News in Slow Spanish is a streaming service for learning Spanish through audio and related study materials. It offers weekly news episodes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners, with more than a dozen original stories added across levels each week. Its resources include a beginner course, grammar lessons, an idiomatic expressions catalog, interactive transcripts, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and vocabulary flashcards. Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops. Each lesson has a free portion of audio and transcript, and the Linguistica app provides complete news stories with audio and transcripts for free. Full Access plans include audio, transcripts, contextual translations, Rooms, lessons, and quizzes; Audio Only plans provide audio and Rooms but exclude transcripts, lessons, and quizzes. Monthly prices start at 6.90 USD for a single-edition Audio Only subscription. First-time subscribers can choose a seven-day Full Access trial, after which the chosen subscription starts unless canceled. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web, and lists offline access and interactive practice.
Who it is for
It suits Spanish learners at beginner through advanced levels, including independent students, teachers, classrooms, and institutions. Learners who want live speaking practice can use Rooms, while those preferring audio-only access can choose that plan type.
What is good
- Weekly news episodes serve three learner levels.
- Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops.
- Lessons include a free portion of audio and transcript.
- Linguistica offers complete news stories with audio and transcripts for free.
What to know first
- Audio Only plans exclude transcripts, lessons, and quizzes.
- Subscriptions renew automatically each month unless canceled.
- The seven-day trial converts to a subscription unless canceled.
Verdict
News in Slow Spanish pairs current-style audio lessons with structured study resources and live conversation options. Plan choice matters: Audio Only leaves out several learning materials included with Full Access.
News in Slow Spanish plans and pricing
All plansCompared on language immersion apps
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $6.90/mo
- Content formats
- audio, transcripts, news, cultural discussions, commentary, dialogues, grammar lessons, quizzes
- Learner levels
- all levels
- Offline access
- Yes
- Transcripts or captions
- Yes
- Interactive practice
- Yes
- Supported languages
- 1 languages
