Thanks for the comment. I’m glad that you’re excited about our Regional Series. We feel that this is an effective way to present students with a broad perspective on what Spanish “actually” is. I think it’s great that you left your comment here, and the topic of the Regional Series has come up so many times that I’ve just opened a thread in the Forum, so that we may continue this conversation there and explore its possibilities:

http://www.spanishpod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=139#139

We’ve discussed the idea of publishing videocasts, and we believe it’s definitely a concept worth exploring. Because I am so interested in knowing how other people learn, I hope you don’t mind me asking you a couple of questions: For you what would be the major advantage of studying Spanish via a videocast? What kind of topics do you think would be most suitable to videocast delivery? How do you learn best?

Please, excuse me if I ask too many questions, but there are few things that help me improve more than learning how others learn.

Glad to have you with us. ¡Muchos saludos y ya estamos hablando!

Joseph

Virtually all the iPods now can display video and the iPod Touch which I recently purchased is quite excellent for video with the large screen. It would be so great if you could have some video podcasts! Another site (Notes in Spanish)has put up a few video podcasts…and then there is loMasTV.

Anyway, I think the site that gets going fastest in this area will be a big hit.
What do you think?

¡Sin duda está en nuestros planes! Quisiéramos incluir tantas formas regionales como posible. Lo importante es que todos tengamos paciencia, ya que recién estamos empezando.

But I agree, adding Dominican Spanish to SpanishPod101.com would be a great feature. I was lucky enough to study with Dominicans when I was in the university, so I have some kind of an idea of the richness of your regionalisms. In the meantime, it would be cool if you opened a thread in the forum about Dominican Spanish and offered us some localisms that you would like to see in future lessons!

Agradezco los comentatros y que sepa que el curso sólo irá mejorándose con las sugerencias estudiantiles.

Muchos saludos,

Joseph

Yes, I’m Dominican!
Just making suggestions so you guys don’t forget to include it!

Espero que esté en sus planes! ^^

Hi there! Yes, Dominican Spanish is definitely on the table! We’re looking into that possibility. Are you Dominican? Are you trying to learn Dominican Spanish in particular? Gracias por el comentario. ¡Ya estamos hablando!

Joseph

I believe it’s a “fantástica idea” of teaching all the different kinds of Spanish!!!

I am a huge fan of Argentinean Spanish - hehehehe, but I am also very interested in learning more about Chilean Spanish.

Also, about Peru, I really would like some cultural classes about Machu Picchu and the “Líneas de Nazca”. What do you think about those???

Max, I can give you some help in Portuguese whenever you need some, ok?

Joseph, about the similarity between these two languages, what do you think about introducing some “gallego” in the lessons???? This would probably make both Spanish and Portuguese speakers a bit confused… hehehehe

I wish you guys a HUUUUUUUUUUGE success in teaching Spanish!!! That’s a wonderful language after all!!!!

¡Hola! Yes, we do intend to include Puerto Rican Spanish in our course. It will just be a matter of time. In the mean time, it may be a good idea to open a new topic in the forum All About Spanish and start a discussion on Spanish “de los boricuas”…?

Max,

Interesting question about including Portuguese in this series… I’m not really opposed to the idea, but how do you think it would help you learn Spanish? I’m trying to answer that same question right now and, I have to admit, it’s not very easy.

I learned Portuguese after I had gotten a strong handle on Spanish, and still to this day, if i speak a lot of both Spanish and Portuguese, I end up interchanging words or confusing the pronunciation. It’s deceptive. They look very similar, but in reality are totally different. One very big characteristic of learning these two languages is that every newcomer is bound to run into a plethora of false cognates. Anyway, I think that if you can figure out how it would help us to learn Spanish, then we take take this conversation from there. So, any thoughts?

¡Gracias por las buenas preguntas!

Joseph

Cuban Spanish is a great idea, and definitely one that is on our table. All in due time. We’ll be giving updates as we release new Series. Thanks for the comment.

Saludos,

Joseph