How would you like to easily learn so much real Spanish you can understand everyone, even the “fast-talkers”, and chat fluently and confidently about pretty much anything?
What if there was a way of learning Spanish that could give you the complete confidence to understand spoken Spanish when it is delivered at speed?
And to chat confidently in real-life Spanish-speaking situations on a huge variety of topics?
So you understand everything that’s going on around you, and can talk fluently about practically anything, to anyone.
So you never sound like a text-book, and you’ll never be mistaken for a confused tourist.
So you walk into a bar, restaurant, shop, or meet a group of Spanish-speaking friends, and fully take part, with a big smile on your face and that amazing feeling of complete Spanish confidence.
So you have Real-life Spanish-speaking experiences you’ll never forget.
That’s exactly what we’ve got for you here in our Flagship “Notes in Spanish Platinum Self-Study” course 🙂
Prepared by World-Leaders in Real Spanish Learning
Why are Ben and Marina the most qualified people on the internet to teach this course and move you rapidly towards your full-fluency dreams?
We’ve been teaching Spanish to thousands, more like hundreds of thousands or learners for years – with over 40 MILLION podcast downloads! – and correspond daily with learners sorting out their real-life learning needs.
We “Invented” The Format!
World leaders in Real-Spanish teaching, we started the first ever Spanish-teaching podcast in 2005 – pretty much when podcasts were invented!
We apparently also accidentally ‘invented’ the “language-teaching-couple” format that is so popular now!
As one Spanish-learning Internet-Pro put it to Ben, “You and Marina are industry leaders, you’ve helped pioneer the online language learning model via podcasts and supporting materials.”
“Ben and Marina are skilled and talented language teachers and their personal charm makes learning a joy!” – Tom
Here’s what we’ve got for you…
An Exclusive, Real-Spanish Video Course On An Exciting Range of Real World Topics!
The 14 Core “Real Spanish Conversation and Analysis” Video Modules…
Each video module starts with our trademark real Spanish conversation on a fascinating real-world topic: Art, movies (we discuss a couple of modern Spanish classics you have to watch!), sport, food, Spanish culture, adventure, music, literature, bilingualism, vitality, the creative life, and more!
This is followed by an in-depth analysis in English of the very best Spanish from the conversation. We tell you exactly which words and phrases you need for full understanding and speaking confidence.
> So you can chat fluently and happily in Spanish on this huge range of topics in real life!
Every module also includes, video speed controls, captions/subtitles for the Spanish, a full Spanish transcript, downloadable mp3 audio version, discussion questions, exercises, and ‘go deeper’ background materials.
“The Spanish subtitles are very helpful! As a more visual learner I enjoy your videos very much! Thanks Ben & Marina for inspiring me and all the other students!” – Toby
Go Deeper With Fascinating Background Material
After the main video for every module, we’ve included a special “Profundizar – Go deeper on this topic” section, where we share very carefully selected background reading, listening and viewing material, such as TED Talks, YouTube documentaries, articles etc.
This adds a whole new level to the depth of your Spanish on the topics in this course, increasing all-round fluency and understanding.
Plus, we’ve made sure these special extra resources are incredibly interesting, so it’s a lot of fun to “go deeper” like this as well!
Why ‘Self-Study’ this time? Your Timetable, Your Freedom.
When we originally released Notes in Spanish Platinum, the course included a community element, a fixed two-units-per-week study timetable, and Zoom Calls. Many students contacted us to say “Can I just take the course on my own time?” and “I don’t have time for more Zoom calls right now, can I still do the course?”
We know our Notes in Spanish students are the best Autodidacts/independent students on the planet – you love studying at your own pace, on your own timetable. That’s what freedom is all about.
So we’ve released this special Platinum Self-Study version. No timetables or time-limits, no Zoom calls – just watch the videos and go through the exercises and background materials at your own pace.
This is real Spanish-learning freedom and flexibility – and at a very special Self-Study price!
What all this is going to do for your Spanish:
An Important Story from Ben:
The day I got to Spain, over 20 years ago, way before I met Marina, I spent my first night in a local Madrid bar with the ‘food vocab’ page ripped out from my Rough Guide. I thought just having the page, not the whole guidebook on the table, would make me look less like a lost tourist – but it was hopeless!
