode 9 (Season 1)Sai y Bagel
There are so many kinds of dogs in the world… big dogs, little dogs, black dogs, brown dogs, calm dogs, energetic dogs… but there is NO dog like Bagel! Hear Bagel the Dog’s story in Season 1, Episode 9, told in simple Spanish using controlled vocabulary so that even beginning Spanish learners can enjoy this story. Narrated by Walter Rodriguez Martinez.
Core Vocabulary: Hay, tiene, camina, dice, puede, perro
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!
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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!