Follow Me!

Follow Me! was a series of television programmes produced by the BBC in the late 1970s to provide a crash course in the English language. It became popular in many overseas countries as a first introduction to English; in 1983, one hundred million people watched the show in China alone, featuring Kathy Flower.

The British actor Francis Matthews hosted and narrated the series.

The course consists of sixty lessons. Each lesson lasts from 12 to 15 minutes and covers a specific lexis. The lessons follow a consistent group of actors, with the relationships between their characters developing during the course.

Work Talk – Spain

Work Talk – Spain

BBC Learning Zone: Languages and Travel
BBC 2 – TUESDAY 09 MAY 2006
5:00am – 6:00am
Work Talk: Spain

Essential language basics for working in Spain.
Languages for work in the key sectors of travel and tourism, hotels and catering, engineering and customer liaison and sales.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/spanish/forwork/beingthere/

Talk Spanish

Talk Spanish

BBC Learning Zone: Languages and Travel: Talk Spanish BBC2

TUESDAY 09 MAY 2006 1:00am – 2:30am

Short holiday course for beginners, based in Valencia. 6 programs as follows:

1. Introducing Yourself
2: Ordering Drinks
3: Finding Your Way Around
4: Hotel Bookings And Buying Food
5: Buying Tickets and Ordering A Meal
6: Going Out

Language level: starts at absolute beginner’s level.
Details of the series are on the BBC web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/talk/, along with the transcripts of each TV program.

Sueños World Spanish

Sueños World Spanish

BBC2 Learning Zone: 21st February 2006, 01:00-06:00

Sueños World Spanish offers a superb start in learning a language that is spoken by more than 300 million people in over 20 countries. Recorded and filmed in Spain, Latin America and the USA, this innovative and stimulating course will help users develop listening and speaking skills with confidence, taking them to the rough equivalent of GCSE or NVQ Level 1. Now revised to include the euro and other key updates around the Spanish-speaking world.

The course is aimed at beginners and those with a little Spanish and is designed to meet the varied needs of adult learners at home or in class. It takes a communicative approach with an emphasis on practising the language in real and recognisable situations and offers valuable insights into the variety of cultures throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Now revised to include the euro and other key updates around the Spanish-speaking world, each of the 20 units is sub-divided into manageable learning blocks so learners can make rapid progress with the language. Personal learning strategies are provided and regular review sections help monitor progress.

There are 20 programs each of 15 mins:

1. El Español
2. Chicas
3. Mi Buenos Aires Querido
4. El Andaluz
5. Salsa
6. Madrid 24 Horas
7. ienvenidos!
8. Barrio
9. Fiesta
10. El Viaje
11. Actores
12. Rom醤ticos
13. El Gaucho
14. El Bosque
15. Conquistadores
16. Vascos
17. De Moda
18. Manos del Uruguay
19. El Arte
20. m閞ica!

704 x 512, XviD, 25FPS, 1000 kbps, MP3: 128kb/s CBR, 20 programs of c.112Mb.
Includes program transcripts.
Total 2.21Gb.

The DVD from which the *.avi files were created failed a CRC. Luckily ‘BadCopy Pro’ was able to bypass the unreadable sectors, but as a result, the very end of program 20 contains a small amount of distortion… nothing serious.

Details are on the BBC web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/suenos/

Extr@ French 法语

via wikipedia

extr@ is a language education television series scripted in the format of a Friends-esque sitcom which was in production from 2002 to 2004, and is mainly marketed to the instructional television market for middle school and high school language classes. Four versions were made, each in a different language; English, French, German, and Spanish.

The English version has 30 episodes, and the other three languages have 13 episodes each. The Plot of the 13 episodes is nearly the same in all the language variants.

Hector/Sam, with only a very basic grasp of the featured language, comes to stay with his penpal, Bridget/Sacha/Sascha/Lola. Hector’s/Sam’s efforts to get to grips with the language provide the central dynamic for the series’ language learning content. The series is particularly suitable for adolescents and young adults who can relate to the contextual setting and implied meanings in the screenplay.