It is a half hour news and human interest show aimed at the hard of hearing, all the dialogue is at normal [...]]]> This is one of my “must watch” weekly programmes. I used to watch it on television but now that TVE has gone from Sky I watch it on my PC.

It is a half hour news and human interest show aimed at the hard of hearing, all the dialogue is at normal speed, texted simultaneously and presented with signing. I find the combination of speech and text very helpful, after a year of learning Spanish I find I can understand three times as much written as spoken and this is a great way to break into what my OU course calls “the wall of sound”.

Being online and recorded means you can use the pause and rewind buttons while you look up unfamiliar words and write down useful phrases. I’ve included a couple of screen shots to show what I mean.

Sreen Shots of En Lengua de Signos