I was clearly lost in every respect! The Rough Guide food list didn’t even help with the menu! I could barely order a ‘Sandwich Mixto’ – (grilled ham and cheese). My confidence was at zero, and I was tempted to run back to the UK the next day.
But something about that bar, those street… Madrid was working some kind of magic on me. I knew I had to stay and make this work, and I was determined to sort my Spanish out.
9 months later I was fluently chatting to Marina (now we’d met as intercambios!) on everything you can imagine – our families, interests, movies, music, daily life, plans, dreams…
Do you know what most helped me to make this massive ‘lost tourist’ to super-chatting-confidence transformation by the time I met Marina?
>> Listening to real Spanish conversations as much as I possibly could as they surrounded me in Madrid.
And that’s EXACTLY what we do for you in Notes in Spanish Platinum.
We surround you with wonderful real Spanish conversations on fascinating topics so you get all the Spanish you need to chat fluently about anything.
So you experience the same transformation, where you start chatting happily to anyone about everything you can imagine – your family, interests, movies, music, daily life, plans and dreams…
“I’m able to take part in the daily chat with our Spanish neighbours…”
“We bought a house in the mountains in a beautiful rural part of Andalucía in 2007 and moved here in 2020. Here, I’m able to take part in the daily chat with our Spanish neighbours about this and that and have a laugh about various topics or experiences. This is part of the daily life. A lot of this basic grounding in conversation came from the huge variety of topics covered by Notes in Spanish… My life would not have been enriched without the help of Ben and Marina. I am very grateful to them both.” – Paul
The Dance! Where this all leads you!
A few weeks ago Ben and Marina were in a tiny village in the Pyrenees. It was the off-season and the villagers were making the most of the quiet time to hold a special spring festival. Villagers of all ages walked up a mountain together in the morning, then gathered in the village square for a lunch of ‘Migas‘ (fried breadcrumbs and chorizo, with a fried egg on top).
One of the locals invited us along, and at lunchtime we chatted to the villagers as they shared the food with us. Ben laughed with a lovely retired guy from Tarragona who said that as his wife wasn’t there, he’d try to dance later with the village ‘señoras’. We chatted to the mayor for a bit!
A spring shower started just as everyone was heading to the town hall and a friendly local lady dived under Ben’s umbrella to be escorted to the old stone building. “¡Gracias, encantada de conocerte!” – “thanks, delighted to meet you”, she said.
And everyone danced, laughed, smiled, chatted to us, and had an incredibly Spanish-good time!
Even Marina was amazed by the experience, about the friendliness of the villagers, and how well they accepted us. Imagine how Ben still feels on these occasions – the guy from Oxford, chatting away to lovely people in a tiny mountain village who tell him his Spanish is great!
That is where we see you. That’s where you’ll be. Having these amazing, life-enhancing, never-to-be-forgotten, real life experiences. It all starts when you learn real Spanish from real Spanish conversations with us.
“But understanding and speaking Spanish can be really hard!”
Don’t worry! You’re not alone: Do you recognise these Top Two Problems? (And their Solutions!)
Problem #1: Understanding Fast Spanish
“I find it hard listening to fast Spanish and distinguishing the words…” ….. “It’s a real challenge understanding native speakers when they speak quickly.”
SOLUTION ! You Start Understanding Everything, even at speed!
When you start surrounding yourself with the Real, interesting and varied Spanish conversations inside Notes in Spanish Platinum, your Spanish takes on Real Spanish Depth – you begin to create a huge well of wonderful real Spanish inside you.
And that Real Spanish Depth gives you new abilities – Spanish super-powers! – and, crucially, Real Spanish Understanding abilities.
… So you start being able to understand native speakers without having to think too hard!
…So you feel confident listening to fast native speakers in a range of day to day situations and on a huge range of topics!
Problem #2: Speaking Spanish in Real Life Situations
Do these sound familiar?
“When I’m listening to and trying to understand the normal flow of Spanish, I have real trouble being quick enough to join in and be understood,”
“I am still at the stage where I am thinking in English and then trying to translate into Spanish, and I don’t have time to speak!”
SOLUTION! You’re able to hold a conversation on almost anything without having to think what to say!
When you fill your inner-Spanish-well with the wonderful Spanish on the huge range of topics in Notes in Spanish Platinum, when you acquire that Real Spanish Depth, something magic happens!
Whatever the topic, the language material you need is stored inside, and begins to flow out on its own with no effort at all!
