📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 5 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 1 · La lengua literaria
Leer un fragmento
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 5 of 30: Reading literature at C1 is a technique, not a talent. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
el fragmento
the extract
ehl frahg-MEHN-toh
la primera lectura
the first pass
lah pree-MEH-rah lehk-TOO-rah
saltarse una palabra
to skip a word
sahl-TAR-seh OO-nah pah-LAH-brah
buscar en el diccionario
to look up in the dictionary
boos-KAR ehn ehl deek-syoh-NAH-ryoh
la explicación
the explanation
lah ehks-plee-kah-SYOHN
la técnica
the technique
lah TEHK-nee-kah
el talento
the talent
ehl tah-LEHN-toh
paciente
patient
pah-SYEHN-teh
nosotros leemos despacio
we read slowly
noh-SOH-trohs leh-EH-mohs dehs-PAH-syoh
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
Reading literature at C1 is a technique, not a talent. First pass: who, where, what happens. Second pass: the words you skipped. Third pass: why the writer chose this order.
Y también · And also
Never look up the first unknown word. Finish the paragraph — Spanish prose repeats its ideas, and the sentence after the hard one is usually the explanation.
Ojo · Watch out
Never look up the first unknown word; finish the paragraph first. saltarse una palabra is to skip a word; buscar en el diccionario is the last resort, not the first. And leer keeps two e sounds: LEH-eh.
leer, presente — the table
yo leo · tú lees · él/ella/usted lee · nosotros leemos · ustedes leen · ellos/ellas leen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el fragmento.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out leer, presente in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
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.