| Learning Spanish while watching Spanish soap | | | | with her and she's cheating on him storyline. Let's |
| operas might not be the most traditional or | | | | face it, soap operas are not very original and they |
| conventional method of learning a language but it's | | | | move super-slow so keeping up is not going to be |
| still an alternative option none the less. Most TVs | | | | a problem. |
| have the option to use closed captioning and | | | | I have met hundreds of people that migrated |
| many of them now have several different | | | | from Europe and are now residing in the United |
| languages to choose from. While immersion, online | | | | States and they all say the same thing when I |
| interactive software, and the classroom are | | | | mention how good their English is; "I learn from |
| probably going to be more efficient you can still | | | | watching television". So I have come to the |
| get a general idea from watching and translating | | | | conclusion that anyone can do this. These were |
| Spanish soap operas. | | | | not rocket scientists I am talking about, we are |
| The reason this works so good is because there | | | | talking every day ordinary, average Joes that |
| might be dozens of soap operas but they are all | | | | took something we are all exposed to and turned |
| basically the same. This means that following along | | | | it into a learning venture. |
| with the story is the stereotypical he's sleeping | | | | |