Newsletter: Crosses and calaveras

Crosses and calaveras 

This week, because it’s spooky week, I’m bringing you two very different traditions that share the same dates: Día de Muertos in Mexico 💀 and Día de Todos los Santos in Spain 🕯️.

Discover the cultural meaning behind each one and learn how to talk about them in real Spanish. You’ll also get a fun vocab boost, a spooky future tense activity and real voices from Silvia and Daniela to guide you through it all.

Real Spanish, Real voices 🎧

Día de Todos los Santos vs Día de Muertos

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What’s the difference between Día de Muertos and Día de Todos los Santos? In this mini-podcast, Silvia and Daniela chat about these two meaningful traditions. It’s a relaxed, insightful conversation where they share personal memories, cultural facts and the unique way each day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking world. 

Día de Muertos vs Día de Todos los Santos – mini-podcast 🎧

Want to hear more mini-podcasts?

Click the link below to explore other topics, and feel free to share your suggestions for future episodes. We’d love to hear from you! 

Kwiziq mini-podcasts

Spotlight & Updates

Smarter, Clearer Writing Challenge Feedback ✍️💡

New marking on Writing challenges

We’ve improved how feedback works in our Writing Challenges to make it smarter, clearer, and easier to learn from. ✨

Your answers are now compared to the teacher example that’s closest to what you wrote, and the new cleaner layout makes it effortless to see where you can improve — so you can understand your mistakes faster and feel your progress more easily.

These updates are rolling out gradually — many learners already have them, and everyone will soon!

💬 We’d love your thoughts — take a look at the new feedback layout and tell us what you think!

 

Mind the Gap “___”

El Futuro Simple

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In this fun gap-fill activity, you’ll follow a mom’s plan to create the perfect costume for her son’s neighborhood Halloween party, and you’ll practice the simple future tense as you go!

B1 El disfraz de Halloween 

Spanish Vocab Boost

Día de Todos los Santos 

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Here’s a list of key Spanish words and expressions to talk about Día de Todos los Santos on November 1. Whether you’re in class or chatting with friends, this essential vocab will help you sound confident and culturally in the know.

A2 El Día de Todos los Santos Vocabulary

Don’t forget to scroll to the end of the list to play the word game to make the most of it!

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

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Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers , with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Ghosts & Witches.

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Author info

Inma Sánchez

After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.