Culture: articles, videos

La Vanguardia                                on FACEBOOK    News and media page.

http://www.veintemundos.com/      Magazine format with articles you can read and listen to. Related topics presented in video format.  Excellent site!

http://www.univision.com/             News, entertainment, sports, horoscopes, etc.  From Miami, covering what's happening in the US and Latin America as well as world news.

http://www.telemundo.com/           Television channel. You can watch telenovelas and other programs with Spanish subtitles.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas   La Jornada, newspaper from Mexico.

http://elpais.com/elpais/portada_america.html   El País, newspaper from Spain

https://www.elnuevodia.com/     El Nuevo Día, newspaper from Puerto Rico

https://laopinion.com/       La Opinión, newspaper from Los Angeles

http://www.diariolasamericas.com/   Diario Las Americas, newspaper from Miami

RADIO GARDEN  Google  Radio Garden  Explore live radio by rotating the globe. Radio Garden is an interactive map of live radio stations across the globe.   Can use on computer,  also an App for phone

http://www.spanishlistening.org/  Listening comprehension.  ¡EXCELENTE!    
Choose speakers from different countries according to your proficiency level,  Listen to them talk about various topics. You can turn on Spanish subtitles or a transcript to read along as you listen. There are fill-in exercises to check for understanding of what you hear.

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/     Listening comprehension. ¡ EXCELENTE!
Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks.   You can listen to/watch the video, display the text in Spanish, see the translation or hide it all together.   Excellent site with practice for beginner through superior proficiency level.

https://www.e-spanyol.hu/en/tests.php  Scroll down to the bottom of the page for a Spanish listening test.  Listen to native speakers and fill in the missing word in each sentence.   Intermediate to advanced level.  ¡Buena suerte!

https://learner.org/series/destinos/     Destinos, an excellent video series (52 episodes) created for students of Spanish.   This interesting story takes us to Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Puerto Rico. Episodes 1-5 are in Spanish and English, remaining episodes are Spanish only, at a comprehensible level.  Spanish subtitles are available.

http://spanish.lingoclub.com/2015/08/extra-spanish-episode-1-13-with-spanish-subtitles.html
From Spain, extr@ (Extra) is a language education television series scripted in the format of a sitcom.  The target audience is high school, so the story is silly, in a fun way.  13 episodes that you can watch with or without Spanish captions.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/     Mi vida loca.   Video series created by the BBC as a language learning program.  The story is interesting and interactive.  

¿Eres tú María?    Video series created for Spanish learners, beginning to intermediate level.  This series accompanied a 2nd year high school Spanish textbook but is interesting enough for adult learners to enoy.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrlfAyMSXBg&list=PLVJ_fRMd2W4lC3ew9JmrmhCh9qLnrh1Zb

https://youtu.be/u86KDGKU1fo?list=PLdzqcdsXmqB_-vJVstCddcANMoZapOD0s           Nuevo Español en Marcha  (NEEM)  Series of short videos that were created to accompany the Nuevo Español en Marcha text.  The videos are excellent to use without the book. Modern,  filmed in Spain, with Spanish captions. The settings button allows you to slow down the speed of the audio to make it more comprensible. 

http://zachary-jones.com/  Learn Spanish with music and culture.  Music, videos and short films.  ¡Excelente!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdej-5wLB9s&list=PLAb4qTUY5NUNK-9mOyWWAXKfXlUyy5lv5   Cynara Guimaraes      Curso completo de español.   9 videos.   

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHJ7PkM6T92LwgJgrnDhWA  Español con Juan Fernández de España.  Videos para aprender español.   Mejor para estudiantes al nivel intermedio o avanzado. Completamente en español.    ¡Excelente y divertido!


https://www.1001reasonstolearnspanish.com/    con Juan Fernández.   Podcasts, actividades, historias en español.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL4AMMMXKxHDu3FqZV6CbQ   Easy Spanish  con 
Juan Coronado de México.   Videos cortos sobre muchos temas interesantes.  His  You Tube channel is great for all levels of Spanish.  ¡Excelente!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5UIoabheFM7agDaTy7VItg8vu_UuFs6 
Super Easy Spanish     ¡Excelente!      Short videos for beginning level learners.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdFcLCIJQ_YMrormG_nU8w   Why not Spanish?
Muchos videos, entrevistas, y práctica de escuchar.  Es un canal divertido y útil.  
Español e inglés.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpRzeMml3sE5xxBiAOjYv2A/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/papitus    Agustín Iruela / VideoEle.   Good, short videos including many that are suited to beginning level learners.      Use the settings button to show captions in Spanish and/or slow down the speech if it makes it easier for you to understand.         

https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/world-languages/spanish/?rank_by=popularity
From Oregon Public Broadcasting.   Useful teaching videos for all grade levels.

REFRANES Y DICHOS:  There are thousands of refranes y dichos en español.  Popular sayings / proverbs.  It's fun to see how they compare to similar sayings we use in English.   Example:  El hábito no hace el monje.  The habit doesn't make the monk.   In English we might say, The clothes don't make the man   or   Don't judge a book by its cover.

The 3 links below take you to different sites about refranes.  

https://listas.20minutos.es/lista/los-refranes-mas-populares-y-su-significado-340147/  
Los refranes más populares y su significado

https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/refranes-mexicanos.html    30 refranes mexicanos por toda ocasión

http://www.sonferrer.com/refranes/      Refranes españoles