A MURDER MYSTERY BOOK IN SPANISH

Vecinos del infierno is a thriller which, I hope, will grab your attention from the beginning and will keep you motivated till the end of the book. It's a story that you will really want to read. A story you won't easily put down. A story that may keep you so intrigued, you may forget that the main purpose you started reading it was to learn Spanish!

LEARNING SPANISH BY READING. READING IN SPANISH FOR PLEASURE.

Reading Spanish short stories like Vecinos del infierno is one of the most effective and pleasant ways to learn Spanish. By reading, you can learn vocabulary and grammar structures in context, without the need to memorise lists of isolated words or study endless grammar rules.

INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF SPANISH

Vecinos del Infierno is a Spanish short story written especially for intermediate and upper-intermediate learners of Spanish. It has been carefully designed to help students review and consolidate key vocabulary and grammatical structures from levels B1 and B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

A FUNNY SHORT STORY

Vecinos del infierno is a book to learn Spanish, but it's also full of irony, humour and good vibes which will make you smile, laugh out loud sometimes or even cackle, snort, giggle or titter.

Her name is Loli. She is young, overweight and always looks sad. Her mum keeps telling her she needs to lose weight. If she wants to get a boyfriend, she needs to be slim. And she needs to smile. Why does she always look sad? She needs to lose weight and smile more often. That's all she needs to be happy.

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A good story

William is a shy, young English man who is learning Spanish and trying to survive daily life in Madrid. Reading about his misadventures in the capital of Spain, you will learn about Spanish culture and improve your language skills along the way.

Repetition, repetition, repetition…

Vocabulary.

"Recuerdo que aquel primero de enero me levanté muy alegre. ¡Empezaba un nuevo año! El año anterior había sido horrible. Menos mal que ya había terminado".

SPANISH GRADED READER

This book is a Graded Reader for adult learners with an intermediate or upper-intermediate level of Spanish. It will help you learn, revise and consolidate the vocabulary and grammar of the level B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference.

WEB SERIES ON YOUTUBE

HISTORIA DEL AÑO was originally released as a series of 12 videos on YouTube, each of them featuring live narration of the story. The main purpose of the videos was to show the the use of key vocabulary and key grammar structures in context, as used by native speakers. You can watch the web series on our channel in YouTube: Español Con Juan

COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

For each chapter of the story, you will find comprehension exercises in our blog: 1001 Reasons to Learn Spanish.

James is a young English man who is really obsessed with studying Spanish. Not only does he want to learn Spanish: he wants to be Spanish! He gave up drinking tea and now he only drinks coffee, sangría and red wine; he is learning to dance flamenco by watching videos on YouTube, has only paella and tortilla for dinner and sleeps siesta every day. No wonder people in the village think he is completely crazy!

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However...

Juan encuentra algunas fotos antiguas que le traen muchos recuerdos del pasado, de cuando todavía era un hombre joven y feliz. Encuentra fotos de sus padres, de la calle donde jugaba de niño, del colegio donde estudiaba, de la playa donde iba de vacaciones... También encuentra algunas fotos antiguas de María, la chica de la que una vez estuvo enamorado y que hace más de veinte años que no ha visto. Son fantasmas del pasado. Y los fantasmas del pasado a veces vuelven.

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Reading short stories like FANTASMAS DEL PASADO is one of the most effective and pleasant ways to learn a Foreign Language. By reading, you can learn vocabulary and grammar structures in context, without memorising lists of isolated words or studying endless grammar rules.

Hablar del Pasado

William lives in Madrid. He is just starting to learn Spanish from the very beginning. Reading about his daily life in the capital of Spain, you will learn about Spanish culture and improve your language skills along the way.

Repetition, repetition, repetition…

Vocabulary and comprehension questions.