Spanish listening practice with transcripts
Work through 90 chapter podcasts from the ChickyTutor Spanish course. Each lesson combines complete segmented audio, a visible transcript, authored key phrases, and a speaking challenge.
Published lessons
90
Audio segments
1,807
Course levels
A1–A2–B1–B2–C1
1. Listen without reading
Play the complete sequence once and notice what you understand.
2. Replay with the transcript
Open individual segments and connect the sound to the written form.
3. Say the challenge aloud
Use the chapter prompt, then continue in speaking practice.
Unit 1
Shared Words And First Sentence Engines
Can the learner turn familiar English-Latin roots into Spanish-sounding words, keep vowel stress clean, and build short statements with es, quiero, and intento without memorizing a phrase list?
First Cognate Sentence
Unit 1: add es plus one transparent -al word to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Make The First Sentence Negative
Unit 1: add no before es to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Shared -ante And -ente Words
Unit 1: add -ant/-ent to -ante/-ente to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Meet Want With -cion Words
Unit 1: add -tion to -cion nouns and quiero to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
From Noun To -ar Verb
Unit 1: add -acion to -ar infinitives to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Try And Silent H
Unit 1: add intento plus infinitive and silent h to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Choose The Latin Route
Unit 1: add finding a formal English bridge word to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 2
Present-Tense Machine And Object Placement
Can the learner build early present-tense forms, place object pronouns before the working verb or after an infinitive, and control the first stem-changing verbs without jumping into a full grammar table?
It And Her Before The Verb
Unit 2: add lo/la object placement to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Know And If
Unit 2: add saber with si and por que to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Verb Endings Start Here
Unit 2: add infinitives ending in -r and first-person -o to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Two Present Families
Unit 2: add -ar versus -er/-ir he/she forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Add You And They
Unit 2: add -s and -n endings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Make And Can
Unit 2: add hacer and poder as early high-use verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
I Know
Unit 2: add irregular se and subject clarity to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
The E Opens
Unit 2: add e to ie in stressed roots to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
The O Opens
Unit 2: add o to ue in stressed roots to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Splits Only Under Stress
Unit 2: add stem changes disappear in unstressed forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 3
We Forms, Compact Future, And Pronoun Stacking
Can the learner build we forms, work backward from familiar forms, use the near future and present perfect lightly, and keep me/te/nos plus thing-pronouns in a stable order?
We Ending Switchboard
Unit 3: add present we endings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Work Back From Vamos
Unit 3: add ir across common present forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Near Future From Ir
Unit 3: add ir a plus infinitive to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Have Done, Not Own
Unit 3: add haber for present perfect to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Done Endings
Unit 3: add -ado and -ido participles to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Greek -ma Exceptions
Unit 3: add masculine -ma nouns to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Give And Something
Unit 3: add dar plus algo and object order to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Me Te Nos Do Many Jobs
Unit 3: add me/te/nos as flexible object signals to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Stay And Attach
Unit 3: add reflexive infinitive attachment to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Description After Noun
Unit 3: add basic adjective placement to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Plural Signals
Unit 3: add plural articles and adjective agreement to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 4
Identity, State, And Live Description
Can the learner decide between identity and state, use ser and estar in the present, and make adjectives change meaning without relying on the temporary/permanent shortcut?
Two Kinds Of Being
Unit 4: add identity versus current state to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
State Paradigm
Unit 4: add estar present forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Identity Paradigm
Unit 4: add ser present forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Bored Or Boring
Unit 4: add adjectives that change with ser/estar to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Ready Or Smart
Unit 4: add listo with state and characteristic to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Present-Tense Review Loop
Unit 4: add mixed present-tense repair to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Being In Progress
Unit 4: add estar plus -ando/-iendo to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 5
Future, Conditional, Gustar, And Preposition Choice
Can the learner choose near future versus simple future, build would forms, use gustar as pleasing-to, and avoid English-shaped preposition choices in common phrases?
