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Spanish from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

CEFR A1 · Spanish spelling is almost perfectly phonetic — learn the rules once and you can read any Spanish word aloud correctly, forever. Master the five pure vowels, the rolled rr, the ñ, and the stress rules that decide where every word lands.

Professional electiveBeginnerSpanishCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1
6 modules 40 lessons 14 enrolled ~7h of material
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Spanish from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Pronounce the five Spanish vowels purely, without the English glide that marks a foreign accent
  • Roll the rr and hear the difference between 'pero' and 'perro'
  • Apply the three stress rules and know exactly why a written accent is or isn't there
  • Read any Spanish word aloud correctly from its spelling, including words you've never seen
  • Recognise the main Spain / Latin America differences without being thrown by them

Curriculum

What's inside

6 modules · 40 lessons

  1. 01

    The Five Vowels — Spanish's Great Gift

    9 lessons
    • Find Your Level — Read This First
    • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
    • Welcome — Why Spanish Spelling Is Easy
    • The Five Pure Vowelspronunciation card
    • Listening: Vowels Without the Glidelistening lab
    • + 4 more lessons
  2. 02

    The Consonants That Behave Differently

    6 lessons
    • Seven Consonants Worth Learning Properly
    • J, LL, Ñ and the Silent Hpronunciation card
    • Hard or Soft?fill blank
    • Listening: Consonant Contrastslistening lab
    • Tongue Twisters: Consonant Drillstongue twister
    • + 1 more lesson
  3. 03

    The R, the RR and the Ñ

    6 lessons
    • One Rolled R Changes the Word
    • Tap versus Trillpronunciation card
    • Tongue Twisters: The R Workouttongue twister
    • Listening: Tap or Trill?listening lab
    • Speaking Lab: The R Pairsspeaking lab
    • + 1 more lesson
  4. 04

    Stress and the Written Accent

    6 lessons
    • Three Rules That Explain Every Accent
    • Aguda, Llana, Esdrújulapronunciation card
    • Does It Need an Accent?fill blank
    • Listening: Where's the Stress?listening lab
    • Build It: Accent Pairssentence builder
    • + 1 more lesson
  5. 05

    Every Remaining Spelling Rule

    6 lessons
    • The Complete Letter-to-Sound Map
    • The Silent-U Family and Xpronunciation card
    • Reading Unfamiliar Wordsfill blank
    • Word Power: Signs and Streetsword power
    • Listening: Reading Aloud Coldlistening lab
    • + 1 more lesson
  6. 06

    Reading Aloud and Regional Spanish

    7 lessons
    • Which Spanish Are You Learning?
    • Regional Soundspronunciation card
    • Speaking Lab: Read a Spanish Menuspeaking lab
    • Listening: Spanish at Real Speedlistening lab
    • Flashcards: The Complete Systemflashcard sr
    • + 2 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

40 lessons across 6 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

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