The Real Spanish Culture Challenge
Supercharge your Spanish listening skills, vocab, and cultural know-how in just 4 weeks
So you can understand fast native speakers, and talk easily in Spanish with friends, or locals you meet on your travels.
Boost your listening, learn more than just vocab!
We use real Spanish conversations on interesting topics to teach you the real Spanish you’ll never learn in a textbook or app.
Now we focus these conversations on some of the most fascinating characters in the history of Spanish culture…
…one of the biggest contemporary music stars on the planet, a poet, a Nobel prize-winning biologist, extraordinary artists, powerful women, and more.
8 fascinating, key figures from past and present that you need to know about.
You’re going to massively increase your Spanish listening comprehension, confidence, and vocabulary, and learn a huge amount about Spanish culture at the same time.
You’ll be able to have confident conversations with Spanish speakers – friends, family, and locals you meet on your travels in Spain and South America.
Your Listening and Cultural Breakthrough Starts Here
Over 4 weeks, you’ll get:
NOTE FROM BEN:
In 2022 I gained full Spanish nationality. But, having lived in the UK until age 26, there were huge cultural knowledge gaps in my overall “Spanish-ness”.
Making this new Real Spanish Culture Challenge course with Marina has helped enormously to plug those gaps.
Now, for example, I can talk about all aspects of the incredibly important Movida Madrileña movement – musical, political, cultural – with total confidence.
Plus poets, authors, artists and pop stars from the Spanish-speaking world. And it’s all incredibly interesting!
From learning about the topics in this course, I feel more Spanish than ever!
We’re super excited that you are about to gain this new cultural know-how – and a huge boost to your Spanish listening abilities and overall fluency.
“I would really recommend The Real Spanish Culture Challenge to anyone wanting to inject some vitality into their Spanish speaking.”
— Maggie
“The Real Spanish Culture Challenge provided exactly the kind of content I like best: substantive topics that teach me new things and push my Spanish to new levels.”
— Linda
Your Guides: Ben & Marina
Hola! We’re Ben and Marina, world leaders in Real-Spanish teaching. We started the world’s first ever Spanish-teaching podcast in 2005 with over 40 million downloads since then.
We specialise in the real Spanish you’ll never find in a textbook or “big-name app” so you feel totally confident, impress the locals and have amazing, real life experiences with your Spanish.
To date over 25,000 learners have taken our courses.
The Problem This 4-Week Challenge Solves
You can read Spanish…
You can study Spanish…
You know grammar, vocab, verb forms…
But when a native speaker talks at normal, fast speed on the cultural topics you love to discuss in your own language…
> Your brain just… crashes.
You miss words.
You can’t keep up.
You get embarrassed.
You smile and nod.
You retreat into English.
…you’d love to talk about these culturally interesting topics, but you just get totally lost.
Traditional learning prepares you for textbook Spanish listening drills on boring topics – not real Spanish chats on diverse topics delivered at speed….
This Challenge Fixes That
In the Real Spanish Culture Challenge, we’re training your brain to process real Spanish conversation in real time.
The Secret: Sustained, Real-World Listening
(…on really interesting topics!)
Your comprehension rises dramatically when your brain receives:
And with our structured session-by-session progression…
…you’ll go from:
“How much did I understand? Maybe 10%?”
to…
“I got the whole thing! This is incredible!”
What You’ll Achieve in 4 Weeks
By the end of this challenge, you will:
Who This Challenge Is For
This challenge is perfect for:
Who this is not for:
x Beginners
x Grammar-obsessed learners
x People who want gamified app-Spanish
Real student feedback on this course
“I love them—they’re the most interesting of all your videos, and I’ve learned so much about Spain that I didn’t know before.”
— Helen
“It has expanded my vocabulary on subjects I would not have done normally, giving another dimension to my Spanish. I would recommend it – Very good course.”
— David M.
