How this course works
Spanish is spoken by around 500 million people as a first language — second only to Mandarin — and it is official in twenty-one countries.
Why Spanish is a good first foreign language
It is phonetic. Unlike English or French, Spanish is written as it sounds. Learn the rules once and you can read any word aloud correctly, including words you have never seen.
The grammar is regular. Most verbs follow one of three patterns, and the exceptions are few enough to memorise.
The vocabulary overlaps heavily with English. Thousands of words are near-identical: hospital, animal, natural, importante, posible, nación, información.
What you will be able to do
Greet people, introduce yourself, ask and answer questions, describe things and people, use the present and past tenses, count, tell the time, order food, shop, travel, and ask for help.
How the course is arranged
| MODULE | WHAT IT COVERS |
|---|---|
| Sounds and spelling | Pronunciation, stress, and written accents |
| First grammar | Gender, articles, ser and estar, present tense |
| First conversations | Greetings, introductions, questions, politeness |
| Everyday Spanish | Numbers, family, food, travel |
| Past tense and practice | Talking about yesterday, reading, next steps |
A quiz closes each module. You need 70% to pass and may retake it freely.
How to study
Say everything aloud — Spanish rewards this more than most languages, because pronunciation is predictable.
Learn every noun with its article: el libro, la mesa. Learning gender later costs far more than learning it now.
Thirty minutes per lesson.