Upper-Intermediate (C1)
Debates, negotiations and formal discussions, with official and academic Spanish, reported speech, proverbs and dense vocabulary.
- 160 lessons
- About 8 lines each
By the end of Upper-Intermediate you will
- Understand debates, interviews, negotiations and expert explanations, even when they are fast and dense.
- Follow the formal Spanish of offices, the SAT and the news next to casual speech, with its long phrases and reported speech (dijo que no tenía tiempo).
- Catch proverbs and idioms used naturally, and see how an argument is built.
All Upper-Intermediate lessons
- Day 1 The Bike Lane Outside Our Door
- Day 2 The Printing Press Behind the Counter
- Day 3 A Thesis About the Tuesday Tianguis
- Day 4 An Anxiety Book for My Brother
- Day 5 Who Cut Down the Ceiba?
- Day 6 Golden Age Movies at the Pharmacy
- Day 7 Tree Roots Under the Shared Wall
- Day 8 Who Moves in With Dad?
- Day 9 Voluntary Savings in My Afore
- Day 10 Interview Practice in the Back Seat
- Day 11 Arguing Over Pedro Páramo
- Day 12 The Doctor's Verdict on Grandma's Sugar
- Day 13 Inflation in a Kilo of Tortillas
- Day 14 Popo's Alert Level at the Taquería
- Day 15 A New Façade Instead of Rent
- Day 16 First Week Back From Chicago
- Day 17 Backdated Invoices at the Firm
- Day 18 A Typo on My Birth Certificate
- Day 19 Surveying Our Parents' Jobs
- Day 20 Our Kitchen-Table Board Meeting
- Day 21 Only Fruit at the Snack Bar
- Day 22 Zapotec Classes on the Patio
- Day 23 Reporting the Pothole by App
- Day 24 Grandma Edits My Book Review
- Day 25 Mining Legends Versus the Archive
- Day 26 Asleep at the Cineteca
- Day 27 Home for Good After Twenty Years
- Day 28 Why Mom Writes Like a Robot
- Day 29 Avocados and the Old Pesos
- Day 30 Buying a Harvest in Coatepec
- Day 31 A Waiter Joins My Defense Rehearsal
- Day 32 Splitting Up the Food Truck
- Day 33 A Park Along the Old Railroad
- Day 34 Loan Rates by Neighborhood
- Day 35 The Last Printed Edition
- Day 36 Haggling Over a Used Pickup
- Day 37 Four Hours for a Passport
- Day 38 Phones, Attention and a Small Sample
- Day 39 The Sargassum Forecast
- Day 40 Recording Purépecha Stories for School
- Day 41 Two Remote Days or Three
- Day 42 Running for the Neighbors' Committee
- Day 43 A Business Graduate at the Bakery
- Day 44 A Day Center for Grandpa
- Day 45 Lab Results on the ADO Bus
- Day 46 Buying Into a Taquería
- Day 47 Crypto, Tandas or Cetes
- Day 48 A Conference Instead of the Final
- Day 49 WhatsApp Lessons for Gorditas
- Day 50 My Class Visited the City Council
- Day 51 Using Grandma's Address for School
- Day 52 Summer Job at the Kids' Club
- Day 53 The Path Across the Cornfield
- Day 54 Panic Before the Chemistry Exam
- Day 55 Where Chiles en Nogada Were Born
- Day 56 Replacing Grandma's Lost INAPAM Card
- Day 57 An Autograph Line at the FIL
- Day 58 Culture Shock at the Car Plant
- Day 59 Tequila for the Japanese Market
- Day 60 No Phones Allowed in Sixth Grade
- Day 61 No Source on the Record
- Day 62 Reviewing a Horror Movie for Class
- Day 63 A Former Bracero's Advice
- Day 64 Tacos Cost Twelve Pesos Back Then
- Day 65 Heat Waves and the Classroom Thermometer
- Day 66 A Tsotsil Radio Show on Campus
- Day 67 Did Smallpox Defeat Tenochtitlan?
- Day 68 High Eye Pressure at the Optometrist's
- Day 69 Why Mexico City Is Sinking
- Day 70 My First Declaración Anual
- Day 71 Saving Axolotls Outside the Lab
- Day 72 Great-Grandma on the Ofrenda
- Day 73 Two Caregivers in the Waiting Room
- Day 74 Should We Buy a Rental Apartment?
