Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition - for iPod/iPhone

How do people greet each other and introduce themselves in Spanish? How do they talk about their lives or their everyday activities? This second edition of Portales: beginners' Spanish contains a variety of short conversations covering topics ranging from ordering a meal to discussing holiday plans. The following audio, video and slideshow collection was devised for those beginning to learn Spanish and touches upon many everyday situations and scenarios that will be interesting to learn. This material forms part of the second edition of The Open University module L194 Portales: beginners' Spanish.

Formal and informal greetings

Formal and informal introductions

10-10
00:50

Introducing yourself

Four people introducing themselves

10-10
01:00

Where do you live

Saying where you live and giving your address

10-10
01:21

My family

A person talking about her family, who they are and what they do for a living

10-10
00:34

A day in my life

A person describing a typical day in their life

10-10
00:47

Opening times

Opening times in a shop

10-10
00:45

Spare time activities

Three people saying what they do in their spare time

10-10
01:21

Preferences

What do you enjoy doing?

10-10
01:21

Invitations

Short dialogues with 4 people accepting or declining an invitation

10-10
01:06

Booking hotel rooms

Three dialogues between a hotel receptionist and a guest

10-10
02:19

A woman buying fruit at a market stall

Buying fruit at a market stall

10-10
02:32

Asking a receptionist for directions within a building

Receptionist directs guests to hotel facilities

10-10
01:25

Asking for prices in a shop

A young man buying some shoes

10-10
00:55

Asking for directions on the street

Four people giving directions to different places

10-10
01:03

Deciding what to order in a restaurant

A group discussing the food they want to order

10-10
00:37

Talking about your holidays

Two women discussing their holidays

10-10
01:12

Biography

A woman talking about her life in the past

10-10
00:57

At the chemist’s

Asking for various remedies at the chemist’s

10-10
00:55

What I’ve done today

A man talking about what he has done so far in the day

10-10
00:37

Checking in at the airport

A conversation at the check in counter of an airport

10-10
01:11

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