“I have really enjoyed this interesting course. As usual the topics were relevant, interesting and challenging. I have learned a lot about Spanish culture and at the same time I have needed to ’up my game’ with my listening skills.”
— Sely
“For me this course was a double win! Not only listening to your conversations but learning a great deal about Spanish culture too. Just a great level of language immersion.”
— Caroline
“The 8 videos increased my confidence – I understood much more than I expected, and it was a turning point after a long time at the intermediate level.”
— Reuel
“I thought the level of information was wonderful and I so enjoyed the cultural immersion. It made me want to learn even more about these artists, to look, listen and read their output.”
— Juliet
“I found the course very interesting, with its different topics about Spanish people and stories about their lives I can recommend it to everyone,”
— Wayne
“Thank you for giving me a wonderful, contemporary way to bring some life to my Spanish.”
— Maggie
Bring your Spanish to life!
The Real Spanish Culture Challenge
What You Get (All Included)
8 Videos Modules
New video modules will be added on Mondays and Thursdays, each with a real, fascinating, and 100% Natural-Speed conversation between Ben and Marina
You’re in control!
All videos have subtitles and speed-controls so you can get all the help you need as your listening skills improve over the 4 weeks.
Key Vocab Lists
We pull out the words and phrases we know you have to know from each video. Pure, real Spanish Gold!
Key Exercises to Boost Comprehension (and vocab!):
You watch the videos, and do the short, key exercises that will really help you understand everything, and remember the key vocab and phrases.
Extra Background Viewing and Listening
We’ll massively expand your Spanish listening and cultural horizons with key extra (and enjoyable!) listening recommendations (YouTube videos, TED Talks etc)
BONUS – Q and A Zoom Call
One group live session during the 4 weeks, where you’ll get extra, live listening practice, language coaching and the chance to ask us whatever you like about Spanish learning.
Dates:
The challenge starts when Module one drops on Sunday September 13th
If you need to start a bit later, no pasa nada, that’s fine, but you must register before doors close this Wednesday Sept. 16th!
How It Works
01
Join the challenge now to secure your spot
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Get immediate access to the learning hub
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Start the first lesson from Sunday September 13th
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Begin listening and learning
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Your brain begins adapting
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Your listening skills and cultural know-how start exploding!
…You will be shocked at how quickly your ear adjusts to fast-spoken Spanish, and how much you enjoy learning about these fascinating cultural characters and events.
Sign up for Real Spanish Culture Challenge now and start your journey to understanding and speaking Spanish with ease and confidence!
100% 14-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If during the first 14 days you don’t feel the challenge has helped improve your Spanish, just let us know and we’ll refund you completely
No questions asked
Frequently Asked Questions
What level is this challenge for?
Intermediate and Advanced students who want to take their Spanish to a higher level now. If you are a beginner, you need to be working on the Beginners course in our store so you can get up to this level fast.
I don’t have much time, will this require hours every week?
Not at all. The challenge is structured with short, focused lessons released over the four weeks, designed to be easy to digest and enjoy.
How long will the videos and exercises be available to me after I join the course?
At least two years, so you have all the time in the world if you prefer to start a few weeks from now.
When will you be doing this Challenge again?
We have no date fixed for the next edition of this challenge, it’ll probably be 6 to 9 months away, so don’t miss out now! Don’t wait that long to easily improve such an important part of your Spanish at this level.
Do I have to start right now and follow the exact 4-week schedule?
Not at all, if you need to, you can do each module whenever it suits you. Ideally you’ll be able to follow the 4 Week schedule fairly closely, to see maximum progress, but if you need longer that’s fine. But make sure you join the Challenge now while this enrolment is open, we don’t know when we’ll be offering it again.
I’m surrounded by Latin/South American Spanish. Will this still help?
Absolutely. The Spanish we use and teach works all over the world!
Make massive progress with your Spanish:
“I feel much more competent when speaking Spanish now.” — Ted P,
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