Introduction
- Las Caras Lindas
- Oyé Como Va
- Puro Teatro
- Guantanamera
- Calle Luna, Calle Sol
- Hablame Ahora
- El Ron Es Mi Medecina
- Gracias a la Vida
- Te Quiero Porque Te Quiero
- La Vida Es Un Carnaval
What you'll learn
- Music from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Argentina.
- Basic vocabulary
- Pronunciation
- A range of cool artists!
Description
Greetings! I find Spanish to be a super musical language, a bit like Portuguese. There are PLENTY of countries that speak it too. So what better way to go about it than by taking a little musical tour of some salsa, rumba, and boogaloo. I always struggled with languages at school but as soon as I started getting more into the music, I was able to get conversational (which I never achieved at school). These 10 songs will start you off, and there are many more on the LTM playlists for later. Muchas gracias, I hope you enjoy the course.
Happy New Year, all!
I hope you are well, happy and healthy. I decided to open up this old course again, for free, for folks to try out. For our new and improved ebooks and courses, please visit our brand new website and sign up for our newsletter. This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Languages through Music.
We are planning new workshops and online events, in-person weekenders, supper clubs and much more. We hope you enjoy this free course from our archives, and join one of our monthly online LTM lounges. There's also lots to check out on our Spotify and YouTube channels. If you have any questions, songs or language requests to share, please reach out via the website or on the Languages through Music gmail address. Looking forward to connecting real soon.
Have a great day, take care,
Desta
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
(Mandela)
The University of Sheffield
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About the instructors
- 3.88 Calificación
- 4052 Estudiantes
- 3 Cursos
Desta Haile
Languages through Music
In a nutshell:
Bangkok-born British Eritrean. Lived in Thailand, Barbados, The Ivory Coast, Jordan, Belgium, Brazil, Turkey, The Philippines.
CV in a nutshell:
LANGUAGE TEACHING Many many many schools in Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Manila, London...! Language Studies International, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Palmares Institute of Human Rights...
MUSIC Professional Vocalist- gigs/recordings, solo, a likkle bass, many international venues & festivals, worked with Joe Bataan, Zap Mama, Baloji, Finley Quaye, Michael Bublé, Hadise, Selah Sue, Filho do Zua. Opened for Sara Tavares @ Jazz Café London.
THEATRE International School Theatre Association festivals worldwide, International School of London, SPID Theatre Company, Theatre of the Oppressed Rio de Janeiro, Performing Arts Teacher @ International School of London
INTERCULTURAL TRAINING Brookfield Global Relocation Services, Kwintessential, ViaLingua...
Currently: Capacity Building Manager for Africa Region (World Association for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
Studies: Open University, New School for Social Research NYC, Goldsmiths... (Social Sciences with Media Studies, Writing Across Media, Black British Writing, Travel Writing)
I've studied at some point: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Amharic... to vary degrees of success!
Student feedback
3.75
Course Rating
Reviews
Tamta Bibilashvili
21-03-2024
Great Course! I've learned so much about the Latin American songwriters and famous singers. Sometimes there were some lines missing in the resources but if you look the songs up you can fill them in by yourselves. Overall, I made a lot of notes and learned much Spanish words as well as culture and new songs. Definitely will save some songs for my playlist. Thank you so much! Muchas gracias! ^^
Tiffiny Wilkins
29-01-2024
The songs are beautiful but it feels more like a playlist instead of a learning tool it would be better if the songs was written in english and spanish.
Patricia Lipscomb
19-06-2023
I did not watch the whole thing. First the first little song. No written lyrics. Then skipped to Guantanemera. Written lyrics but presented in a way that they were immediately receding into distance - hard to read. Bailed on course at that point.
Doha Hashih
19-06-2023
Well, I find it not as expected. I simply can go on youtube and download songs with lyrics, it's an easy job! I don't know, I thought it'd be like a song and explanation of other parts of the language.