Spanish Podcast On Demand (SPOD) is a series of audio files that constitute the listening part of your first year basic Spanish classes. These podcasts will provide you with more opportunities to be exposed to oral Spanish, and will help you to learn the language by listening to stories, dialogs, descriptions or interviews. Each Podcast -except the first one (preliminar)- are numbered as 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc. according to the lessons in your textbook, so the content goes hand in hand with what you are learning in class. The format of the Podcasts is as follows: After the introduction, you will listen to a text (such as stories, dialogs, descriptions or interviews) at a slow pace. Then, the host will explain the meaning of unknown or difficult words or expressions in the text. After the explanation, you will get to listen to text again, but at normal rate. As with any Podcast, you can listen to it as many times as you feel you need. You will see that the more you listen to it, the better you understand. We hope you find these podcasts interesting and useful. ¿Estás listo? ¡Empezamos!
The textbook used for this course is called Sol y viento (VanPatten et al., McGraw-Hill) that you can find in Amazon.com.