{"id":11515,"date":"2018-07-17T03:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2018-07-10T04:38:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:38:59","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-the-spanish-present-continuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-the-spanish-present-continuous\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 The Spanish Present Continuous"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will practice using the Spanish Present Continuous. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. <\/p>\n

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my beginner Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. Let’s test your listening comprehension and see if you can understand a short audio in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:<\/p>\n

Beginner Spanish Lesson 36 Spanish Present Continuous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Me encanta: I love it.
\nTodav\u00eda no: not yet
\n\u00bfTe interesa?: Are you interested \/ Does it interest you?<\/p>\n

Now play the audio to listen a conversation between two friends. Can you understand what they are saying? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
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Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carla: Hola James \u00bfQu\u00e9 est\u00e1s leyendo?
\nJames: Es un libro sobre la historia de Espa\u00f1a. Es muy interesante.
\nCarla: \u00bfAh s\u00ed? Mmm A m\u00ed no me gusta mucho la historia.
\nJames: A m\u00ed me encanta. Estoy estudiando Historia en la universidad. \u00bfT\u00fa est\u00e1s estudiando?
\nCarla: S\u00ed, estoy estudiando biolog\u00eda.
\nJames: Guau, suena dif\u00edcil.
\nCarla: No, no es dif\u00edcil. Es muy interesante. Bueno, me tengo que ir. Tengo que trabajar.
\nJames: \u00bfEst\u00e1s trabajando tambi\u00e9n?
\nCarla: S\u00ed, estoy trabajando en un restaurante. La universidad es muy cara y necesito dinero. \u00bfT\u00fa no est\u00e1s trabajando?
\nJames: Todav\u00eda no. Estoy buscando trabajo pero no he encontrado nada todav\u00eda.
\nCarla: \u00bfAh s\u00ed? Pues en el restaurante donde trabajo est\u00e1n buscando camareros. \u00bfTe interesa?
\nJames: S\u00ed claro.
\nCarla: Ven conmigo esta noche y hablamos con mi jefe.
\nJames: \u00a1Perfecto!<\/p>\n

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So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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