Newsletter: Janucá 🕎

Janucá

This week, everything revolves around the bright celebrations of Hanukkah. We have an interactive menorah activity coming soon and you can already get into a helpful reading and listening exercise about Hanukkah 🕎 to learn key vocabulary for the holiday.

Each activity brings a bit of light, culture and steady progress to your learning routine – they are ready for you to try today.

And don’t forget to open our interactive Spanish Advent calendar too!

Read along with us

 Bilingual text with audio

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If you’re curious about the history of Hanukkah, this bilingual reading and listening exercise is the perfect way to get a quick insight and learn a bit more about it in Spanish.

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Remember we have lots of free reading activities.

Spanish Vocab Boost

Janucá Vocabulary

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Find out how to write and say the main words for Hanukkah with our focus vocabulary list and remember to give it a go in the word game that you find at the bottom of the list.

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El niño juega con el trompo mientras encendemos el candelabro.
The child plays with the spinning top while we light the menorah.

Special Hanukkah challenge starts soon

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To celebrate Hanukkah, we’re launching a simple daily challenge: translate one themed term each night to “light” a new candle.

It’s a meaningful, gentle way to keep practising [site.site_language_2_title] during a week full of family, celebration, and warmth.

 🕎 Light the menorah, one [site.site_language_2_title] word at a time!

Have you translated today’s Advent word?

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If December is running away from you, you’re not alone. Take 2 minutes to translate today’s Advent expression and enjoy a small boost to your [site.site_language_2_title] during the holidays. 🎄✨

It’s an easy habit to keep — and a simple way to stay connected to your learning when everything else is moving so fast.

If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, we’ve added special seasonal alternatives for you too ☀️🎅

Your festive daily learning challenge is waiting!

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 Celebrations around the world.

Here’s a writing challenge for our free users: My name is Danny (level A1)

Not Premium yet? Now’s a great time to upgrade! You’ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.

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¡Hasta pronto y feliz Janucá! 👋

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.