¡Cuéntame! | Learn Spanish with Comprehensible Input
Marta Ruiz Yedinak
Marta Ruiz Yedinak, a Spanish National Board Certified Teacher, uses basic to intermediate level Spanish to tell stories and talk about everyday topics. Second language acquisition takes place through comprehensible input, and when the topics are interesting and compelling to the learner, it happens almost without awareness. Sit back, enjoy, and improve your Spanish listening skills! Join the Facebook group for collaboration!
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Apr 24, 2023 • 8min
136. Mi salud | parte 3
Marta gives an update on her health issues, and talks about how she has never liked to wait! Also, she is inviting everybody to send a voice message in Spanish using WhatsApp, at +1 920-361-3329. Marta will include your participation in the episode! This episode has the very first one, by one of her exchange students...
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Apr 19, 2023 • 7min
135. ¡El segundo aniversario!
Today, Marta is celebrating the second anniversary of the podcast. To celebrate, she talks about how it all began. She talks about how the French podcast Un Petit Caoua inspired her as a learner and as a teacher.
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Un Petit Caoua (French Podcast) link
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Apr 16, 2023 • 8min
134. ¡El nuevo logo!
Marta is celebrating the second anniversary of ¡Cuéntame! Dylan Fischer, one of her former Spanish students is the person who designed the logo. In this episode, Marta talks about the modifications of the logo, and how Dylan offered to refresh it as a way to celebrate the anniversary! Now Marta needs your help in choosing the new version! There are 10 different background colors to choose from, and she needs you to open this link and vote for your favorite! Voting will close on Sunday, April 23, 2023
If you are interested in Dylan's work, check out his website, or email him at dfischer2@live.com
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Apr 12, 2023 • 7min
133. Mi salud | Parte 2
Marta talks about the results of her recent bloodwork and how she made the mistake to look up for answers in the internet, because it caused her to panic.
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Apr 10, 2023 • 8min
132. Mi salud
Marta talks about the health issues she has been dealing with for the past several weeks, and her recent visit to the doctor's office, which involves a nurse drawing her blood and sending it to a laboratory for analysis.
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Mar 17, 2023 • 7min
131. Caro: ¡pilotos y más pilotos!
Marta continues the story of one of her students, Caroline, and how flying airplanes came to be a family tradition. Here is a link to the newspaper article in English, with more details and pictures! Click here for the transcript.
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Mar 15, 2023 • 7min
130. Caro, la talentosa
In this first part of two, Marta talks about Caroline, one of her many talented students in Spanish class. Transcript here
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Jan 19, 2023 • 8min
129. La jubilación
Marta talks about her parents' retirement. Transcript here
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Dec 26, 2022 • 8min
128. La Kwanzaa
Marta talks about Kwanzaa, the African-American celebration. Transcript here!
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Dec 22, 2022 • 7min
127. ¿Felices fiestas?
Marta talks about how the holidays are not necessarily a happy season for everybody. Many people -including herself- struggle with depression, clashing with everything that the season brings.
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