El Jazzaldia de San Sebastián

"El Jazzaldia de San Sebastián" has been shared to the blog from the Spanish reading exercises section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your Spanish listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the Spanish listening practice section.


Spanish online reading and listening practice – level B1

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Jazzaldia, aka the San Sebastian Jazz Festival, is Spain’s oldest jazz festival. Every year during the third week of July, the city is alive with the sounds of jazz music as the festival takes over the city’s venues, plazas and even the beach!

This reading and listening exercise can help you practise superlatives, forming la pasiva refleja and past participles as adjectives.

Text by Silvia Píriz and audio by a Spanish voice professional.

Exercise: El Jazzaldia de San Sebastián

Listen to the audio, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your Kwiziq notebook to practise later.

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Shui is Kwiziq's COO and Head of Languages. She is an experienced technical writer, translator and project manager. Shui grew up bilingual English-Spanish in the UK, completing her studies in London, Madrid and Paris where she now lives. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. Her love of languages and technical knowledge make her a perfect fit for Kwiziq.