Most Spanish courses stop at B2 level. Ours take you further.

Intensive courses based on clips from films, TV programmes, documentaries, and radio drama.

Have you been studying Spanish for a while, but when a native speaker talks at full speed, your mind goes blank?
These courses help you change that.

These materials will help you progress beyond intermediate level (B1/B2) towards advanced level (C1). If you're an ambitious Spanish language enthusiast, these courses are for you! For those who are serious about improving their Spanish. Try before you buy.
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Many people consider listening comprehension to be the hardest aspect of learning a language. That's why our courses focus on authentic speech and colloquial language.

Each course consists of engaging videolessons based on clips from popular films, TV programmes, or documentaries, plus short stories in radio drama format. You'll hear authentic Spanish spoken at a native speaker's normal speed, and learn many expressions you can use to sound more natural. Our virtual teachers explain vocabulary, expressions, and grammar points that arise in the lessons. They also explain historical and cultural content, which is just as important as linguistic content when talking with native speakers.

With these courses you will be able to:

Each lesson consists of the following components:

A video in Spanish introducing key vocabulary and information for the lesson

A clip from a film, TV programme, documentary, or a radio drama episode

Another video in which the teacher closes the lesson, summarising and reviewing key points

A full transcript of each video or audio track

A vocabulary sheet with explanations in English

A grammar sheet on grammar points that arose in the videos, in English and Spanish

Interactive online practice and self-assessment activities

How to get the most out of our courses:

Each lesson lasts 3 to 5 hours or more, depending on how many times you watch or listen to the video or audio. We recommend multiple sessions until you can truly distinguish and understand every single word without the transcript or subtitles.

We also recommend that, at the end of the lesson, you choose some sentences from the transcript and read them aloud, chiming in with the audio. This way you can improve your pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and fluency. Record yourself and listen to the audio again, and then to your own recording, comparing your speech with the audio. Repeat this process several times; do it again the next day and a couple of times the following week, and you should hear a clear improvement!

Remember: the key to language learning
is repetition, repetition, and more repetition.

If you'd like more tips on how to improve your own learning, you can download the Guide for Users from our series of ebooks and videos, Real Spanish for Perfectionists.

CINE

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Arrugas

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Based on the award-winning animated film "Arrugas," the moving yet funny story of two elderly men in a care home. You'll learn interesting information about Spain's regions, the history of emigration to Latin America, and recent changes in intergenerational relations. You'll also get familiar with some differences between Peninsular Spanish and the Spanish of Argentina.

CINE

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Ocho apellidos vascos

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Based on clips from a Spanish film about the impossible love between a young Andalusian man and a young woman from the Basque Country. They have very stereotypical ideas about each other; they're so different they might as well be from different planets. The film is very funny and you'll want to watch it in full — we provide links.
TV series

Español con los Alcántara

Un malentendido

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Based on Cuéntame cómo pasó, a very popular Spanish television series. Meet the Alcántaras, a working-class family in Madrid in the 1960s. The Catholic Church still held great power, and contraceptive pills were only available on the black market. But times were changing...
Radio drama
Free lesson

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Dilemas

Six lessons based on two short stories adapted for radio drama. One deals with a conflict between two Barcelona police officers who have to work together during the COVID lockdown. The other centres on the moral dilemma faced by a pharmaceutical industry executive when a colleague reveals something murky going on in the company.

NOTICIAS Y DOCUMENTALES

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Entrevistas y reportajes

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Five individual lessons based on TV news clips. Topics include a scandal from the Franco dictatorship era, a blunder involving artistic heritage, the rural depopulation phenomenon, an innovative strategy some small villages have invented to attract new residents, and the reason for Spain's long working day
NOTICIAS Y DOCUMENTALES
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Tres comunidades bilingües de España

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Lessons based on short documentaries about three of Spain's autonomous , presented in an interesting and visual way, communities: the Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia. You'll learn about their history, their linguistic and cultural heritage, and their relationship with the rest of Spain.

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Cinema, TV & Radio Drama

100€ 70€

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News and documentaries

50€ 37,50€

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