Simple Stories in Spanish

This is a great idea, but the accent isn’t just too American for me. Couldn’t get through an episode. :(

I’ve developed a good ear for native Spanish speakers and sadly if you have that ear too you will not be able to listen to this. The gringa accent is distracting from everything which I was so disappointed to hear since the topics seemed very interesting! Don’t start your Spanish journey learning from someone who is clearly not a native speaker.

Really happy to have this learning aid. I see others have written about her accent but I personally think it’s still a very good source of learning. In fact I can clearly understand her pronunciation maybe even better than a native speaker so I’m learning more vocabulary. Either way, her show is great and just at the right level for this beginner!

I love this podcast, it’s easy to learn new vocabulary and grammar as a novice Spanish speaker. I don’t have any issues with her accent - she’s not a native speaker of course but actually it makes it easier for me to understand. I think listening to both native speakers and non native speakers can be helpful for language acquisition. And anyway, we should never shame anyone for their accent or mistakes when they’re trying something hard, like speaking another language :)

Unfortunate that there is not a native speaker of Spanish on this podcast. The accent is counter productive when there are so many excellent podcasts for new Spanish learners by native speakers with authentic native accents for beginners and intermediates. I can’t continue listening.