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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)
Episode Blog Post
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 8 (Season 1)¡Cierra la puerta!
Have you ever left the front door open? Did anything… or anyone… come inside? In Episode 8 of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast, Haven discovers that leaving the front door open can have serious consequences. Garbanzo storyteller Estela Tuchez 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!
Core Vocabulary: los números del 1 al 12, hora, son las, está en, abre la puerta, cierra la puerta
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Episode 7 (Season 1)El dedo del pie peludo
This story is sure to freak you out! Episode 7 of the Garbanzo Spanish podcast is a spooky story for the fall, and it uses more complex language than the previous episodes in Season 1. Listen and see how much of this story you can understand, and we’ll return to super simple stories in Spanish in Episode 8. Narrated by Paulino Brener.
Core Vocab: oye, ruido, comer, piensa, escucha, corre, camina, abierta, dormir, cerca, voz
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Episode 6 (Season 1)El perro bailarín
Do you have a pet with a special talent? If so, you are not alone. In Episode 6 of The Garbanzo Spanish podcast, you’ll learn about a pet that has an extra special talent. We tell 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! Recorded by Andrea Giganti Dima.
Core Vocab: No puede, va, camina, perro, baila, hay, ve
Episode 006 Transcript: El perro bailarín.docx
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Episode 5 (Season 1)No puedes pasar
“YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”. Have you ever heard a line like that in a movie? In Episode 5 of the Garbanzo Spanish podcast, our main character Ellie runs into a series of problems getting to where she needs to go. Listen to find out what happens! This episode is performed by Walter Rodríguez Martínez.
Core Vocab: no puede, va, hay
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Episode 4 (Season 1)Penélope y el gigante
Penélope is a girl who is almost perfect… but she has just one major flaw. Listen to Episode 4 of the Garbanzo Spanish Podcast to find out what’s wrong with Penelope! The episode is almost entirely in Spanish, and it builds on language that we introduced in the first three episodes of the podcast. Listen to the episodes in sequence to maximize your understanding! Recorded by Nelly Andrade Hughes.
Core Vocab: camina, dice, ve
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!