So if you love chilling out in front of the tube, and<\/i> you love learning Spanish… you see where I’m going here!<\/p>\n For the Netflix-addicted Spanish learners out there, Netflix<\/a> and other streaming services are full of Spanish-language programming. But before you jump into your binge session, a few important tips about using TV to supplement your language learning:<\/p>\n With these tips in mind, here are 7 shows on Netflix that you can use to practice Spanish without even getting off the couch:<\/p>\n I started watching this show while researching for this post and I’m already hooked. It’s like the Spanish Downton Abbey, beautifully produced and with a turn-of-the-century setting. It’s in European Spanish, so Latin American Spanish speakers might need to turn on the Spanish subtitles like I did.<\/li>\n Fancy yourself more the romantic comedy type? Aqu\u00ed Entre Nos<\/i> features a familiar plot\u00a0pattern\u00a0with a less familiar twist: Dad feels taken for granted by his wife and daughters, so one day decides he just doesn’t feel like going to work anymore. Of course, conflict, drama, and lots of emotions ensue.<\/li>\n Who doesn’t love a good Ted talk? Netflix has got plenty of handy thematic lists of Ted talks available, but this one is the best en espa\u00f1ol<\/i>.<\/li>\n If you’ve got Netflix, you’ve probably also been watching Narcos, so why not learn a bit about the show’s historical context? This two-part documentary details the life and times of Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar, offering historical perspectives on the kingpin that you won’t get from\u00a0the drama\u00a0series loosely based on his life.<\/li>\n \n*Pro tip<\/b>: Documentaries and formats like TED talks are among the easiest kinds of speech for learners to understand. Narrators and speakers nearly always use a standard dialect and speak a bit more slowly and a lot more articulately than they would in normal conversational settings. For the traditional sitcom lovers out there, Vecinos<\/em>\u00a0might just be your next TV addiction. Three seasons of a suburban family and their neighbors going through the trials and tribulations of daily life: it’s that same old storyline that we for some reason just can’t seem to get enough of.<\/li>\n Disney movies (and just about all other animated shows) on Netflix come available with audio in Spanish! This is a gold mine: if you pick one of your favorite classics, no matter what level your Spanish listening is at, the storyline will be so familiar you probably won’t even need the captions!<\/li>\n \n*Pro tip<\/b>: Watching animated movies you already know really well in your first language is a great vocabulary builder for beginning to lower-intermediate learners. They’re generally intended for children, so the language use isn’t too complex, and you’ll pick up simple nouns and verbs flawlessly since you already understand the plot.<\/p>\n How about the universal language of music? This nearly two-hour special gathers some of the best jazz performers from Latin America, featuring not only their music but brief biographical intermissions narrated in Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n And the best news is that these are just a few of the many and ever-increasing options for learning Spanish on Netflix. Don’t forget you can also always just click over to Netflix’s Spanish-Language TV Shows<\/a>\u00a0section to get started. If you try out one of these titles and enjoy it, make sure to click on ‘more like this’ from the show overview to get started on your next binge session!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you an unashamed Netflix addict? Has your binge-watching habit become a live experiment to test just how long a human being can go without sleep? Don’t worry, you’ve got an excuse now: you’re just working on your Spanish. I’ve only recently discovered the supreme bliss known as a Netflix subscription, and needless to say…<\/p>\n![\"netflix-meme\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/netflix-meme.jpg\")
<\/a>Last week on the Language News blog, I shared a post on the reasons\u00a0you should definitely be using television<\/a>\u00a0to give your language learning a leg up. In short, this is because your brain requires massive amounts of data<\/a> to really learn a language, and watching TV is one of the most efficient and enjoyable ways for the average learner to gather up all that data.<\/p>\n\n
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Gran Hotel<\/a><\/h3>\n
Aqu\u00ed Entre Nos<\/a><\/h3>\n
The Best of TEDx in Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/h3>\n
Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/p>\nVecinos<\/a><\/h3>\n
Disney movies!<\/a><\/h3>\n
Calle 54<\/a><\/h3>\n
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