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Spanish Advanced

C1–C2: the grammar at its limits, the whole Spanish-speaking world, and the registers educated speakers actually read and write.

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22 Lessons — from C1 to C2

You already have the tenses, the moods and the connective glue. This course finishes the grammar, maps the twenty-one countries that speak the language, and takes you through the academic, legal, professional, journalistic, oratorical and literary registers. Your progress saves automatically, separately from the other two courses.

C1 — Effective Operational Proficiency

The end of the grammar, then the two things no textbook covers honestly: which Spanish, and how hard to say it.

1

The Subjunctive Without Limits

The past subjunctives in full, the whole trigger inventory, and the future subjunctive relic.

2

The Long Sentence

Stacked subordination, the full relative inventory, clefts and word order for emphasis.

3

Non-Finite Constructions

Infinitive, gerund and participle clauses — and the three forbidden gerunds.

4

The Abstract & the Nominal

Lo, el hecho de que, and turning verbs and adjectives into things.

5

Discourse Markers

The full C1 inventory: structuring, adding, concluding, conceding, reformulating.

6

Pronouns at the Limit

Leísmo, doubling, spurious se, dequeísmo — standard, regional or wrong.

7

Prepositional Government

The words that come with a preposition — and those that change meaning with it.

8

Spain & the Americas

What actually differs across twenty-one countries, and how to pick a variety.

9

Voseo & the American Varieties

Vos in three systems, plus a region-by-region listening guide.

10

Politeness & Softening

Hedging, indirectness, tú/usted, refusing and complaining without damage.

11

Slang, Taboo & Humour

The register below the textbook — and the geography of getting it wrong.

12

Phraseology

Collocations, idioms, proverbs and social scripts: the prefabricated half of Spanish.

C2 — Mastery

Inside the vocabulary, inside the punctuation, and then the six registers — academic, legal, professional, journalistic, oratorical and literary.

13

Inside the Word

Latin, Arabic, indigenous and English layers — reading a word you have never seen.

14

Expert Spelling & Punctuation

The tilde diacrítica, the RAE reforms, the raya — and proofreading yourself.

15

Academic Spanish

Impersonality, cabe + infinitive, citing and hedging; the shape of an ensayo.

16

Legal & Administrative Spanish

Contracts, instancias and judgments — decoding the language of institutions.

17

Professional & Business Spanish

Meetings, negotiation, reports, the CV and the entrevista.

18

The Spanish of the Media

Headline grammar, the conditional of rumour, and reading the slant.

19

Rhetoric & Oratory

Figures, structure, fallacies and delivery — persuading a room in Spanish.

20

Reading Literature: Prose

Archaic forms, the raya, free indirect style, and a method for real novels.

21

Poetry: Metre, Rhyme & Figures

Counting syllables, hearing the rhyme, and reading the canon.

22

Translation, Identity & Mastery

Untranslatables, the live debates, DELE C2 and a plan for the next ten years.

Study Tools

Reference and practice across the whole advanced course.

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Glossary

Every term from all 22 lessons — searchable, with audio and a review deck.

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Authentic-Style Readings

C1–C2 passages in the six registers, with audio and comprehension checks.

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C1–C2 Cheat Sheet

Connectors, academic frames, legal formulas and rhetorical moves on one printable page.

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C1–C2 Can-Do Checklist

Track yourself against the CEFR C1 and C2 descriptors, saved as you go.