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Summary
Summary
This site is provided on the Humboldt State University OER Spanish site. It contains a series of photos, videos, and transcripts based on various cultural topics, from personal greetings to banking and money for various Spanish speaking countries. Five countries are featured on this site, and not every country has artifacts for every topic. The recordings and culture are from the years 1999-2002.
On the main LangMedia site there is information on a wide swath of cultures and countries. It is common to encounter transcripts for the features videos and other photos related to the topic.
LangMedia - Spanish: Starter Links
LangMedia - Spanish: Starter Links
This the landing page for organizing the available resources by country. Here you can navigate to resources related to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Spain.
This page features cultural information about the airport in Quito and other general information.
No videos or transcripts are included here, but there are photos.
This page features cultural information about banks and money in Argentina.
There is a general cultural summary and two videos with transcripts, one about using an ATM and another for exchanging money. There are also four photos including a “compra” and “venta” receipt.
LangMedia - Spanish: Action Item
LangMedia - Spanish: Action Item
Have students participate in listening comprehension and critical thinking!
Have students participate in listening comprehension and critical thinking!
Using this link, have students listen to the first video a few times and then give the transcript as a guide. Prep by defining words, such as what the “CPF” is. Use the dialogue as the start of a skit or as a discussion point.
LangMedia - Spanish: Webpage Gallery
LangMedia - Spanish: Webpage Gallery
Please look over some sample screenshots of the Audio-Lingua website. This will give you a preview of the site layout, possible resources, and help you recognize a specific resource that you are looking for. The first photo is an example of topics per country, the second is a transcript screenshot, and the last is a photo page screenshot.
Featured Keywords
Featured Keywords
Possible Thematic Unit Use
Possible Thematic Unit Use
- 'HUB" - Begin a specific search Here
- Greetings and partings
- Asking for directions
- Using the telephone
- The internet
- Libraries
- Things to see
- Folk culture
- Restrooms
- Calendar
- Lodging
- Emergency
- Laundry
- Health services
- Trash and recycling
- Travel between cities
- Travel around the country
- Pedestrians
- Taking a taxi
- Local transportation
- Cars and driving
- Public transportation
- Airport
- At the post office
- The pharmacy
- Basic communications
- Shopping and services
- Transportation
- Necessities
- Argentina
- Ecuador
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Spain
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