Courses

How the language is written and said: every letter and sound from a native voice, the few rules that make reading aloud reliable, and short practice checked at once.

Early access: a native speaker is still checking these 6 lessons.

1. 1The Spanish alphabet
   The 27 letters, their names, a word for each, and how to spell your name aloud.
2. 2The five vowels
   The five vowels: always short, always the same. Then two vowels side by side.
3. 3Consonants that sound different
   The consonants that sound different from English: silent h, j, ñ, ll, rr, b and v, c and z, qu, gu.
4. 4Stress and accent marks
   Where the stress falls, when a word takes an accent mark, and marks that change the meaning.
5. 5Writing Spanish
   ¿ and ¡, which words take capitals, and how to type á, ñ, ¿ and ¡ on a computer and a phone.
6. 6Reading aloud
   Syllables, reading new words from their spelling, a tongue twister, and a first paragraph.

From first words to simple conversations. Each unit is one situation and brings its words, one point of grammar and a conversation together.

• Unit 1: hello, your name, how are you
• Numbers, days and dates, the time
• Family, home, food, shopping, directions
• About 14 units at A1; the first unit free

Words by theme, each said by a native voice, with a sentence that uses it. A short daily review brings back the words you got wrong until you know them.

• About 30 themed sets of 20 words at A1
• Listening and spelling practice
• The first set free

One rule at a time, explained in plain English with spoken examples, then drills checked at once.

• Gender and articles; the present tense
• ser and estar; questions and the negative
• Adjectives; the near future (voy a ...)
• The first topic free

Real situations: a café, a hotel, asking the way, meeting someone. Hear the conversation, read it, then take one part yourself while the other voice answers.

• About 20 conversations at A1
• Hear it, read it, then play a part
• The first conversation free

How the language is written and said: every letter and sound from a native voice, the few rules that make reading aloud reliable, and short practice checked at once.

Early access: a native speaker is still checking these 6 lessons.

1. 1The German alphabet
   The 26 letters plus ä, ö, ü and ß, their names, a word for each, and spelling aloud.
2. 2Vowels, long and short
   Every vowel long or short, the umlauts, and the endings English speakers drop.
3. 3Letter pairs
   ei and ie, eu, au, the two sounds of ch, sch, sp and st, and a few more pairs.
4. 4Consonants unlike English
   w, v, z, j, the buzzing s, the end of a word, the German r, silent h and th.
5. 5Writing German
   Capital nouns, ß or ss, German quotation marks, typing ä ö ü ß, and compound words.
6. 6Stress and reading aloud
   Where the beat falls, long words, a tongue twister, and your first paragraph.

From first words to simple conversations. Each unit is one situation and brings its words, one point of grammar and a conversation together.

• Unit 1: hello, your name, how are you
• Numbers, days and dates, the time
• Family, home, food, shopping, directions
• About 14 units at A1; the first unit free

Words by theme, each said by a native voice, with a sentence that uses it. A short daily review brings back the words you got wrong until you know them.

• About 30 themed sets of 20 words at A1
• Listening and spelling practice
• The first set free

One rule at a time, explained in plain English with spoken examples, then drills checked at once.

• Gender and articles; the present tense
• Word order; questions and the negative
• The cases, one at a time
• The first topic free

Real situations: a café, a hotel, asking the way, meeting someone. Hear the conversation, read it, then take one part yourself while the other voice answers.

• About 20 conversations at A1
• Hear it, read it, then play a part
• The first conversation free