Podcuentos del Profe

Vocabulaire de cette émission:

une énorme tarte au chocolat – an enormous chocolate pie
il n’y a pas de . . . – there isn’t any . . .
elle lui donne – she gives him
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I have added a Flash video link at the bottom of the posts for listeners who have trouble watching the Quicktime files. Flash video is an alternate video format that uses Adobe’s Flash Player to play the files. This is what Google Video and YouTube use.

So now there are three ways to watch the podcast.
1: You can subscribe via the feed and have new episodes come to you automatically.
2: You can check the website and see either the mp4 or flv files.
3: You can download the episodes and save them to your computer.
I hope this will provide more accessibility.

I want to give a great big THANK YOU to all who have written me email and have left comments on this blog! Your suggestions are helping me improve my podcast!

Vocabulario de este episodio:

quería un láser – he wanted a laser
ya no tenían – they no longer had
le dio – s/he gave to him/her
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Vocabulario de este episodio:

hay una chica – there is a girl
tiene – s/he has
necesita – s/he needs
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Welcome to the new school year and another year of Podcuentos. This podcast has evolved since last year. Not only will you be just listening to Spanish with audio-only episodes; I’ve incorporated scripts, images and videos to help you make sense of the Spanish you hear. Enjoy the episodes, leave feedback, and listen often.

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Vocabulario:
no podía luchar – he could not fight
le dolía el brazo – his arm hurt
lo golpeó – s/he hit him
– (Spanish comprehensible input for my Spanish classes)

I’m sorry that I have not posted in a while. But rest assured more episodes are in the works. While you wait for the next installment of Lucho, below is the bilingual script for “Chato: Episodio 2.” The PDF file also includes some cultural information about the episode. Thanks to all who have written comments and sent me email! I appreciate your feedback!

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Vocabulary:
me duele __ = my __ hurts
me gusta = I like
huelo = I smell
– (Spanish comprehensible input for my Spanish classes)

Éste es el tercer cuento para el octavo grado. El formato es diferente de los podcuentos previos. Por favor deja un comentario con tus opiniones.
“El hombre que usaba demasiada pimienta”
estornudaba – s/he sneezed
en vez de – instead of
le puso ___ a su comida – s/he put ___ on his food
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Éste es el segundo cuento para el séptimo grado. El formato es diferente de los podcuentos previos. Por favor deja un comentario con tus opiniones.
“El mono apestoso”
debajo de la papelera – under the waste basket
huele feo – s/he smells bad
lee revistas – s/he reads magazines

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Several people have asked me how I did the Chato episode. As you can see in this picture of “Profe Film Studios,” the setup was quite simple. I sat behind my movie camera which was mounted on a tripod. I spoke for and moved the puppets, whose stage was a platform constructed of a book and a box. The background image was actually a photo on my PC’s monitor that I paused in slideshow view. In the end, I wound up not using the audio recorded on my Samson C01U USB mic connected to my PowerBook G4: because I was sitting so close to the camera’s microphone, the sound was actually quite clear.

Students have also asked me to post a bilingual script to the Chato episode. Here it is. It also includes some cultural tidbits about things Peruvian seen in this episode. Enjoy!

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Este es el segundo cuento para mi clase de octavo (8o) grado: “La tragedia de la cámara de Clotilde”
sacó fotos – s/he took pictures
nuestra tía – our aunt
la golpeó – s/he hit it
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