Practice Videos
Click on the pictures below to go to a video to help you practice at home.
BEGINNER:
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice the alphabet in Spanish. Practice spelling your name and address in Spanish.
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video of a list of cognates (words that are similar in English and Spanish) to practice pronunciation. Try repeating the words after me.
Listen to this conversation in Spanish to hear how to greet someone nd introduce yourself.
Watch this video to hear how Spanish speakers from a variety of countries introduce themselves.
Watch this video to learn some of the most common hand gestures used in México.
Watch this video to see how Mexicans communicate with their hands!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice the numbers from 1-100 in Spanish. Practice saying numbers as you see them around town (phone numbers, address, bus numbers, etc.).
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice the numbers from 100-1,000 in Spanish. Practice saying numbers as you see them around town (prices, addresses, etc.).
Use this video to test your listening of numbers and letters in Spanish!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you learn food words and phrases to help you order better the next time you're out at a restaurant.
INTERMEDIATE:
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you master the sounds of Mexican Spanish. Once you know the alphabet well, listen to this video to hear how to make the correct sounds in Spanish.
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice some phrases that are only used here in México. Once you watch the video, listen for these phrases when you're speaking to Mexicans!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice some conversational phrases you can use here in México. Once you watch the video, go out and try them out with some new Mexican friends!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice some conversational phrases you can use here in México. Once you watch the video, go out and try them out in a restaurant!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice some phrases you might here when on the phone or in a store here in México. Once you watch the video, go out and try them out in a business!
Listen to this phone conversation to hear how a typical conversation to a call center might sound.
These tiny little words in Spanish will improve your fluency SO much!
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you practice listening to an authentic Mexican Spanish speaker. The more you listen, the more your ear will get used to the sounds of Mexican Spanish.
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you review when to use the verb "ser" (permanent) or the verb "estar" (temporary) to say "to be."
Click on the picture to the left to go to a video to help you learn less common tener expressions that will help you sound like a native.
Click on the picture to the left to har a variety of ways to use the verb "hacer" in Spanish.
Click on the picture to the left to listen to a conversation in Spanish that talks about daily routines using reflexive verbs in the past tense.
Click on the picture to the left to listen to a conversation in Spanish about how someone is feeling.
Click on the picture to the left to listen to the names of body parts in Spanish and to hear them used in example sentences.
Watch this quick video to get a brief overview of Mexican history.
Here's another short video to get a brief timeline of Mexican history.
Watch Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, give the first grito of her presidency in México City.
Watch this clip from the Disney film, "The Three Caballeros" to hear the story behind the design of México's flag.
Click this video to listen to a typical conversation in a Mexican restaurant.
Listen to this typical conversation in a Mexican mercado.
Click this video to listen to a typical conversation about going shopping for clothes.
Click this video to listen to a typical conversation about going to the doctor's office.
Click this video to listen to a conversation about things going wrong with a car.
Click this video to listen to a typical customer service conversation in a Mexican store.
Watch this video to learn vocabulary for tools and hear how to use the tools in Spanish.
Listen to this video to learn 50 essential phrases for talking to a landlord.
Watch this video to learn some essential phrases to talk about house cleaning.
Watch this video to see a typical conversation in a bank.
Watch this video and then take the quiz at the end to practice using direct and indirect object pronouns with commands.
ADVANCED:
Here's a brief explanation of the subjunctive mood in Spanish. It explains when to use it and how to form it.
Watch this video to hear direct and indirect object pronouns being used in conversation.
Watch this video to hear an explanation of the different uses of the prepositions "por" and "para."
Watch this video to learn when to use the preterite and imperfect tenses when you're talking about the past.
VIDEOS FOR STORYTELLING:
¿Qué hizo la ancianita? ¿Qué hizo el joven?
¿Qué paso? ¿Qué hizo el papá? ¿Qué hicieron los niños? ¿Qué hizo la mamá?
¿Qué dijo el ñu? ¿Qué dijo el otro ñu? ¿Quién tenía razón?
¿Qué pasó al guardia? ¿Qué hizo el ejército?
¿Qué hizo el extraterrestre? ¿Por qué?
¿Qué encontró el pájaro? ¿Qué hizo después? ¿Que crees que va a hacer?
¿Qué hizo el hombre? ¿Qué hizo el perro?
¿Qué hace el hombre todos los días? ¿Cómo se siente?
¿Qué hace el pequeño cabra? ¿Qué hace el grande? ¿Qué aprendieron?
¿Cómo es el hombre al principio? ¿Qué hace al final?