Welcome to Hola!, your new Language Minis from Cactus!
Cactus has created a podcast-driven audio learning complement for all its 10- & 5- week Spanish courses.
A Spanish Podcast series has been produced for each level of Spanish. Each series is based on the coursebooks you use, and therefore consists of 10 units which match the 10 lessons of each course.
This means you can get great support material to your main course, including authentic dialogues, language practice exercises, and vocabulary focus sessions.
How does it work?
You will receive a link to your new podcast each week, at the end of your class. Each unit is designed by Cactus to be dynamic and engaging, and to enhance your learning experience.
They consist of the following:
1. A downloadable podcast of 15 - 20 minutes, related to the unit of the course book. Each one has the following components: an introduction, a conversation (with translation depending on the level), vocabulary and grammar sections, and a review track with 2 exercises for you to do.
2. A PDF, which has a transcript of the podcast, grammar rules and vocabulary notes, and an additional 2 written exercises for you to do, with answers.
Why use your Cactus Language Minis
¡Hola! is the first podcast series to be integrated into a publicly available language course.
There are many advantages to it:
- You can learn wherever you are
- You have 24 hour-access to materials directly related to their courses
- The podcasts put classroom teaching into a meaningful context
- You get to listen to more authentic Spanish, and a wider range of accents
- You can discover more about the differences and similarities between European and Latin American Spanish
- You can use the dialogues and the exercises to review key areas of grammar and vocabulary
- Once you download the podcasts, you can keep them forever
This is a great new product and we hope that you will enjoy using it. Please don.t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or comments.
The Cactus Team
