Updated: January 2024
5 Instagram accounts to follow if you’re learning Spanish
Updated: January 2024
If you’re actively trying to improve your Spanish, getting a little bit of practice every day is an extremely effective way of doing that. For anyone who’s already in the habit of checking Instagram at least once a day, it’s a great place to get that regular Spanish fix, without evening thinking about it.
There are loads of Instagram profiles that claim to help you learn Spanish but not all of them are genuinely useful. In fact a lot of them are quite pointless. I did a thorough search around Instagram and these are the ones I think are most useful.
Here are my five favourites, in no particular order:
1. Spanish with Vicky
https://www.instagram.com/spanish.with.vicky/
What is it? A Spanish teacher from Spain who shares Spanish slang and useful tips.
Why do I like it? Vicky posts regularly and her posts are colourful and lively. She shares slang from Spain and colloquial phrases — the type that you would pick up when living in Spain.
2. Spanish English Rosie
https://www.instagram.com/spanish_english_rosie
What is it? Picture posts with a weekly theme. Every Monday you get a new ‘word of the week’ then every day throughout the week you see example sentences containing that word, translated in English and Spanish.
Why do I like it? It’s really good at reenforcing new words. Loads of Instagram accounts posts a different random Spanish word or phrase each day. I don’t think this is helpful for real learning because you look at it for 3 seconds and then never again, so you’re unlikely to remember it. Here you get more chance to practise so you’re more likely to remember.
3. Spanish with Cris
https://www.instagram.com/spanish.with.cris/
What is it? Mini lessons from Spanish teacher Cris.
Why do I like it? Cris posts regularly (every 2 or 3 days). Her posts help you avoid typical mistakes in Spanish and teach useful vocabulary.
4. Mariela in Spanish
https://www.instagram.com/marielainspanish
What is it? Videos containing mini lessons and narration of every day activities in Spanish.
Why do I like it? Mariela gives genuinely useful Spanish lessons that focus on common mistakes and confusing bits of grammar or vocabulary. Sometimes in her Stories she’ll narrate what she’s doing, with key vocabulary translated on screen. Narrating daily life is great because, after all, that’s the really useful stuff that most courses and grammar books don’t tell you! The other day she explained what she was doing as she parked in a car park to go shopping.
5. Carmen in UK
https://www.instagram.com/carmeninuk/
What is it? Comedy posts about being a Spanish person living in the UK.
Why do I like it? Carmen is a Spanish woman with a great comedy talent. She is living in England and she contrasts differences between English and Spanish culture. It’s not a language learning account but there are lots of opportunities to pick up new Spanish words and you will have a laugh at cultural differences and language learning problems.
