Fun Notes in Spanish Video Contest!
Hola!
With the Spanish holiday season just around the corner in July and August, we thought it was time to do something fun, Spanish-boosting, and ‘totalmente gratis’!
Here’s the big idea…
Marina and I are opening up a video contest about just what Spanish means to you.
For me it means so much - it changed my life and helped me meet Marina, it means happy plazas, great food and rowdy fiestas, plus it’s a continuously fulfilling learning experience!
How about you? We are all learning Spanish for a reason… to find new freedom, a love of language, an upcoming trip, the chance of a new romance…
We’d like you to make a short video that shows us what Spanish means to YOU!
I’ll tell you about the cool prizes in a minute, but first, here are the easy-to-follow rules:
Step 1: Make a fun 1 to 3 minute video (strict max!) in Spanish that tells us a bit about you and your life, and just what Spanish means to you, including a fun, creative mention of notesinspanish.com
Step 2: Upload the video to youtube.com with one of these 3 title choices (the videos in Spanish, the title in English!):
“Spanish - What it means to me”, or “Learning Spanish - why I love it” or “Why I love to learn Spanish!”
Step 3: Send us the link via the contact form at www.notesinspanish.com/support with the subject line ’spanish video contest’.
Nada mas!
We’re putting a short deadline on this to get all the videos in before everyone goes on holiday, so the absolute deadline is Friday July 3rd (next week!)
OK, now for the prizes!
First Prize: A 100 dollar Amazon.com or .co.uk voucher, plus a signed copy of Ben’s book ‘Errant in Iberia’ all about how he fell in love with Spain… and Marina!
2nd Prize: A 50 dollar Amazon voucher
3rd Prize: A 30 dollar Amazon voucher
But here’s the most important thing you get:
A chance to improve your Spanish fluency! Making a video in Spanish is the best way to improve your fluency and confidence massively.
We’re going to pick 6 finalists to showcase on our blog and ask our thousands of newsletter readers to vote on the winner.
Don’t let that scare you! Be inspired to have fun, to have a go at speaking Spanish on camera. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been learning for, how basic or advanced your Spanish is, we’ll be picking the finalists based on effort, creativity and fun factor - so please, please do join in and have a go!
Make the video as soon as possible while you feel inspired (remembering the 3 step rules above!), we can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Saludos from Madrid,
Ben y Marina
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Many of you will know that while Marina is on maternity leave I’ve been working on some really interesting new audio with her old friend Isabel. Well, it’s ready! I think you’ll really enjoy these recordings, you can read the full story and find out all about the new pack here:
Saludos desde Madrid!