Intermediate Spanish Resources: Speaking, Listening, Reading and More

At intermediate Spanish, you may have enough vocabulary to talk about your life but still rely on the same safe answers. A useful resource helps you extend an answer, explain a reason and handle the next question.

Choose a Spanish variety you want to hear regularly, while leaving room for other voices. Then connect your reading and listening to something you can discuss yourself.

1. ChickyTutor: our first choice for Spanish conversation practice

ChickyTutor for Spanish from Spain and ChickyTutor for Latin American Spanish open the full app with the corresponding language choice. Select Intermediate yourself, then practise an everyday discussion with an AI tutor. You can ask for feedback and repeat a sentence with a new detail.

One useful task is explaining a decision you made. It invites past-tense narration, reasons and a hypothetical alternative without requiring a long prepared speech.

Practise Spanish with me. Ask about a decision I made recently, why I made it and what I would do differently. Help me improve one recurring tense mistake, then ask an unexpected follow-up.

Use these conversations as extra practice alongside human interaction. When a correction seems unclear, take it to a teacher or a reliable reference rather than memorising it unquestioningly.

Spanish vocabulary apps

Clozemaster practises words in sentence gaps. When you miss a word, make a sentence about your own circumstances before moving to another round.

Anki lets you create flashcards. A useful personal card can ask you to complete a phrase you wanted during conversation.

Spanish reading resources

BBC Mundo and El País provide authentic Spanish articles. Compare two short pieces on a familiar subject, then explain what each emphasises. Content difficulty and access vary; a full newspaper article is not automatically an intermediate exercise.

Spanish listening resources

News in Slow Spanish offers Spain and Latino choices. Follow a short segment and make a spoken summary before checking supporting material. Check current access terms for the material you want.

Notes in Spanish is another conversation-focused listening option from Clozemaster's list. Choose an appropriate level and write down a question you would have asked the speakers.

Spanish writing resources

SpanishDictionary.com has dictionary, conjugation and grammar tools. Use them to investigate a specific uncertainty in a paragraph you wrote yourself. Looking up a tense is useful; having a tool produce the whole paragraph avoids the retrieval you need to practise.

Spanish speaking with other people

Tandem is a language-exchange option. Explain which Spanish variety you are practising and agree on one topic. Try comparing two restaurants or making a plan together rather than repeating introductions each week.

Spanish grammar, dictionaries and books

StudySpanish.com supplies grammar lessons. Pick the distinction that affected your own message, then contrast two personal examples. Do not try to repair every tense in one afternoon.

WordReference is another dictionary and usage-forum option. Read the sense and example that match the meaning you intended.

Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish by Joseph J. Keenan addresses usage beyond a first course. Treat it as a source of language observations and discussion ideas, alongside a structured reference when you need systematic exercises.

A weekly routine that leaves room for conversation

On your first day, listen to a short news segment and state the main point aloud. Next, read about the subject and note one different viewpoint. Write a short opinion, check one uncertain construction, then discuss it with ChickyTutor or a partner.

Later, return to the topic without notes and answer a different question. If the first answer was about what happened, make the new one about what you would recommend. That variation asks you to build a fresh response.

Must I choose Spain or Latin American Spanish permanently?

Choose a main variety for consistency in your practice, and ask about differences when they arise. You can keep a preference without treating every other form as a mistake.

Practise Spanish with ChickyTutor, or find more ideas in intermediate Italian resources.

About this list

ChickyTutor publishes this guide and places its own tutor first for regular speaking practice. This is an editorial recommendation, not an independent product ranking. Resource discovery draws on Clozemaster's Intermediate Spanish Resources; the selection and practice suggestions here are our own. Resource pages were reviewed on November 6, 2026, although some could not be independently accessed. Check current language coverage, access and editions before subscribing or buying.