The Spanish Notebook

¡Hola! Bienvenido a un nuevo episodio de mi pódcast. Se acerca Halloween y muchos de nosotros estamos deseando decorar la casa, tallar una cara terrorífica a la calabaza y ver una maratón de películas de terror. Pero, ¿qué es el miedo y por qué a muchos de nosotros nos encanta asustarnos? Te lo cuento todo en el episodio de octubre. ¡Cuéntame cuál es tu peli de miedo favorita! Puedes responder a la pregunta que dejo en Spotify (si usas esa plataforma) y también puedes dejarme tu respuesta en Anchor, en mi correo electrónico zulemaspanishteacher@outlook.com o en un mensaje **en el blog de mi página web**, donde puedes leer el episodio a la vez que lo escuchas. Y no te olvides de que puedes seguirme en Instagram para acceder a contenido que te ayudará a repasar y mejorar tu español. ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Bienvenido al nuevo formato mensual de mi pódcast. En este nuevo episodio te hablo de aprender idiomas, de por qué creo que la gente debería hacerlo y también te doy unos consejos para empezar y progresar en tu aprendizaje.  ¡Cuéntame tu experiencia respondiendo a la pregunta que te dejo en Spotify! Si no usas esa plataforma, déjame un comentario en el blog o en Anchor.  Espero que te guste.  Recuerda que puedes leer el episodio mientras escuchar, aquí, en mi blog. Y puedes seguirme en Instagram para acceder a infografías y vídeos que te van a ayudar un montón.  ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estás? Espero que hayas tenido una semana genial. :) Bienvenido a un nuevo episodio de mi pódcast. This week, following up on the previous two episodes (which I encourage you to listen first), you'll learn the plural of adjectives in Spanish. Once more, this episode is particularly targeted for beginners. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchísimas gracias una vez más por escuchar mi pódcast! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal todo? Espero que no hayas pasado demasiado calor estas últimas semanas. Bienvenido de nuevo a mi pódcast y gracias por escuchar otro episodio. This week, I'm bringing you a new episode about the plural of nouns in Spanish. You'll learn what are the general rules and some special cases. Once more, this episode is particularly targeted for beginners. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchísimas gracias una vez más por escuchar mi pódcast! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va todo? Bienvenido otra semana más a mi pódcast. Esta semana traigo un nuevo episodio dirigido a especialmente a principiantes. This week, in this new episode you'll learn (or review) about the gender of nouns in Spanish. What are the general rules and the special cases and how to identify the gender. This episode is especially targeted to beginners, although it wouldn't be a bad idea to listen to it even if you're at an intermediate level as I still come across to students at that level who made mistakes. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchísimas gracias una vez más por escuchar mi pódcast! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estás? Vuelvo otra semana con un episodio nuevo. En este episodio nuevo que también estrena la tercera temporada, vamos a hablar del Futuro Simple de indicativo. Veremos su significado, cómo se forma y usos que vas a ver en contexto, mediante ejemplos. Muchísimas gracias por escuchar mi pódcast. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola, una semana más! Te traigo un nuevo episodio con más palabras y frases que te van a ayudar a mejorar tu fluidez y a hablar de forma más natural. Además, te ayudará a entender a los hablantes nativos. Como siempre, ¡muchas gracias por escucharme! Disfruta del episodio. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal va todo? Aquí estoy otra semana más con un nuevo episodio. ¡Gracias por escucharme! :) Esta semana te traigo un episodio más centrado en español comunicativo: frases, expresiones y vocabulario de uso común entre los hablantes nativos. No te lo pierdas, ya que te va a ayudar a adquirir más fluidez y sonar más natural. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va? Aquí estoy con un nuevo episodio otra semana más. ¡Gracias por escucharme! :) ¡Me voy unos días de vacaciones! Vuelvo a Lanzarote después de más de 20 años y va a ser una experiencia muy emocionante. Voy a ver a mi hermana, que vive allí con su familia y a reencontrarme con la isla ya de adulta. En este episodio, te hablo de mi vuelta, comparto datos básicos y cosas que puedes hacer allí si te apetece visitar la isla. Descubre una Lanzarote de la que no te habían hablado. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal todo? ¡Ya estoy aquí otra vez! Bienvenidos al episodio diez de mi pódcast. Si estás en un nivel intermedio de español (a partir de un B1) seguramente estás "batallando" con el uso de los dos pasados simples que existen en español: el Indefinido y el Imperfecto. ¡No es tan difícil como crees, ya verás! Como siempre digo, la mejor forma de aprender y entender su uso es practicando y viendo casos en contexto. ¡Espero que este episodio te ayude! READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Gracias por escuchar mi pódcast una semana más. In this episode, you'll see examples of the use of the prepositions "por" and "para" in context, while I talk to you about why I love running and what are my reasons to do it. While you listen and improve your Spanish, I hope to also encourage you to take on exercising if you don't do it already! READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram and my website thespanishnotebook.com for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va todo? Bienvenido a un nuevo episodio de mi pódcast. This week, I'm returning to general topics. Are you intersted in psychology? Are as fascinated as I am by personality? Then, you'll enjoy this episode with an introduction to personality, a historical overview of its theories and study, from the model of the four humours started in ancient Greece, the pseudosciences fo the 18th and 19th centuries, Freud's tripartite model and, finally, our present day, with the Big Five Personality Traits model, developed over several decades and the most empirically validated, studied and used by psychology researchers. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram and my website thespanishnotebook.com for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estás? Have you just started learning Spanish or are you still a beginner? Then, this week's episode, WITH LOTS OF ENGLISH!, will be super useful. Get cracking with pronunciation from the very beginning! Trust me. In this PART TWO you'll learn about the "ll", the "y", the "soft r" and the "rolled r", the "ch" and, of course, that letter so characteristically Spanish, the "ñ". Listen to PART ONE first and then continue here. Don't miss it! If you're an intermediate student you'll definitely benefit from brushing up your pronunciation as it's not something that it's given the importance it deserves. Even if you're at an advance level, it's never too bad revising. :) READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram and my website thespanishnotebook.com for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estás? Have you just started learning Spanish or are you still a beginner? Then, this week's episode, WITH LOTS OF ENGLISH!, will be super useful. Get cracking with pronunciation from the very beginning! Trust me. In this extensive episode, you'll learn and practice how to pronounce the five Spanish vocalic sounds, /k/ ("coffee") vs. /θ/ ("Thursday") and /x/ ("jamón") vs. /g/ ("gato"). Don't miss it! If you're an intermediate student you'll definitely benefit from brushing up your pronunciation as it's not something that it's given the importance it deserves. Even if you're at an advance level, it's never too bad revising. :) READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram and my website thespanishnotebook.com for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal estás? Te traigo el segundo episodio de la temporada dos. :) (WITH ENGLISH COMMENTARY) Bienvenido al primer episodio de la temporada dos. Puedes ver el VÍDEO-PRESENTACIÓN en Spotify. Hoy te hablo de la rutina diaria, de los verbos reflexivos y de más cosas para hablar de actividades diarias. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram and my website thespanishnotebook.com for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! ¿Cómo va todo? The Spanish Notebook estrena nueva temporada :) Bienvenido al primer episodio de la temporada dos. Puedes ver el VÍDEO-PRESENTACIÓN en Spotify. Hoy te hablo de los estereoticos culturales y comparto contigo vocabulario y estructuras que usamos en español para hablar del tema. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Enjoy also the extras. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Bienvenidos al episodio diez de mi pódcast. Welcome to episode 10! Are you at an intermediate level? Do you have trouble with the "objeto directo" and "objeto indirecto". Then make yourself comfortable, open the blog and read while you listen. You'll need the visual aid to make the most of this episode. There's also activities and tips and suggetions as an extra. READ the episode here: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ by choosing the post with the same title. Follow me on Instagram for more content! You can also drop me a message via my new Facebook page! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Bienvenidos al episodio nueve de mi pódcast. This episode will help you understand a bit better the Spanish verbs 'ser' and 'estar' (the two translations for the verb 'to be') with some advice and through examples in context. You can read the episode while you listen, on my website, by chosing the blog post with the same title: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ This is especially recommended for this episode, to make the most of the learning experience. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Bienvenidos al episodio ocho de mi pódcast. This episode will help you learn how to talk about likes and dislikes as well as interests in Spanish. This will help you in conversations with natives or classmates, to talk about what you like and what interests you and ask others. You can read the episode while you listen, on my website, by chosing the blog post with the same title: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Bienvenidos al episodio siete de mi pódcast. This episode tackles some basic Spanish so it's targeted to beginners. Instead of a general topic, this time I focus on practical and communicative content to teach you basic words, useful phrases and verbs that you'll need if you find yourself going shopping in a Spanish-speaking country. You can read the episode while you listen, on my website, by chosing the blog post with the same title: https://thespanishnotebook.com/blog-2/ Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

