Summary: Today's podcast is an introduction to a series of podcasts I plan to do with Martin Ventola, a Spanish teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martin has studied English phonetics, so that background, combined with his experience teaching Spanish to extranjeros in Buenos Aires, makes him the ideal guide for those of us who want to improve our Spanish pronunciation. In this introductory episode, Martin talks about some of the differences between English and Spanish pronunciation, introduces us to the "base of articulación" and tells us the reason why we could all learn something by watching the performance of U.S. actor Jack Black in the movie Nacho Libre. Yeah, no kidding! :) Martin and I are going to keep these podcasts short but packed with practical information. Whenever possible, Martin will include some simple exercises we can do on our own to get rid of or at least minimize our gringo accents. Please leave your comments and suggestions and tell us what you think. Also, be sure to check out Martin's blog (spanishpronunciation101.com) for more information on this topic.