Context Future
Unit 5: add present or near future with time anchors to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Future Endings On Infinitives
Unit 5: add simple future endings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Receiver Pronouns
Unit 5: add le and les as receivers to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
With Me, With You
Unit 5: add con plus pronoun forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Spanish Preposition Commitments
Unit 5: add de/en/para/con in fixed meanings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Future Deepening
Unit 5: add future across verb types to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Would And Softness
Unit 5: add conditional endings to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Would Have
Unit 5: add habria plus participle to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Greek -ma Review
Unit 5: add masculine pattern review with new nouns to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Pleasing-To Verbs
Unit 5: add gustar-style verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 6
Background Past, Purpose, And Past Participle Logic
Can the learner form the background past, use it for repeated or ongoing actions, handle por/para for purpose and cause, and connect participles to states and should-have forms?
Three Past Views
Unit 6: add completed, background, and present-perfect past to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
-aba Background
Unit 6: add imperfect for -ar verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
-ia Background
Unit 6: add imperfect for -er/-ir verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Names And Having
Unit 6: add llamarse and tener review to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Thanks For Coming
Unit 6: add por with cause or exchange to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Purpose With Para
Unit 6: add para as in-order-to or destination to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Purpose Infinitives
Unit 6: add para plus infinitive control to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Could As Past Ability
Unit 6: add podia as background ability to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Participle As Description
Unit 6: add participle used as adjective to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Should Have
Unit 6: add deberia haber plus participle to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Preposition-First Questions
Unit 6: add fronted de and a questions to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Verb Family Recap
Unit 6: add where -er and -ir separate to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 7
Completed Past And Event Shape
Can the learner mark finished events with preterite forms, combine background and event pasts, use ago expressions, and keep negative words in Spanish order?
Event Past For -ar
Unit 7: add preterite -e and -o for -ar to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Event Past For -er/-ir
Unit 7: add preterite -i and -io to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
We Said It Twice
Unit 7: add present and preterite overlap in we forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Background Plus Event
Unit 7: add imperfect and preterite together to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Dar Event Forms
Unit 7: add dar in preterite to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Remembering With De
Unit 7: add acordarse de plus object order to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Ago With Hace
Unit 7: add hace plus time to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Nobody Else
Unit 7: add nada, nadie, ninguno with no to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 8
Possession, Commands, Hay, And Mood Doorway
Can the learner use body-part ownership the Spanish way, give simple commands, understand hay, and enter subjunctive-style sentence logic without overgeneralizing it?
Body Parts Happen To Me
Unit 8: add body-part ownership with indirect objects to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Reading Stress Marks
Unit 8: add stress rules and accent marks to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
This, That, These, Those
Unit 8: add demonstratives as signals to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Mood As Next-Verb Signal
Unit 8: add subjunctive as requested or uncertain action to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
What As A Chunk
Unit 8: add lo que as what/that which to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Tell Me With Mood
Unit 8: add contar and requested action to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Do Not Stay
Unit 8: add negative informal commands to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Positive Command Shortcuts
Unit 8: add positive commands and let-us forms to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Choose And Shift
Unit 8: add e to i forms in elegir-style verbs to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Make Command
Unit 8: add haz and command pronoun placement to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
There Is
Unit 8: add hay and habia to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Should Be There
Unit 8: add deberia haber and mood after judgments to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 9
Mood Control And Accidental Events
Can the learner trigger present and past subjunctive in natural contexts, use continuing-action forms, and explain accidental events with se me/se le constructions?
Keep Doing
Unit 9: add seguir plus -ndo to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Let And Tell
Unit 9: add dejar/decir plus que clauses to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
It Closed On Me
Unit 9: add se me accidental construction to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Again With Volver A
Unit 9: add volver a plus infinitive to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Past Mood Forms
Unit 9: add past subjunctive -ara/-iera to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
If I Were
Unit 9: add si plus past subjunctive to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Unit 10
Irregular Families And Dialect Resilience
Can the learner handle the -go family across forms, recognize irregular pasts and contracted futures, avoid agreement traps, and understand major dialect markers without switching course dialects midstream?
The -go Family
Unit 10: add present -go first-person family to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
-ga Mood And Short Commands
Unit 10: add -go verbs in subjunctive and commands to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Contracted Future Family
Unit 10: add contracted futures and conditionals to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Only Three Imperfect Irregulars
Unit 10: add irregular imperfects to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Irregular Event Pasts
Unit 10: add high-use irregular preterites to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Agreement Traps
Unit 10: add demasiado and el agua-style nouns to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
Dialect Map And Graduation
Unit 10: add vos, vosotros, aspirated s awareness to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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