¡Hola! Welcome to episode 6 of my podcast. Today I'm delighted to talk to you about the amazing Pallas's cat or manul, that I discovered recently. Listen until the end to learn with me many interesting things about this curious feline. You can read the episode while you listen, on my website: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/03/25/podcast-s01-e06-read-and-listen-in-spanish-the-pallass-cat-or-manul-a-fascinating-cat-el-gato-de-pallas-o-manul-un-gato-fascinante/ Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

Welcome to episode 5! This time, let me debunk some stereotypes about Spain and the "siesta", tell you about its origin and influence in Spanish opening times as well as curiosities about napping in other cultures and the benefits of recharging in the afternoon with an invigorating short nap! Read the episode while you listen: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/03/18/podcast-s01-e05-read-and-listen-in-spanish-the-siesta-myths-and-realities-la-siesta-mitos-y-realidades/ I also include at the end a vocabulary list to help you out as well as some other extras. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

This is episode 4 (I say "episode number 5" on the audio by mistake!). This time, I talk about the importance and benefits of having a good sleep and what are the scientific theories that explain the reasons why we need to do it. I also share some tips to sleep better. Read the episode while you listen: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/03/11/podcast-s01-e04-read-and-listen-in-spanish-the-importance-of-sleeping-well-la-importancia-de-dormir-bien/ I also include at the end a vocabulary list to help you out as well as some other extras. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

In this episode, I talk about the main four types of climate that Spain has and how those affect the weather in different regions. It's not all sunshine! Discover the amazing (and unknown to many foreigners) climatic variety of the country. Read the episode while you listen: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/03/04/podcast-s01-e03-read-and-listen-spanish-the-weather-and-climates-in-spain-el-tiempo-y-los-climas-en-espana/ I also include at the end a vocabulary list to help you out as well as some other extras. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

In this second episode I talk about some types of shops that are unique to Spain (at least compared to the UK!) and the contrast between Spain and the UK in terms of where they sell and where you can buy certain products. Read the episode while you listen: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/02/25/learn-spanish-special-shops-in-spain-tiendas-especiales-en-espana/ I also include at the end a vocabulary list to help you and some extra content. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message

In this first episode, I talk about a fun and affordable way of eating out in Spain: the menú del día. Read the episode while you listen: https://thespanishnotebook.com/2022/02/18/learn-spanish-eating-out-in-spain/ I also include at the end a vocabulary list to help you out as well as some other extras. Follow me on Instagram for more content! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! :) Zulema Louzán (The Spanish Notebook). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thespanishnotebook/message