📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 30 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · El puente hacia C1
El balance — la banda Independiente completa
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 30 of 30: Look back at Module 1 of this band. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
a media altura
halfway up
ah MEH-dyah ahl-TOO-rah
la banda independiente
the Independent band
lah BAHN-dah een-deh-pehn-DYEHN-teh
a mis espaldas
behind me
ah mees ehs-PAHL-dahs
terminé la banda B2
I finished the B2 band
tehr-mee-NEH lah BAHN-dah beh dohs
la cima
the summit
lah SEE-mah
varias formas correctas
several correct ways
BAH-ryahs FOHR-mahs koh-RREHK-tahs
seguir subiendo
to climb further
seh-GEER soo-BYEHN-doh
satisfecho
satisfied (m)
sah-tees-FEH-choh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Look back at Module 1 of this band. You now narrate in three layers, hypothesize at three distances, choose a mood on purpose, read a long argued text, write an essay and a formal letter, and prepare a case you can defend out loud. That is B1 and B2 complete — the whole Independent band, ten books of the ladder behind you.
Y también · And also
Above you is the Proficient band: C1 and C2, where the question becomes not what you can say but which of several correct ways you choose. Está a media altura — you are halfway up.
Ojo · Watch out
a media altura means halfway up. satisfecho agrees: satisfecha for a female speaker. la banda here is the CEFR band, not a music band.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with a media altura.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 30 in Module 10 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.