ASERICO
SPANISH IN 5 STEPS
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A practical route for English speakers to make Spanish part of everyday life.
1 SET A CLEAR GOAL
Know where you want your Spanish to take you.
Choose a realistic target level and a reason for learning: travel, work, family, culture or an official qualification. A concrete goal gives your study direction and makes progress visible.
RESOURCES Instituto Cervantes – Learn Spanish • DELE diplomas
2 BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION.
Use trusted Spanish teaching resources.
Combine structured study with short, repeatable practice. Spain’s Instituto Cervantes provides digital resources for Spanish learners, including interactive activities, graded reading and audiovisual language samples.
RESOURCES Cervantes resources & services • Centro Virtual Cervantes • AVE activities • Lecturas paso a paso
3 LIVE PART OF YOUR DAY IN SPANISH.
Turn authentic Spanish into a daily habit.
Watch, listen and read material made in Spain. Start with short sessions and use subtitles when they help. News, documentaries, radio, interviews and cultural programmes expose you to natural vocabulary, pronunciation and everyday re ferences. RTVE and Instituto Cervantes collaborate to promote Spanish language and culture, and RTVE Play provides access to TV content.
RESOURCES RTVE Play • RTVE Internacional • RNE / RTVE Audio • Cervantes TV
4 SPEAK AND PRACTISE REAL SPANISH
Move from understanding to communication.
Use the words and expressions you meet in authentic content. Speak regularly with Spanish speakers, language partners, tutors or local conversation groups. Re-tell a news story, describe what you watched, record a short voice note, and notice the gaps you want to improve next.
RESOURCES Instituto Cervantes centres worldwide • Catálogo de voces hispánicas
5 PROVE YOUR LEVEL AND KEEP USING IT
Turn learning into something useful.
When you are ready, benchmark your level with official or recognised assessment. Prepare for the format you choose, then keep Spanish active through media, reading, travel, professional situations and regular conversation. The aim is not to “finish” Spanish, but to make it a language you genuinely use.
RESOURCES DELE • SIELE • DELE practice materials
A SIMPLE 30-MINUTE DAILY ROUTINE
10 min Learn: vocabulary, grammar or a Cervantes activity.
10 min Input: watch RTVE, listen to RNE or read a short Spanish text.
5 min Speak: summarise aloud what you understood.
5 min Review: save 3–5 useful expressions and reuse them tomorrow.
THE ASERICO IDEA
GOAL → LEARN → LIVE IN SPANISH → SPEAK → PROVE & USE
Make Spanish part of the life you already live.
Selected sources
• Instituto Cervantes – Recursos y servicios
• Instituto Cervantes – online teaching materials
• RTVE – Spanish course / international distribution reference
• RTVE – 2026 collaboration with Instituto Cervantes