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Novice MidLa cena familiar.
Sunday dinner is in three days. Abuela Maritza texts you to plan it. The whole exchange runs on gustar: what you like, what your boyfriend likes, what everyone likes. You read the thread, decide when she should write gusta and when gustan, and reply with one sentence of your own about what your family likes to eat.
Novice HighCoco, el momento del puente.
A scene from Pixar's Coco described in Spanish: Miguel crosses the marigold bridge into the Land of the Dead for the first time. You interpret the narration, notice how preterite and imperfect take turns, and reflect on a family member of your own.
Intermediate LowLa canción del momento.
A viral song lyric splits the internet. Camilo Marín's «Saudade en Brooklyn» includes one line that fans cannot agree on: «Yo sé bailar en dos idiomas pero te extraño en uno solo.» The IG comment thread is full of takes. You read the thread, decide which reading is best supported, and write your own one-line interpretation.
AdvancedEl podcast sobre el agua.
A 90-second clip from the podcast «Cuencas» where journalist Daniela Mamani frames a story about a community water dispute in the Cochabamba valley. The Spanish is fast, Andean, journalistic. You interpret her thesis, notice how she builds the argument, and write a 200-word response that engages her claims rather than summarizing them.
Intermediate MidLa Paz vista desde el cielo más alto del mundo.
An adapted encyclopedic passage on La Paz, Bolivia anchors a 16-minute geography scenario. You watch a Real Stories en Español documentary segment, study a Library of Congress photograph of the city with Illimani in the background, and read about why La Paz is the highest seat of government in the world. The grammar focus is the descriptive imperfect for setting (era, estaba, había, se veía) and superlatives and comparatives (la ciudad más alta del mundo, el sistema más extenso). Same three-channel feedback architecture as the rest of the library, scaled to B1-B2.
Intermediate MidEl volcán que tardó ochenta y cinco días en callarse.
An adapted news article on the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption anchors an 18-minute media-literacy scenario. You watch the RTVE Noticias first-week summary, study a Mike Peel CC photograph of the eruption at night, and read how Spanish journalism attributes statements to authority sources. The grammar focus is reported speech (estilo indirecto) with tense backshift in past: the core operation of news writing. Same three-channel feedback architecture as the rest of the library; B1-B2.
Intermediate MidEl éxodo venezolano, en los caminos hacia Cúcuta.
An adapted journalistic passage on the Venezuelan diaspora anchors an 18-minute migration scenario. You watch a Euronews español segment on the Cúcuta border crossing, study a public-domain Venezuelan-NGO photo of the San Antonio-Cúcuta frontier in May 2018, and read how more than eight million Venezuelans have built new lives across Colombia, Perú, the United States, Brazil, and Chile. The grammar focus is preterite vs. imperfect in narrative: the simultaneous contrast where completed actions (cruzó, llegó, decidió) coexist with background and parallel imperfects (caminaba, hacía frío, llevaban días). Same three-channel feedback architecture as the rest of the library, scaled to B1-B2.