Scenario library

Real conversations, two minutes at a time

Practice speaking English or Spanish out loud with an AI that stays in character: it plays the landlord, the interviewer, the person behind the counter. Pick a scenario below.

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Practice speaking English

🏠 Housing

🏠 Housing

Calling About a Rental Listing

You saw a flat advertised online.

easy

🏠 Housing

Negotiating Rent

You want the flat, but the rent is more than you wanted to pay.

medium

🏠 Housing

Reporting a Repair to Your Landlord

The heating in your flat has stopped working.

medium

🏠 Housing

Pushing Back on a Rent Increase

Your landlord has just told you the rent is going up.

hard

🏠 Housing

Getting Your Deposit Back

You're moving out at the end of the month and the landlord is already talking about deductions.

hard

🧳 Travel

🧳 Travel

Checking Into a Hotel

You've finally reached your hotel after a long day of travelling and you're checking in at the desk.

easy

🧳 Travel

Buying a Train Ticket

You're at the station buying a ticket for a trip later today.

easy

🧳 Travel

Dealing With a Flight Delay

The board says your flight is delayed and nobody has explained anything.

medium

🧳 Travel

Reporting Lost Luggage

The belt has stopped, everyone else has their bags, and yours never came out.

hard

💼 Work

💼 Work

a Job Interview

You're mid-interview and the strengths-and-weaknesses question has landed.

hard

💼 Work

Asking for a Raise

You've asked your manager for fifteen minutes to talk about your salary.

hard

💼 Work

Introducing Yourself at Work

It's your first week.

easy

💼 Work

Requesting Time Off

You want to book time off, and it isn't the easiest week to be asking.

medium

💊 Health

💊 Health

Booking a Doctor's Appointment

You need to see a doctor about something that isn't urgent but won't wait forever.

easy

💊 Health

Picking Up a Prescription

You've come to collect a prescription your doctor sent over.

easy

💊 Health

Describing Symptoms to a Doctor

Something keeps coming back — headaches, stomach trouble, sleep.

medium

📑 Admin

📑 Admin

Opening a Bank Account

You've just moved and want to open a basic account so your salary can be paid in.

easy

📑 Admin

Calling Customer Support

There are two charges on your phone bill you weren't expecting.

hard

🛍️ Shopping

🛍️ Shopping

Returning an Item

You bought something last week and it's going back.

medium

💬 Social

💬 Social

Small Talk at a Party

You've been introduced to someone at a friend's party and now you're both standing there with a drink.

easy

Practice speaking Spanish

Spanish courses are set in Spain: European Spanish (es-ES), the vocabulary and the paperwork you actually meet there.

🏠 Housing

🏠 Housing

Calling an Estate Agent

You've found a piso advertised online and the ad leaves out everything that matters.

easy

🏠 Housing

Negotiating Rent

You want the piso, but the alquiler is above what you had in mind.

medium

🏠 Housing

Reporting a Broken Boiler

The caldera in your piso has stopped and there's no hot water.

medium

🧳 Travel

🧳 Travel

Checking Into a Hotel

You've finally reached the hotel after a long day of travelling and you're at the desk checking in.

easy

🧳 Travel

Buying a Train Ticket

You're at the taquilla buying a billete for a trip later today.

easy

🧳 Travel

Riding the Madrid Metro

You need to get to the far side of Madrid and the network map isn't helping.

easy

🧳 Travel

Dealing With a Flight Delay

The board says your flight is delayed and nobody has explained anything.

medium

🛍️ Shopping

🛍️ Shopping

Buying Fruit at the Market

It's Saturday morning at the mercado and the frutería has no queue you can see — just people who all know whose turn it is.

easy

🛍️ Shopping

Ordering in a Busy Bar

The barra is three deep, the television is loud, and you're getting the drinks in for the table.

hard

🛍️ Shopping

Haggling at El Rastro

It's Sunday at el Rastro and you've picked something up off a second-hand stall with an optimistic price stuck on it.

hard

💊 Health

💊 Health

Booking a Doctor's Appointment

Something has been bothering you for a week and you want to see your médico de cabecera.

easy

💊 Health

Picking Up a Prescription

You've come to the farmacia for the medicine your doctor said was already in the system.

easy

📑 Admin

📑 Admin

Getting a Spanish SIM Card

You want a Spanish number with data, ideally on a contrato.

easy

📑 Admin

Registering Your Address (Empadronamiento)

You moved into the piso three weeks ago and the bank is waiting on proof of address.

medium

📑 Admin

Applying for an NIE

You start work on Monday and the empresa needs your NIE before they can put you on the nómina.

medium

📑 Admin

Booking a Cita Previa

The website has said no hay citas disponibles for three weeks running and your paperwork can't wait much longer.

medium

💼 Work

💼 Work

Introducing Yourself at Work

It's your first week and nobody has introduced you to anyone.

easy

💼 Work

Asking for a Raise

You've asked your manager for fifteen minutes about your salary.

hard

💬 Social

💬 Social

Small Talk at a Party

A friend's introduced you to someone at a party, dos besos and all, and now you're both standing there with a drink.

easy

💬 Social

Making Plans With a Friend

You're on the phone to a friend trying to see them this week, and between the two of you nothing lines up easily.

medium