{"id":11954,"date":"2018-09-27T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2018-09-21T06:54:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T10:54:54","slug":"tv-series-to-practice-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/tv-series-to-practice-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Series to Practice Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have all heard that we can practice listening comprehension in a new language by watching movies and listening to songs in the target language. Fortunately, streaming of movies and series has made it easier to get access. Below is a list of my recommendations of\u00a0 TV series to practice Spanish. Each of the recommendations covers a different country so you can familiarize yourself with the different pronunciations and vocabulary.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken by Burak found on Flickr.com with license CC BY-SA 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n

La Casa de las Flores (M\u00e9xico)<\/h3>\n

La Casa de las Flores<\/em> is a Netflix series by Manolo Caro. This\u00a0comedia<\/em> tells the life of the affluent family de la Mora who own a prestigious flower shop. The mother, Virginia de la Mora, is obsessed with the image the family portrays and rejects anything that can cause\u00a0alg\u00fan\u00a0escandalo<\/em> including her son’s homosexuality, her daughter’s relationship with an American, as well as her husband’s infidelity.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/I-z8-ZEiVw0<\/p>\n

The series has some of the top\u00a0actores mexicanos<\/em> and is a nice blend of a modern TV series and a\u00a0telenovela\u00a0<\/em>or soap\u00a0opera.\u00a0 All the drama is there without it being too overboard (like most Mexican\u00a0telenovelas).\u00a0<\/em>One of the shows funniest language bits is Paulina de la Mora’s way of talking. She likes to take extra long pauses in between her words. While this characteristic was not in the script, it has made the show even more\u00a0popular with so many memes. Her way of talking eases the tension of some of the very controversial topics in this comedy. Cecilia Suar\u00e9z, the actress that plays Paulina, published the video below after all the reactions to her way of speaking.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/eDB_ESrfA5Q<\/p>\n

La casa de papel\u00a0(Spain)<\/h3>\n

La casa de<\/em>\u00a0papel\u00a0<\/em>or Money Heist as it is called in English is another great series to watch! This one aired in 2017 and was created for a Spanish TV network before Netflix aired it internationally. This show tells the story of a group of\u00a0delincuentes<\/em> who plan an assault on the\u00a0Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre<\/em>, however, this isn’t an “in and out” type of robbery. They keep the\u00a0rehenes\u00a0<\/em>for several days while they are printing new money. The leader of the group, known as\u00a0el Profesor<\/em>, recruits a group who all go by city names instead of their real names.\u00a0El profesor’s\u00a0<\/em>plan is to play with the approval of the people by not hurting any of the hostages. They see themselves as part of a resistance movement even using the famous Italian resistance song\u00a0Bella Ciao.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n