A four-week B1 Spanish practice plan

Do the four tasks on the same day, no translator.

1. Speak for two minutes about a recent problem you solved.
2. Write a short opinion with a reason and one reason someone might disagree.
3. Listen to a clear two-minute Spanish clip. Note the main point and five details.
4. Retell the clip in your own words, no replaying.

Note what was difficult: remembering a word, choosing a tense, using pronouns, speaking without translating or listening without a transcript.

Log only errors that block meaning or repeat: what you said, the correction, one new sentence with the same pattern.

Example:

• Said: Ayer iba al mercado y compraba fruta.
• Correction for a completed sequence: Ayer fui al mercado y compré fruta.
• New sentence: El sábado fui a la biblioteca y estudié dos horas.

Use short stories to practise the difference between background information and completed events.

• Imperfect for the setting or background: Hacía calor y la gente caminaba por la plaza.
• Preterite for the completed event: De repente, empezó a llover.
• Retell the same event from another person's point of view.

Record a 90-second story on day 1 and day 7. Compare tense choices and clarity, not accent.

Practise replacing nouns with pronouns aloud.

Start with Envío el informe a Marta. Swap one part at a time: Lo envío a Marta. Le envío el informe. Se lo envío. Then change tense and person: Se lo envié ayer. Voy a enviárselo mañana.

Try six verbs you use often and say each sentence aloud. If it is difficult, practise one pronoun at a time.

B1 needs more than me gusta and no me gusta. Practise your view, a reason, an example, and a limit or exception.

Use this frame:

Creo que trabajar desde casa puede ser útil porque ahorra tiempo. Por ejemplo, una persona no tiene que desplazarse todos los días. Sin embargo, para algunos equipos la comunicación resulta más difícil.

Change the topic, keep the structure. Ask for views with ¿Tú qué piensas? or ¿A ti qué te parece?

Use a clip with a written transcript. Listen once for the main point, then again for short phrases. Check the transcript at the end.

Pick three phrases that organise speech, like desde mi punto de vista. Repeat each phrase after the speaker, then use them in a one-minute answer.

Repeat the four practice tasks at the end of the week. Spend another week on any skill that is still difficult.

• Finish the exercises you have before adding another app.
• After watching a video, summarise what you remember.
• Include topics you find difficult in your review.
• Record your answers and listen back to them.
• Keep practising B1 tasks if you still need notes to complete them.

Listen for fewer restarts, more accurate tenses and pronouns, and longer answers without a script.

When you can complete the B1 tasks comfortably, compare your skills with the official CEFR descriptions before starting B2.