By the end
What you'll build
- Conjugate and use the present tense of the verbs that carry everyday conversation
- Choose between ser and estar correctly, and know why the usual shortcuts fail
- Talk about the past with both the pretérito and the imperfecto, and know which is which
- Talk about the future with 'ir a + infinitive', the form Spanish speakers actually use
- Use gustar, encantar and doler in their real backwards structure
- Hold a five-minute unscripted conversation about your life, work and plans
Curriculum
What's inside
6 modules · 36 lessons
- 01
The Verb Engine — Present Tense
6 lessons- Three Endings and Eight Verbs
- Build It: Present-Tense Sentencessentence builder
- Which Verb Form?fill blank
- Listening: Catching the Endinglistening lab
- Build It: Describing Your Lifesentence builder
- + 1 more lesson
- 02
Ser versus Estar
6 lessons- The Split English Doesn't Have
- Build It: Ser or Estarsentence builder
- Ser or Estar?fill blank
- Listening: The Pairs in Contextlistening lab
- Build It: The Meaning-Changerssentence builder
- + 1 more lesson
- 03
Talking About Time
6 lessons- Two Past Tenses, and Which to Use
- Build It: The Pretéritosentence builder
- Pretérito or Imperfecto?fill blank
- The Gustar Problem
- Build It: Gustar and Friendssentence builder
- + 1 more lesson
- 04
Questions, Negation and Opinions
6 lessons- Asking, Denying, Disagreeing
- Build It: Questions and Negativessentence builder
- Which Negative?fill blank
- Word Power: Opinions and Fillersword power
- Speaking Lab: Agree, Disagree, Hedgespeaking lab
- + 1 more lesson
- 05
Small Talk, Plans and the Telephone
6 lessons- The Shape of a Spanish Conversation
- Build It: Small Talksentence builder
- Listening: A Real Conversationlistening lab
- Word Power: Conversation Glueword power
- Flashcards: The Conversation Kitflashcard sr
- + 1 more lesson
- 06
Conversation Capstones
6 lessons- Listening: When It Goes Off-Scriptlistening lab
- Build It: The Full Toolkitsentence builder
- Capstone: Five Minutes About Your Lifespeaking lab
- Final Checkpoint: Daily Conversationquiz
- Picture It & Speak — AI Image Studioimage lab
- + 1 more lesson
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
36 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.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.
