Learn Spanish: Spanish for Beginners Podcast

I have tried other podcasts but they don’t sink in the way Joel’s does. He seems to understand that for something to be learned it must be repeated (and at different speeds). I have struggled with retention with other pods, but not his. Thank you Joel!

I vowed that I would finally put more effort into learning Spanish after 3 semesters in college and multiple Memrise attempts. I currently have a lot of things going on in life and an hour commute, I was just expecting to find a podcast to repeat vocabulary to me during the long drive. Then I found Joel’s podcast. Combining simple grammar lessons with practice and a conversational approach is really helping me pick up some of what college Spanish never made stick. On top of that, Joel has multiple speakers come into the show speaking at different speeds and with different native accents. I feel like I expected listening to this show to help with pronunciation, and not much else(I’m more of a visual learner). Instead it quickly became my greatest resource. I say 10/10 make this show your priority and check out the accompanying learning materials on Joel’s website.

I love all of Joel’s podcasts. I began listening to them a couple of years ago and I keep coming back to them because they are heads and away better than any of the others I have tried. Update: I love these beginner podcasts which are a bit elementary for me, but they are really helping me to stop translating in my head which I struggle with.

Thank you Joel, I enjoy your pace of teaching. Keep up the good job.