Authentic Spanish Songs That Are Teen Approved
Listening to music in Spanish is a great way to sneak more Spanish into your day!
While listening to music in Spanish is a passive form of learning, there are so many benefits to it. When you listen you can improve your Spanish listening skills, work on your pronunciation and even improve your Spanish reading skills!
It’s also a great way to keep Spanish language present in your day while you do other things around the house or in the car.
In this post we’ll talk about 3 ways that listening to Spanish music can help you to learn Spanish right now and we’ll share some of our favorite Spanish songs for tween and teens.
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The benefits of listening to Spanish music
Even just listening to the words and paying attention to the rhythm of the language can help to train your brain to be more familiar with Spanish.
You can turn the music on when you’re doing something else, cooking, cleaning, working on a puzzle. Even passively listening to Spanish music in the background will help your brain become more familiar with the sounds of the language!
This is a great way to get Spanish language immersion time in when your children are younger because it doesn’t require any output on their part and yet it’s working on building the foundation for Spanish language in the future.
Listening to Spanish music in the car is another great way to incorporate language learning on the go. When my daughter and I are on a long car trip or even just driving around town, we have playlists full of popular Spanish songs to keep our brains hearing and thinking in Spanish.
Why you should sing along with Spanish music
Actually singing back the lyrics to the Spanish song that you’re listening to will greatly improve your pronunciation and give you some phrases to use that you’ll have memorized.
The first few times that we sing along to a new song in Spanish, I can usually only do the chorus.
It takes several repetitions before I’m able to work through the whole song, and sometimes I need to look up the lyrics online to help me hear all of the words. Even so, singing along will help you to work on your language output!
When you sing along to your favorite Spanish song, you’re speaking at the same rate as a native and fluent speaker. If you try and match your words and tone to that of the singer, you’re more likely to pick up their accent, their way of pronouncing the words and their intonation.
Singing along with a song also helps you to memorize the words. Having a few quick Spanish phrases memorized can be useful for Spanish conversation.
Why you should read the lyrics
Reading along to the lyrics while listening to them can give you an increased benefit as your mind will associate those written vocabulary words with meaning and correct pronunciation.
If you listen to the song in Spanish, while reading along with the lyrics in Spanish, you’re training your brain to read and assimilate new Spanish words.
You get to hear how the words are pronounced and how they are used in the context of the song. All of these factors make it more likely that you’ll remember and understand these words in the future.
The Best Spanish Music For Learning
Now that you know how to practice with music, what are you going to listen to? Here are my recommendations for some of the best Spanish songs!
Nursery Rhymes
If you have young children at home, I recommend that you start with nursery rhymes. They’re repetitive, easy to memorize and engaging for young children. You can find some great nursery rhyme resources here:
3 Charming Nursery Rhymes To Boost Your Baby’s Spanish
And here:
Wonderful Nursery Rhymes That Will Make Your Baby Bilingual
Disney Music
If you’re looking for music for older kiddos but aren’t quite ready for some of the current popular Spanish music, Disney is always a great option.
The translated version of their Disney Classic music is truly wonderful and there are many places to find links to them. You can start here by checking out their Latin American site.
My daughter and I love Disney music and we listen to it on a regular basis when we’re traveling in the car. Here’s my post about some of our favorite translated songs that you should check out!
10 Spanish Songs That Will Excite Your Kids
You can also look for Disney Channel shows that were created in Latin America. Many of them feature their own TV shows, original music and merchandise.
Popular Spanish Music
If you’re looking for more popular Spanish songs that would be of interest to an older pre-teen/teen audience, I recommend reading this article, “Spanish Songs For Teens“, which includes some more up to date popular Spanish music as well as songs that are slightly more mature but still appropriate for school.
Music From“Soy Luna”
“Soy Luna” was a really popular telenovela created by Disney for Disney Channel Latin America. The series follows teenage Luna as she moves with her family and finds new friends at a roller skating rink.
The best part of the show is the original music that Disney created to go along with it. The songs are upbeat and high interest for older kids without the mature content and sexual themes.
Here are some of our favorites:
1. Alas
2. Mano a Mano
3. Valiente
4. Siempre Juntos
5. La Vida es un Sueno
Through constant immersion, I was able to bring native Spanish language to my daughter and my own Spanish took off.
Listening to music in Spanish is just one of the many ways that you can build a Spanish immersion environment in your own home.
Are there any Spanish songs that you enjoy? Have you listened to any of these? Let me know in the comments!
Happy Learning!
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