Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

Cata and Cleer teach us how to order food at a restaurant.

In this segment, the chef shows us how to make the creamy broth in his cream of broccoli soup.

Chef Enrique promises his viewers to take their suggestion of proposing an hors d'oeuvre or two to serve with his broccoli soup. But first, he has to finish his enthusiastic soup-making demo.

Our animated chef continues to demonstrate the process of making broccoli soup, along with some homemade croutons as a garnish.

The Spanish cooking show, ¡Cómetelo! [Eat it Up!] continues as our Spanish chef begins to show us how to make broccoli soup in a very animated fashion.

Behold our lively Spanish chef as continues the broccoli soup-making process.

The Spanish cooking show, ¡Cómetelo! [Eat it Up!], seeks to teach its viewers about their land through its gastronomy. Today, on its quest to make broccoli soup, the program takes us to the charming town of Castril in southern Spain where many crops are grown including this nutritional powerhouse.

A consejo is “a piece of advice” and the verb aconsejar is “to advise.” Here in the Don Quijote classroom, we take a look at the grammar and language involved when doling out recommendations, suggestions, and the like, in Spanish.

Let's learn the names of family members in Spanish through an interesting conversation between Pipo and Priscilla about their families.

Silvia continues with the sensitive topic of expressing our condolences to someone who has experienced a loss, including vocabulary and example phrases that might be used over the phone, in written correspondence or in person.

Silvia introduces us to some common phrases one might use to express their condolences to a friend or family member who has recently lost a loved one.

Silvia continues to introduce us to dialogues that contain useful expressions about dates, times, and time periods. This time, we hear a phone conversation regarding booking an apartment for a vacation.

Let's learn more real-world expressions that refer to dates and times in Spanish, including phrases that mean "tomorrow," "the day after tomorrow," "last night," "last week," and more!