Is There One "Correct" Spanish?

What this debate covers

“Is There One "Correct" Spanish?” (“¿Existe un español "correcto"?” in Spanish) is a two-sided Spanish debate on personal & public identities — both arguments written out in full. A linguist from Salamanca defends a shared standard so 500 million speakers can understand each other. A writer from Medellín argues every regional Spanish — paisa, rioplatense, caribeño — is just as valid. Both love the language. They disagree on who gets to define it.

Each side is written at three levels — A2 Foundations, B1 Intermediate and B2 Advanced — with a one-tap English translation, the argument vocabulary you need to reuse, and discussion questions to take into conversation.

Opens at B1 · 1 min read · 116 words · native-recorded audio