Newsletter: Languages without borders

Languages without borders

This week, we’re exploring how language connects us to identity, culture, and each other. You’ll find activities to boost your vocabulary, practice the present tense and express where you’re from with confidence – all while learning about endangered languages and Spanish as a global language. Whether you’re just starting out or brushing up at a higher level, there’s something here for you.

¡A descubrir y practicar! 😊

Mind the Gap “___” 

El Presente conjugations

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Here’s your chance to brush up on present simple verb conjugations while learning about something that truly matters: endangered languages. In this fill-in-the-gap activity, you’ll use verbs in context to build both your grammar and your cultural knowledge.

A1 Lenguas en peligro de extinción

Spanish Vocab Boost

Nationalities and countries

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Time to level up your Spanish vocab! You get two easy-to-follow lists, one for countries and one for nationalities, to help you talk about where you’re from, where you’ve been, or where you’d love to go.

A1 / A2 Nationalities in Spanish

A1 / A2 Countries in Spanish

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

📝 Help us grow these lists! 🙋

We want to make these vocabulary lists as useful and complete as possible and you can help! If you know of any other countries or nationalities in Spanish that aren’t on the list yet, drop your suggestions in the comments section at the bottom of each list.

We’ll review and add new entries regularly, giving credit where it’s due.

Let’s build this resource together! 💪

Spanish Grammar Tip 

Express where you come from

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Want to feel more confident saying where you’re from in Spanish and understanding where others are from too? These quick, beginner-friendly lessons will help you talk about your nationality and country with ease. Click on Silvia‘s shared notebook to find all these useful lessons!

A0 / A1 Learn to express nationality 

Premium users can add this to their saved notebooks. Find out more about our great Notebooks feature ✏️

Read along with us

 Bilingual text with audio

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In this bilingual activity, you’ll practice some tricky grammar points like adjective placement and subordinate clauses of purpose, all in context. Listen to the audio as you read, compare both versions and build real confidence with more complex Spanish structures.

B2 El español, lengua global

Don’t stop there! Keep going with more reading and fill-in-the-blanks activities.

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 Languages.

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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¡Nos vemos!  👋

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.