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Destinies: An Introduction To Spanish (Lessons 23-24) (Spanish)

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Middle-aged woman, seated next to a window, holds a phone receiver to her ear. Caption. Hablaré con la abogada mañana.

Destinies, a 26-tape set consisting of two half-hour episodes per tape, teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses you in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Your understanding and appreciation of Spanish increases as you become absorbed in this mysterious and entertaining story. The vocabulary in lessons 19-26 includes: directions; more family members; weather; changes in states and conditions; parts of a house; domestic appliances; and more descriptive adjectives. The grammar covers: present and past progressive; imperfect; imperfect and preterit together; por and para; affirmative and negatives; idioms with tener; comparisons; estar and sentirse with adjectives; acabar de; hace, hace ..que; and al + infinitive.

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Closeup of a video game. Text reads, Prince of Sun has spoken appears on the screen. Caption. Have to choose between TV and reading.
17 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman sitting up in a hospital bed with a pleasant expression. Spanish caption. Y todavía como que todo sigue siendo como un poquito.
39 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial shot of an urban city street in Indonesia with bumper to bumper traffic and dilapidated buildings. Caption. In stark contrast to Indonesia's wilderness areas.
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Grade Level: 12 -
Man in a first responder uniform sits in the driver's seat and looks into camera. Caption. Cuando la gente toma y maneja creen que son invisibles.
23 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Teenage boy speaks with other boys in a park setting. Spanish caption. Encontré que el alcohol puede ser malo para el beisbol.
16 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of a cat peeking out of a box and a hand holding out a cookie in front of it. Spanish caption. Olfateando as narrator. Sound of cat noises.
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
A C, G, I rendering of a globe sticking out of a piece of pink paper sitting on a desk, with some pencils and ruler nearby. Spanish caption with chica as narrator, "Vivimos en un mundo con lugar para todos y todas."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 5
20 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Illustration of a middle-aged man with Spanish speech bubble question marks next to a young woman saying, "Bla bla bla bla," next to a senior woman with Spanish speech bubble question marks. Spanish caption with chica as narrator, "¿Quién los entiende? Dice el siempre mi abuela."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 4
18 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Young man sits in a chair in front of a wooden desk with a red lamp, some writing utensils, and a corded phone. He is holding the phone receiver to his ear. Spanish Caption. "Está buenísimo, por los torneos, la cancha siempre está llena."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 1
20 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Color illustration of 2 photos in frames sitting in the branches of a tree. 1 photo is of a man and young girl, the other is of woman with a young boy and a young girl. Spanish Caption. "Viven con su papá y su mamá."
And Now What (Spanish)
Episode 6
19 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
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