📚 Read & listen
Read and listen in Spanish
18 short texts from A1 to B1. Listen to each text sentence by sentence, point at an underlined word to see its meaning, then check your understanding with 6 questions.
🌱 A1 · Beginner 6 texts
A1 · Description
Mi familiaMy familyLucía, a girl from Seville, talks about her family and her pets.
A1 · Description
Un día en el institutoA day at schoolPablo, a boy from Madrid, describes a normal school day.
A1 · Dialogue
En el mercadoAt the marketElena does her Saturday shopping at the Central Market in Valencia.
A1 · Postcard
Una postal desde BarcelonaA postcard from BarcelonaMarcos is on holiday in Barcelona and writes a postcard to his grandmother.
A1 · Message
Un mensaje para AnaA message for AnaLaura sends her friend Ana a message about her birthday party in Madrid.
A1 · Description
Mi pisoMy flatIker describes his flat in Bilbao and his flatmate.
🚀 A2 · Elementary 6 texts
A2 · Email
Un correo desde SalamancaAn email from SalamancaSofía has moved to Salamanca to study and writes to her friend Marta in Málaga.
A2 · Diary
Diario de un viaje a GaliciaA holiday diary from GaliciaA traveller writes a diary during a summer trip to Galicia, in the north-west of Spain.
A2 · Recipe story
La tortilla de mi abuelaMy grandmother's tortillaA young man remembers how his grandmother taught him to make a Spanish potato omelette.
A2 · News
Un perro recorre 50 kilómetros para volver a casaA dog walks 50 kilometres to get homeA short news story about a lost dog in the Pyrenees who found his way home.
A2 · Advert + Letter
Se busca camareroWaiter wantedA beach bar in Málaga is looking for summer staff, and a student answers the advert.
A2 · Guide
Un día en Ciudad de MéxicoA day in Mexico CityA short travel guide to Mexico City, with a few tips about Mexican Spanish.
🎓 B1 · Intermediate 6 texts
B1 · Story
El paraguas olvidadoThe forgotten umbrellaOn the way to an important job interview in Madrid, Clara finds an umbrella on the train.
B1 · Opinion
¿Móviles en el instituto? No, graciasPhones at school? No, thanksA secondary school teacher explains why she supports banning mobile phones in schools.
B1 · Interview
Entrevista con una panadera de ToledoInterview with a baker from ToledoRosa runs a family bakery in Toledo and talks about her work, marzipan and the future of small shops.
B1 · News
Un pueblo de Soria vuelve a abrir su escuelaA village in Soria reopens its schoolA news report about a tiny village in rural Spain that has attracted new families.
B1 · Article
Las Fallas de ValenciaThe Fallas festival in ValenciaAn article about the Fallas, Valencia's spectacular spring festival of fire.
B1 · Letter
Carta de reclamaciónA letter of complaintJavier writes a formal complaint to an online shop about a sofa that arrived late and damaged.