…So you can chat confidently and fluently with a Spanish speaking person about anything you like!
… You’ll be able to converse freely during trips to Spain, and Latin or South America.
…You’ll be speaking fluently with groups of Spanish friends and family in bars and restaurants, as if they were speaking your native language.
…You’ll be able to hold a conversation without having to think what you say.
…You’ll get so fluent that a Spanish speaker will turn to you and say “¡Madre mía! !Qué bien hablas!” – My goodness, you speak really well! (And that’s the best feeling in the world!)
These are life experiences you never forget!
What our Platinum students say…
“I cannot recommend it highly enough”
“This course was the missing link for me in actually moving my Spanish forward. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
Kate
“One of the best things for my language learning that I have done”
“I really feel like a plateau that I was on for a long time has suddenly shifted. It’s one of the best things for my language learning that I have done. It’s definitely caused a shift in listening and understanding. So I’d say to anyone who’s thinking about it, go for it… I recommend it wholeheartedly.”
Anna
“I’ve learned words and phrases that I now hear around me all the time”
“I live in Spain, so learning more real Spanish has been really great. I’ve learned words and phrases that I now hear around me all the time and that I can use when I talk with my friends and neighbours.”
Erin
“So much help available and such interesting topics”
“It’s helped immensely. What a journey so far. There is so much information, so much help available and such interesting topics. It really, really is worthwhile.”
Chris
“…if you try it, you will like it.“
“If you’re familiar with the Notes in Spanish podcasts, the worksheets, the videos that they put up on YouTube, then you know how good they are. Notes in Spanish Platinum is even better. All of the videos are extremely high quality. I think if you try it, you will like it.”
Joe
“Helped me learn a lot of really great colloquial Spanish”
“The course has helped me learn a lot of really great colloquial Spanish. It’s a really great way to improve your confidence.”
Miriam
“I highly recommend it to anybody who is wanting to become more fluent in Spanish”
“I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I highly recommend it to anybody who is wanting to become more fluent in Spanish. I would encourage anybody who wants to improve their Spanish fluency to try The Platinum Course.”
Linda
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“It Sounds Amazing But… I’m so busy right now, I don’t know if I have time to do this?”
You don’t have time NOT to do this course – why spend years slogging through pages of a textbook or drip-fed big-name-app exercises, when you can dive into the richness of real Spanish conversations, with all the very best bits, that you really need to know, pointed out lovingly to you afterwards?
Remember, the key to Ben’s very rapid path to fluency when he moved to Spain was getting in contact with as much real Spanish conversation as possible.
It saved Ben years, and it’s exactly what we offer in this course.
“But… are you sure this course is right for MY level?”
OK, we’ll start with Intermediate and Advanced, then address Beginners:
If You’re INTERMEDIATE….
This is an amazing opportunity for you. It’s the possibility to jump to an Advanced level with your Spanish much, much faster than you thought possible.
Intermediate learners typically get stuck on a language-learning plateau for a long time, and we want to get you straight off that plateau and up to Advanced as fast and efficiently as possible.
You do that by diving in to challenging, real Spanish conversations like these. This is going to feel like a wonderful challenge – just what you need to progress fast!
There’s a full guide for your level waiting inside the course. By the time you get to the third or fourth video, you will start understanding a lot of what we say at full speed! By the end of the course, your Spanish will be transformed.
Soon you’re going to be having a whole new advanced-understanding and Real Spanish Confidence experience.
If You’re ADVANCED….
Notes in Spanish Platinum brings you more of what we do best, what you most benefit from, and takes you way deeper, way further. These are the real Spanish conversations that you just don’t find anywhere else.
You’ll be keeping abreast and fully absorbing the living Spanish that’s out there right now, making sure you stay confident, and fluent, while continually learning important new language.
It’s one thing to tick the “advanced” box on a form, it’s another to have a huge variety of Spanish on so many interesting topics, being able to understand real Spanish at speed, being able to draw from deep resources to chat happily about anything – that’s what being Advanced is really about.
That’s what we are giving you in this course – ¡Tu español va a volar! – Your Spanish is going to fly!
And for BEGINNERS?
If you are a beginner, the Spanish section of the videos is going to be very challenging for you. We suggest that for the moment you continue with our Inspired Beginners podcasts and worksheets and come back to Platinum when you are at an Intermediate level.
