Street Spanish, Real Spanish

So, you’ve spent several years learning Spanish, you’ve got beyond the ‘hola amigo’ stage and you’re starting to feel fairly confident.  You plan your first trip to a Spanish-speaking country, you arrive keen to try out your language skills, and… ¡DESASTRE!  You don’t understand anything! ¡Nada de nada!

Do not fret!

There is always going to be a difference between the Spanish you learn and listen to in a classroom context and the stuff which people actually speak on the street. That’s why we’ve put together this section on real Spanish.

In this section…

We have sent the Hablarama Spanish team out to record interviews on the streets of Spanish-speaking countries.  Although we’ve carefully chosen the questions, none of the answers are scripted. They are all off-the-cuff spontaneous answers, complete with pauses, stutters and the sort of conversational Spanish that native speakers use in real life.

Real Spanish Videos and Classes



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Los Youtubers, Spanish-speaking video bloggers

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