When waiting to eat at La Terazza last weekend, we were seated at the bar area. Like every other bar, they had the sports channel on. However, unlike most bars, the channel of choice was ESPN Deportes. This immediately caught my attention and I began to watch and listen. They were just going over highlights of a few wrestling matches, which I do not keep up with at all. However, apparently there was a little controversy bout one of the fighters, so the discussion was pretty heated. In addition to two news anchors, they called in several other people. Because they did this, I got to hear a few different voices and dialects. I understood most of what they were saying because it was pretty repetitive, but there were also subtitles and statistics to help me out. Having to wait and just happening upon this station made me realize just how accessible Spanish could be in my own home. I could easily turn on the TV or radio as I do chores or homework and just listen to it in the background. This would not only help me with my listening skills and teach me new words, but it would also help me learn to listen while doing other tasks like I do in English.
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