The Fluent and the Frozen… Hard Truths Time…
We’ve been teaching Spanish online for over 17 years, and in that time we’ve met thousands of people who either become fluent or stayed frozen in their Spanish abilities. And there’s a pattern we’ve noticed in the really successful, confident and fluent Spanish speakers…
They put themselves in front of real Spanish whenever they can, they are really curious, and they find the perfect place to get answers.
With the big-name ‘learn Spanish’ apps or text books, you’re going to learn the basics, you may get great grammar, lots of words, but you’re not going to get the real Spanish confidence you need to enjoy the greatest real-life Spanish experiences, where you understand everyone and can chat happily about real-life topics.
You need real Spanish conversations, on a great variety of interesting topics. That’s how you understand everyone, that’s how you speak fluently, that’s how your brain gets over the frozen ‘translate every word problem’.
And that’s what you’re getting with Notes in Spanish Platinum: real Spanish as it’s actually spoken.
Get fluent with us – don’t risk staying frozen.
Your understanding and confidence are going to go through the roof!
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A FINAL RECAP OF THE MASSIVE VALUE IN ‘NOTES IN SPANISH PLATINUM‘:
Notes in Spanish Platinum Includes:
14 Videos Modules:
– 14 Real Spanish Conversation video modules on fascinating topics. All with a full, real and unscripted Spanish conversation followed by in-depth analysis in English of all the important Spanish you need to know
– All videos have speed controls, optional Spanish captions/subtitles, a full Spanish transcript, plus downloadable audio version, so you never miss a word
– Worksheets for each module with vocab lists and fun exercises to really nail your understanding and boost your real Spanish vocabulary
– Discussion questions to use with intercambios or friends, or to journal on your own
– ‘Go deeper’ extra background materials on each topic (e.g. TED Talks, fascinating videos and articles) to massively expand your well of Real, authentic Spanish
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What other students are saying…
Adrienne – Making the most of Spain and chatting to people on her travels
Paul L. – Talks regularly in social chats to his Spanish friends
Paul S. – Chatting and laughing with Spanish neighbours about everyday life
Loni – From zero Spanish to a whole bunch of Spanish friends!
Frequently Asked Questions
What level is Platinum for?
Platinum is designed for motivated Intermediate, and Advanced students. If you are intermediate, this will help you zoom up to an Advanced level, and if you are Advanced, it’ll add huge depth to your Spanish, and hugely improve your fluency in understanding and speaking.
If you are a beginner, the Spanish section of the videos is going to be very challenging for you. We suggest that for the moment you continue with our Inspired Beginners podcasts and worksheets and come back to Platinum when you are at an Intermediate level.
I’m a Beginner, is this too high level for me?
If you are a beginner, the Spanish section of the videos is going to be very challenging for you. We suggest that for the moment you continue with our Inspired Beginners podcasts and worksheets and come back to Platinum when you are at an Intermediate level.
I’m Intermediate, is this OK for me?
This is an amazing opportunity for you. It’s the possibility to jump to an Advanced level with your Spanish much, much faster than you thought possible.
Intermediate learners typically get stuck on a language-learning plateau for a long time, and we want to get you straight off that plateau and up to Advanced as fast and efficiently as possible.
You do that by diving in to challenging, real Spanish conversations like these. This is going to feel like a wonderful challenge – just what you need to progress fast!
There’s a full guide for your level waiting inside the course. By the time you get to the third or fourth video, you will start understanding a lot of what we say at full speed! By the end of the course, your Spanish will be transformed.
Soon you’re going to be having a whole new advanced-understanding and Real Spanish Confidence experience.
I’m Advanced, is this right for me?
Notes in Spanish Platinum brings you more of what we do best, what you most benefit from, and takes you way deeper, way further. These are the real Spanish conversations that you just don’t find anywhere else.
You’ll be keeping abreast and fully absorbing the living Spanish that’s out there right now, making sure you stay confident, and fluent, while continually learning important new language.
It’s one thing to tick the “advanced” box on a form, it’s another to have a huge variety of Spanish on so many interesting topics, being able to understand real Spanish at speed, being able to draw from deep resources to chat happily about anything – that’s what being Advanced is really about.
And that’s what we are giving you in this course.
¡Tu español va a volar! – Your Spanish is going to fly!
I’m surrounded by Latin American Spanish, is it OK that you are speaking Spanish from Spain?
