6 Scandalous Short Stories in Spanish: For Adults to Learn Spanish the Fun Way

by Candela Benjamin

***Paperback copy contains black and white illustrations***

Are you tired of reading dull language-learning material? Is your Spanish textbook making you yawn? Are you looking for something more fun ? More juicy ?

Look no further. This book is guaranteed to keep you highly entertained and give you the tools to speak Spanish like a local.

Six Scandalous Short Stories in Spanish follows the mischief and misfortunes of various characters as they pursue romance in modern-day Spain. The stories are guaranteed to leave you wide-eyed , jaw-to-the-floor and clutching your pearls while taking your Spanish to the next level.

The book is designed for adult learners of Spanish who are lower intermediate to advanced level and the language has been carefully crafted to include the three key
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Genres: Spanish Literature

136 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2022

About the author

Candela Benjamin writes Spanish for adults who would rather read about somebody’s affair than a trip to the post office.

It started with bilingual cousins, and led to a degree in Spanish and Portuguese from the University of Bristol, a teaching qualification, and years teaching English and Spanish as foreign languages in Madrid. Those years turned up the same problem over and over.

Almost everything written for adult learners was painfully dull. There were thousands of brilliant stories for children, and almost nothing for grown-ups who wanted something funny, something a little juicy.

Every book since has run on the same idea. Language-learning fiction: comedy, gossip and scandal doing the teaching, the language graded so it stays learnable, the stories built so you keep turning the page.

The Scandalous Short Stories series does that in Castilian for English speakers learning Spanish, and in English for Spanish speakers going the other way, with workbooks and companion volumes alongside.

A free list of Spanish-language films worth an evening: candelabenjamin.com/film-list

Reviews

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun and accessible collection of short stories in Spanish. I love that there is a list of key vocabulary words and phrases at the end of each chapter-- and that the language used is both academic and specific to Spanish slang and popular phrases. This is a great book for language learners who have Spanish as a target language, especially if they are hoping to speak Spanish in Spain.

[Laura May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really solid upper B2 listening.

[Mr Ogologo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Por alguna razón, no sé, aprendí buen vocabulario de este libro. Siempre hago pero esta vez, podía sentir lo durante la lectura del libro. Estaba pensando en ese proceso y esperaba que hubiera más libros del autor. Busqué quién era el autor y descubrí que era una mujer, un habitante de inglaterra que se había mudado a españa y estaba viviendo desde entonces. Tal vez sea la razón que me gustó el libro, he notado que cuando el autor es un angloparlante, me gustan más los cuentos, tal vez sea porque tenemos la misma mente, las mismas experencías. Un idioma no solo es lo que se dice sino la cultura también y a veces se puede ser difícil de entender, especialmente cuando no se ha experimentado esa vida. Es por esa razón aprendí mucho de los libros de una pareja que vive en España con el marido de inglaterra. Creo que por su mente y manera de pensar que me gusta mucho como explican los temas en español. Por esa razón creo, me gusta también como la autora Candela Benjamin escribió este libro.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't let the title scare you away. These are six short stories each containing four short chapters. Each chapter is followed by a brief summary in Spanish which is a bit easier to understand than the full chapter. The summary is filled by a list of the more difficult words/expressions in the story. You can almost read this glossary and understand the story. At the end of the book is a short guide to the past tense. The end of the book as a pretty extensive dictionary of the words used in the book.

I believe you will want to be at least at the intermediate level to get much out of this. The stories each involve a little twist at the end.

[Lex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro es bueno para las personas que quieren mejorar su español y hablar con más naturalidad. Los relatos utilizan y explican muchas palabras y frases coloquiales.

Normalmente, en el nivel intermedio-alto se pueden leer libros en español para niños. Sin embargo, los libros en español para lectores adultos son muy difíciles de entender.

Estos relatos te ofrecen la oportunidad de leer algo más maduro. Y no dejes que el título te asuste: los relatos exploran algunos temas maduros, pero no son demasiado explícitos.

[Diana-Michaela Shaffner · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is definitely a departure from your typical text book learning. The chapters have good explanations and translations of difficult words or expressions showing the infinite along with it to make it more clear where the word came from. Most of the stories though have very predictable endings.

[Chris Leuchtenburg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good practice with some coarse vocabulary and expressions.

[anjeli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just wanted to resume my Spanish reading😔

[JAK · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️

A fun read, but it had too much slang for my level right now. I would recommend for solid level B2 learners.

[Miguel Rios · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories are fun and engaging. The frustrating part is that the stories end up in a big cliffhanger 😂

[Cindy Crocker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Modern Stories

These stories are fun. They do a good job of explaining local sayings. There's a good dictionary at the end of each chapter and one for the entire book.

[Chris Castle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and entertaining very useful for learning "scandalous" vocabulary . Not for prudes