Seasonal Lessons, Course Samples, “Trocitos de Real Spanish”... Your Journey to Advanced-Level Spanish Starts Here!
Have you studied Spanish and already built a decent vocabulary, but still feel blocked when having a real conversation with native Spanish speakers?
Do you feel stuck between the B2 and C1 levels and want to take the next step forward?
Real Spanish can help. Just try these free resources to see if you'd like to dive into a full course. Come on—you've got nothing to lose.
Learn Spanish through holidays and the seasons of the year. We offer themed lessons on Christmas, Carnival, May Day, and other cultural topics, all ready to download.
Each lesson includes PDF materials: one for learners with the transcript, grammar explanations, and links to online activities, plus two teacher resources with ideas for using the lesson in class.
Designed for learners aiming to move beyond the intermediate level and make the leap toward C1 proficiency.
Click any of the buttons below to sign up and go straight to the lesson. Enjoy!
What do grapes have to do with New Year’s Eve? And what happens on Three Kings’ Day six days later? You'll learn the expression “pasarlo pipa” (“to have a great time”) and many more. In the grammar notes, we explore the different meanings and uses of the verb pasar.
Enjoy all the fun of Carnival while learning expressions like “¡Es una pasada!” (“It’s amazing!”) and many more. In the grammar notes, we explain several uses of the subjunctive, which is often a major challenge for Spanish learners.
Book Day is celebrated in grand style in Barcelona. Are you a bookworm? In this video, we share practical tips to help you improve your Spanish through extensive reading. Not sure what that is? Then this video is for you. You'll also learn plenty of vocabulary and expressions related to books, stories, and reading.
Holy Week is one of the most important celebrations in the Catholic calendar across the Spanish-speaking world. You'll learn vocabulary and expressions for talking about this event, and in the grammar notes, we explain how certain adjectives change meaning depending on whether they are used with ser or estar.
Labour Day is celebrated on May 1st across Europe. Do you know what the expression “partirse el lomo” means? Take a look at the image—you'll probably guess it. Learn this and many other expressions for talking about work and about people who “don't lift a finger.” We also focus on temporal connectors used to express sequence, duration, frequency, and more.
To celebrate Saint John’s Eve, many people across the Spanish-speaking world build large bonfires to welcome the summer solstice. You'll learn about the traditions and origins of this magical night, as well as vocabulary and expressions related to fire, such as “poner la mano en el fuego” (“to vouch for someone” or “to trust someone completely”).
This video lesson is the second in our series on Saint John’s Eve. You'll learn some popular sayings associated with the celebration. As for grammar, do you know what lo is in phrases such as “lo pasamos en grande” (“we had a great time”) or “lo sé” (“I know it”)? Is it masculine? Is it a pronoun? It may not be what you think... we'll explain it all.
Do you know how Christmas is celebrated in Spain and Latin America? Learn the expression “ponerse las botas” (“to eat a lot” or “to indulge oneself”) and other words and expressions that will help you talk about Christmas with native speakers. Explore Christmas traditions across the Spanish-speaking world—because understanding the culture is an essential part of mastering the language. In the grammar section, we explain some important uses of the versatile verbs poner and ponerse.
The title says it all: if you're a perfectionist, you truly want to master Spanish. This series of ebooks and videos will help you leave the intermediate level behind for good.
Click on the image to get a free sample lesson, along with the User Guide that will help you become a better language learner. This series might fit you like a glove. Try the sample lesson and see for yourself—go for it!
Do you struggle to understand films and TV programmes because people speak so quickly and use expressions you don't know? We help you understand scenes from films, TV programmes, and radio dramas in which actors and narrators speak “a toda máquina”—in other words, at the natural pace of a native speaker.
With these intensive yet enjoyable courses, you can improve your listening comprehension, expand your vocabulary, learn countless useful expressions, and even refine your pronunciation. Go on—challenge yourself!
"Un trocito" is a lttle bit of something, usually food. Our Trocitos are short videos on a variety of interesting topics, as shown in the images below.
El vídeo arriba explica algunos usos de «fin» y «final», que muchas veces se confunden. Abajo está la transcripción. ¡Hola, y bienvenido o bienvenida a Real Spanish! ¿Todavía no sabes cuándo debes usar «fin» o «final»? ¿Decimos el «fin» o el «final» de la película? Lo primero que
¡Ojalá me toque El Gordo! La lotería de Navidad en España Como cada año por estas fechas, los españoles esperan impacientes el día 22 de diciembre, que es el Sorteo Extraordinario de la Lotería de Navidad. Este premio lo concede la organización de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, es un
Si quieres, puedes personalizar los subtítulos y la velocidad en los clips de TV y cine que utilizamos en algunos de nuestros cursos y subimos a YouTube. En este vídeo, José explica cómo aprovechar estas herramientas. Netflix ofrece herramientas parecidas. Si solo quieres escuchar el audio, se encuentra aquí.
¿Sigues teniendo problemas con «más de» y «más que»? José te ayuda con este vídeo (transcripción abajo). ¡Hola, bienvenido o bienvenida a Real Spanish! ¿Todavía no estás seguro cuándo tienes que usar «más que» o «más de»? Y ¿qué tal «menos que» o «menos de»? Es normal, suenan parecidos pero
Abajo encontrarás la transcripción del vídeo arriba. Es un avance de nuestra mini-lección sobre expresiones coloquiales con la palabra «huevo». Algunas expresiones con «huevo» son bastante vulgares, así que ¡ten cuidado! Si solo quieres escuchar el audio, se encuentra en Soundcloud. Hola. Hoy te explico algunos usos coloquiales de la
El vídeo arriba explica algunos usos del verbo «acabar», cuyo significado cambia según la preposición que lo sigue. Abajo está la transcripción. ¡Hola, bienvenido o bienvenida a Real Spanish! Hoy te traemos algunos usos del verbo «acabar». Seguro que ya sabes que este verbo significa terminar o poner fin a
“I really enjoyed the seasonal video lesson on Book Day and learned many new expressions. I had fun improving my Spanish while learning about the culture.”
Alison
Elizabeth Coelho is a language and pedagogy teacher, but she is also a passionate student of Spanish, so she knows exactly how students feel when they're looking for a way out of the intermediate plateau. Real Spanish is her creation, but as she is not a native Spanish speaker, she works with Gema Sánchez Benítez, a native Spanish teacher with many years of experience. Together they write the scripts for the videos and the other teaching materials. To find out more and meet the Real Spanish team, visit the About Real Spanish page.