Totally fine! Half our students are based in the States and travel frequently in Latin and South America, and report wonderful success with the Spanish they have learned almost exclusively from us! It’s a bit like the difference between English from the UK and the US – it’s essentially the same language and it’s fun discovering the slight differences.
What if I’m still working through a different Notes in Spanish Course or I’m in the Inner Circle?
Great question! Platinum will perfectly accompany and enhance your other Notes in Spanish studies. The added depth of the Platinum topics, the ‘go deeper’ materials we’ve carefully selected, and above all else, the extra support to clear up doubts and get great advice will accelerate your progress and enjoyment enormously. Our aim for all our students is to provide depth on a huge, relevant range of topics. Platinum helps you to achieve that by adding more to our other courses and Inner Circle membership.
Sign up now so you don’t miss out, and you can watch the videos at your own pace over the coming months.
¡A por ello! Go for it!
Can I combine this with other Spanish courses I’m taking?
Absolutely! Lots of our students combine our Real Spanish Conversations approach with other more traditional methods such as online or in-person classes, and the big-name apps.
We think our conversations are essential to use with these other methods, otherwise your Spanish risks staying ‘clunky’ and ‘conventional’ and ‘app-ish’ – we want you to sound authentic, real, to surprise native speakers with the straight-from-the-streets, straight-from-real-life Spanish we teach.
Adding our Real Spanish Conversations to ‘big-name-app Spanish’ has worked for thousands of our students – they’ve written to tell us. And many of them have ditched the big-name apps and gone 100% ‘real’ with us all the way to the top!
How long do I have access to the course? Can I track my progress?
Although it’s impossible to promise ‘lifetime’ access to anything, we plan to keep this course in its new state-of-the-art home for at least two years, and almost certainly longer.
So there is no hurry – this is self-paced. You can take a month, six months or more, however long you need. And the new course system we’ve set up for this lets you really easily track your progress.
Do I have to download anything?
The only thing you might want to download are the PDF’s with the comprehension and vocab exercises, but you can view those in the browser too. Everything else – videos, transcripts, discussion questions – is built right into the amazing new course system we’ve invested in, that you can access online, on your phone, or via the easy-to-install Platinum app. There are no zip files to deal with or anything like that. This is as up-to-date and easy to use as you can get!
How long is each video/module?
Each video is about 20 to 25 minutes, the first 10 to 12 minutes in Spanish, and then the analysis in English.
After that, how long it takes to do the rest of the module is up to you. You could dive into the external ‘go deeper’ materials we link to, e.g. YouTube videos connected to the topic, or you could do the exercises on the worksheet. It’s up to you.
What if Platinum is not for me? Do you offer a refund?
Yes we do. A full 14-Day refund. If during 14 days from the date of your purchase, you don’t think that using the materials in this course can really help to improve your Spanish, just let us know and we will give you a complete refund – just send an email to our support team: [email protected]
I’m very busy at the moment, is Notes in Spanish Platinum Worth it?
We actually think you can’t afford not to join this course – we think it’ll save you years and hugely accelerate your path to full Spanish fluency and understanding.
Remember, the key to Ben’s very rapid path to fluency when he moved to Spain was getting in contact with as much real Spanish conversation as possible.
It saved Ben years, and all this is exactly what we offer in Notes in Spanish Platinum.
More Fantastic Listener Feedback on How Ben and Marina have Transformed the Spanish Learning Experience!
“10/10!!”
So user friendly, yet so effective. 10/10!!
Grieg
“Thank you for keeping me motivated!”
I love the way you teach together and make us feel comfortable. Thank you for keeping me motivated!
Toby
“Get to know these delightful people”
Thank the heavens that I ran into Ben and Marina… I have acquired more Spanish skills in the brief time listening [to them] than all the other wasted time combined… Get to know these delightful people.
Shane
“I am suddenly leaping to the next level”
You have unwittingly stumbled upon a unique and marvellous way of learning a language. I now feel that I am having much more fun with Spanish — which means, of course, that I am suddenly leaping to the next level!
Roxanne
“Ben and Marina are great”
It feels as if you’re in a friendly Spanish class – Ben and Marina are great.
Sely
“Ultimately fun!”
Interesting, educational and ultimately fun! Muchas Gracias Ben y Marina!
Greg
If you have any questions about the course, just email us here. We’re delighted to help.
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