- Day 75 The Cablebús Over My Neighborhood
- Day 76 The Hotel Drops Plastic Bottles
- Day 77 Telling Mom I'm in Therapy
- Day 78 Grasshopper Hill on Line One
- Day 79 My Son Plays the Interviewer
- Day 80 A Fireball Over Coahuila
- Day 81 A Terrace Booking, Unless It Rains
- Day 82 Voting on Our Colonia's Budget
- Day 83 A Novel Without Commas
- Day 84 The Solar Panel Contract's Small Print
- Day 85 A Herniated Disc at Twenty-Nine
- Day 86 An Allowance That No Longer Stretches
- Day 87 Why the Staff Chant Every Morning
- Day 88 The Retired Radio Reporter
- Day 89 After the Festival Q&A in Guadalajara
- Day 90 Hiding Water Damage in the Listing
- Day 91 Debrief After the Chocolate Distributor
- Day 92 Back in Zacatecas After Berlin
- Day 93 Critics Split on a Saltillo Saga
- Day 94 Renting the Empty Lot Next Door
- Day 95 Poached by His Uncle's Rival
- Day 96 A Nephew's Guaranteed Investment
- Day 97 Doing the Sums After Pension Day
- Day 98 Empty Houses Built With Dollars
- Day 99 Monarch Butterflies in a Morelia Taxi
- Day 100 Why Is Our Street Dug Up?
- Day 101 The Tax Certificate HR Needs
- Day 102 Warning Labels on the Cookies
- Day 103 Praise That Makes Him Nervous
- Day 104 Pitching Cooking Classes to Investors
- Day 105 Anemia Behind the Fainting Spell
- Day 106 A Fonda Without an Heir
- Day 107 Gyms That Won't Let You Cancel
- Day 108 First Week at the Water Department
- Day 109 The Question That Stumped Dad
- Day 110 Roma, Seen From Colonia Roma
- Day 111 Interviewing Mom for the School Paper
- Day 112 The Mold Study and the Landlord
- Day 113 A Fashion Brand Copies the Huipil
- Day 114 Should I Call Him Licenciado?
- Day 115 The Hacienda Owner's Great-Granddaughter
- Day 116 Is the Viral Video Real?
- Day 117 An ADHD Diagnosis at Twenty-Six
- Day 118 Splitting Our Parents' Anniversary Trip
- Day 119 Deposit Held Over Faded Paint
- Day 120 Grandma Explains Compound Interest
- Day 121 A Hostess at the 1968 Olympics
- Day 122 Interview for Plant Quality Manager
- Day 123 Will Month at the Notary's
- Day 124 A Thesis on Monterrey's Sprawl
- Day 125 Vanilla Growers Weigh an Export Deal
- Day 126 Binge-Watching at the Nursing Home
- Day 127 A Book Report Due Monday
- Day 128 The Crater Under Chicxulub
- Day 129 Cochineal Red in Teotitlán
- Day 130 Unwritten Rules of the Shoe Factory
- Day 131 Two Reviewers Said No
- Day 132 Our Apartment, Now a Vacation Rental
- Day 133 Wheat, Water and the Yaqui Valley
- Day 134 Grandpa's New Hearing Aids
- Day 135 Lost Girl at the Fenapo
- Day 136 Back From Madrid, Saying Vale
- Day 137 A Raise to Match Prices
- Day 138 Who Will Care for Our Elders?
- Day 139 Cobblestones or Asphalt in Town
- Day 140 Night-Shift Nurse Interview in Xalapa
- Day 141 Stop-Motion Made in Guadalajara
- Day 142 Teaching the Baby Maya
- Day 143 New Glasses for Myopia
- Day 144 A 500-Peso Bill on the Playground
- Day 145 An Agua Fresca Business Plan
- Day 146 Bagging Groceries for Tips at Fifteen
- Day 147 Why Warm Sand Makes Girl Turtles
- Day 148 A Year's Rent in Advance?
- Day 149 A Waiter on the Record
- Day 150 Dad's Memories of the 1985 Earthquake
- Day 151 Dad Feels Useless Since Retiring
- Day 152 Signatures for the Degree Paperwork
- Day 153 Canceling Grandma's Phone-Sale Contract
- Day 154 More Grandparents Than Children
- Day 155 Missing Daylight Saving Time
- Day 156 A Nine-Year-Old's Book Review
- Day 157 The Shrinking Bag of Chips
- Day 158 Why Cars Can't Enter Our Street
- Day 159 A Dining Table Before Christmas Eve
- Day 160 Grandpa and the 2024 Eclipse
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