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Preterite or imperfect? To roll or not to roll the 'r'? OU Spanish lecturer and tutor Dr Lluïsa Astruc (pictured) has prepared a series of short but informative YouTube videos to answer these and other common student queries. 

"The videos are mini-lectures that aim at explaining complex concepts in an accessible way," she says. 

Dr Lluisa Astruc
"I prepared and recorded each mini-lecture to address my students' needs – then I thought that I could (and should) share them with the wider community."

Topics so far are the preterite and imperfect tenses, the 'r' and the pronunciation of 'b' and 'v', and Lluïsa Astruc plans to update with a video on a new topic roughly once a month. 

Watch Lluïsa Astruc's YouTube channel 

Lluïsa Astruc has tutored on a number of OU Spanish courses, and contributed material to the courses L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish and L194 Portales:beginners' Spanish

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TweetPreterite or imperfect? To roll or not to roll the 'r'? OU Spanish lecturer and tutor Dr Lluïsa Astruc (pictured) has prepared a series of short but informative YouTube videos to answer these and other common student queries.  "The videos are mini-lectures that aim at explaining complex concepts in an accessible way," she says.  "I ...

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