Beginning Spanish: Recent Episodes
Todd Mack
Dr. Todd Mack from Hillsdale College gives Monday through Thursday updates on tips and tricks discussed in teaching a Beginning Spanish II class. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beginningspanish/support
Dr. Mack gives a few final tips on how to study Spanish over the summer.
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Dr. Mack talks about how to prepare for and do well on the upcoming oral exam.
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Dr. Mack gives a very brief description of a Spanish food (paella) and dance (flamenco) and the current political situation.
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Dr. Mack talks about how to use the past subjunctive and conditional to express hypotheticals.
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Dr. Mack explains the basics of the past subjunctive.
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Dr. Mack talks continues his discussion of pronouns talking about direct object, reflexive, and indirect object pronouns.
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Dr. Mack clarifies the difference between subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, and pronoun objects of prepositions.
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Dr. Mack gives some very brief notes on the culture of Chile.
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Dr. Mack talks about using the subjunctive with conjunctions of time like cuando, en cuanto, antes de que, después de que, hasta, and tan pronto como.
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Dr. Mack talks about the culture of Paraguay including tereré, Mario Abdo, and the Paraguayan harp
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Dr. Mack talks about the simple future tense.
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Dr. Mack talks about how to pronounce the Spanish consonants f, g, h, j, and k.
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Dr. Mack talks about using the subjunctive to express contingency and purpose using the conjunctions a menos que, sin que, para que, con tal de que, antes de que, and en caso de que.
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Dr. Mack talks about how to use the subjunctive in adjective clauses.
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Dr. Mack discusses three elements of Argentine Culture: mate, Mauricio Macri, and Tango.
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Dr. Mack discusses the Spanish present perfect and past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
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Dr. Mack discusses what a past participle is, how to form it, and how to use it as an adjective.
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Dr. Mack explains how to pronounce the Spanish letters b, c, d, and f.
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Dr. Mack talks about how to pronounce Spanish vowels.
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Dr. Mack gives some quick pointers on getting ready for the exam tomorrow. Topics include: the subjunctive, por and para, and the accidental se
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Dr. Mack gives some tips for how to keep up your Spanish over spring break.
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In this very short episode Dr. Mack talks about how to easily make the Spanish equivalent of many English words that end in -ity, -tion, -tract, and -tain.
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Dr. Mack talks about the different meanings of por and para.
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Dr. Mack discusses how to use the verb hacer to talk about how long ago something happened or has been happening.
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Dr. Mack gives some tips about using ser and estar with bien and bueno.
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Dr. Mack explains how thinking about the past as a timeline can help you identify when to use the preterite and imperfect.
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Dr. Mack discusses those troublesome words: mayor, menor, mejor, and peor.
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Dr. Mack talks about seco de pollo, a delicious food, and Lenín Moreno the current president of Ecuador. He also talks about the Bolivian dances Saya and Caporales.
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Dr. Mack gives some advice on what questions to ask after you’ve received a grade on a test.
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Dr. Mack breaks down the song Azul by Natalia Lafourcade, paying special attention to the ways she implements the subjunctive in the song. https://youtu.be/bfKs3xwj6dI
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Dr. Mack discusses how to use the present subjunctive to express emotion.
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Dr. Mack goes over a few tips to help students understand how to use the subjunctive to express doubt or denial.
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Dr. Mack discusses all the ways to say “you” in Spanish — including the vosotros and why you ought to learn it :)
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Dr. Mack gives a quick review of que, lo que, and quien/es and the subjunctive in preparation for tomorrow’s exam.
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Dr. Mack gives a brief introduction to the culture of Colombia, including bandeja paisa, President Ivan Duque, and popular Colombian music.
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Dr. Macks gives an introduction to the subjunctive. What is it? How do you form it? And how do you know when to use it? Listen to find out.
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Dr. Mack talks listeners through how to correctly create the command forms in Spanish — including the vosotros!
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Dr. Mack talks about when to use the definite articles (el, la, los, and las) in Spanish.
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Dr. Mack discusses the best ways to study vocabulary and verbs and how to get the most out of your conversation practice.
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Dr. Macks gives some brief notes about the culture of Venezuela including arepas, the current political situation, and orchestral music in the country.
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Dr. Mack discusses the correct uses of the relative pronouns que, quien, and lo que, as well as reciprocal verbs.
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Dr. Mack gives a brief introduction to the In Case You Missed Class series, and then a quick and dirty description of the differences between the preterite and imperfect.
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