048 – Español Boricua con Speaking Latino | Puerto Rican Spanish with Speaking Latino

ByMadison Rowland-Davis

Tune in this week as Jared and Diana from Speaking Latino joins Jim and May to chat about their Spanish learning resources for Spanish students and teachers alike.

They have published 12 books, each one focusing on a different dialect of Spanish. Jared has lived in 9 different countries, each one obviously with its own set of challenges and vocabulary.

One of their biggest hits is a work called “Speaking Boricua,” which is all about Puerto Rican Spanish. 

In the episode, both parties remark about how Puerto Rican Spanish is full of African influence, how the letter “R” becomes an “L” a lot of the time, and why Spanglish is such a big deal in everyday life.

Jared and Diana give their opinion on code-switching and even give some advice for new Spanish students.

There isn’t always a ton of resources for learning about smaller, lesser-known countries so that Speaking Latino could be a big help for your personal language journey!

And if you are a Spanish teacher, grab free teaching resources and materials from Speaking Latino here. And with the free account, you’ll create, you can head back regularly to get new and updated free resources. Jared and Diana regularly add resources that follow along with your teaching year. For example, Back-to-school resources in August, Christmas resources in December, etc.

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