- #BEST BOOK TO LEARN SPANISH MOVIE#
- #BEST BOOK TO LEARN SPANISH FULL#
- #BEST BOOK TO LEARN SPANISH SERIES#
Arismendi does a superb job bringing the different characters to life, which is no small task for this story full of passion and drama.
#BEST BOOK TO LEARN SPANISH MOVIE#
If you do watch the movie first (and you should at some point, because it’s lovely), you’ll recognize the audiobook narrator, Yareli Arismendi, who plays Rosaura, the main character’s sister, in the film. You can watch the movie (with subtitles) and/or read the book in English beforehand to prepare to listen to the Spanish audiolibro. But it’s a good choice for a Spanish learner trying to read an adult Spanish language novel for the first time because a) the English translation is widely available and b) there is a (Spanish language) film version. The complexity of this epic magical realist romance peppered with delicious scenes full of food (including recipes) definitely makes it suitable for upper intermediate students of Spanish and above only. Como Agua Para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel It’s probably best to steer clear of the version read by Lluvia Solis, who reads at quite a quick pace and is accompanied by distracting music. There’s also a bilingual version with the story read excellently alternately in (American) English and (Mexican) Spanish by Shanna Stoker and Ximena Garcia. There are multiple audiolibro versions available: both the ones narrated by Borja Rodriguez (Spanish accent) and Joaquin Madrigal (Mexican accent) are delightfully expressive and read at a relatively slow pace. If you’re familiar with this classic story for all ages, that will certainly help, but El Principito (known in English as The Little Prince and the original French as Le Petit Prince) is a simple enough story, as least on the surface, that intermediate Spanish learners should be able to enjoy the audiobook, especially if they are reading the print version at the same time. This beloved, deceptively powerful story that has been translated into so many languages is, of course, available in Spanish.
#BEST BOOK TO LEARN SPANISH SERIES#
The narrator Susana Larraz has nice, clear pronunciation and a good slow pace, but be warned, she has a Spanish (as in, from Spain) accent so if you’re looking to focus strictly on Mexican or other Latin American accents this series may not be the best choice. The stories are also broken up into manageable chunks. On the more formal learning side, there are comprehension questions and word reference lists as well as plot summaries.
Each collection has 8 different stories of various genres from science fiction and crime to history and thrillers, and they’re actually quite interesting, considering they have limited vocabulary and grammar structures tailored for beginner and intermediate levels. This series of short stories (“cuentos”) are a godsend if you want to listen to Spanish audiobooks but you’re still at the beginning stages of your learning. One is a series of Spanish audiobooks with text! Enjoy and add your recommendations for audiobooks in Spanish in the comments! Spanish Short Stories for Beginners (Vol 1 and 2) and for Intermediate Learners by Olly Richards To be clear: this list doesn’t include language textbooks with grammar and vocabulary lessons available as audiobooks (there are lots of those too), but rather is focusing on fiction books that you can read while learning Spanish some are explicitly for people learning Spanish, others are not. Never fear! I’ve done the research for you and have tracked down 5 awesome audiobooks for Spanish learners of various skill levels. And listening to audiobooks while reading print books with your eyeballs is one step further and about as good as you’re gonna get as far as reading in order to learn a language goes.Įven if you’re sold on using Spanish audiobooks, though, it can be hard to decide which are the best audiobooks for learning Spanish. Audiobooks, or in this case audiolibros, give you a definite leg up, however, because you’re experiencing the sound and pronunciation of the language that you just don’t get with a print book. But, as fellow Rioter Josh points out, being able to read a book in a second language doesn’t mean you can suddenly speak that language. If you’re like me and learning to hablar español, Spanish audiobooks sound like a pretty awesome idea.
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