"The Historical Park" is a Spanish listening exercise. The video script was written using a list of the 5,000 most common words in Spanish. The only words outside the list are "Histórico", "Guayaquil", "pájaros" and "monos". Every other word in the video is a word worth learning.
** HOW TO WATCH THIS VIDEO ON LOOP TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING **
You can watch the entire video on loop if you click on the video title (or description in computers), then go to the chapters section, click on "Show all", and then press the "loop" button next to the chapter called "Watch this on loop". The "loop" button has two arrows.
00:00 Watch this on loop (Instructions in description)
03:33 End screen
For best results, follow these steps:
** STEP 1 **
Watch without any captions. Click on the [cc] button to turn off captions. Try your best to hear every single word. You might need to listen to the same sentence many times. It's a LOT better if you write everything down, as this will help you to focus on the details.
** STEP 2 **
Rewatch with Spanish-only captions. Click on the gear icon → Captions → Spanish. Focus on the words you misheard in step 1. Listen to each sentence many times until you're able to HEAR every single word.
** STEP 3 **
Rewatch with bilingual Spanish/English subtitles. Click on the gear icon → Captions → English. Check if you understood the Spanish correctly.
** STEP 4 **
Rewatch without any captions several times until you're able to understand everything at full speed without translating in your head.
** USEFUL TIPS **
If you're using a computer, the GlotDojo Chrome extension makes this exercise a lot easier. Full instructions here:
• The BEST way to improv...
If you're on mobile or don't want to install anything, you can easily repeat a sentence if you do this:
1) Click on the video title (or video description in computers).
2) Scroll down and click on the "Show transcript" button.
3) Click on the three dots and choose "Klingon". (In computers click on the dropdown menu at the bottom of the transcript)
4) Click on any line to listen to it again. The "Klingon" transcript is just a list of numbers you can use to easily repeat any lines.
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