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Duration of the online course: 10 hours and 51 minutes

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Speak Spanish with confidence: a free A1 course to master greetings, verbs and daily conversations, with clear practice to build real-life fluency.

In this free course, learn about

  • Greet and say goodbye in Spanish; polite expressions for meeting people
  • Ask/give personal info: name, origin, age (using 'tener'), phone, etc.
  • Pronounce key sounds incl. the special letter Ñ and other common challenges
  • Use basic verbs and present tense conjugation; intro to irregular present forms
  • Choose correctly between por/para/porque in common A1 situations
  • Use articles and gender/number agreement (el/la/los/las; un/una/unos/unas)
  • Differentiate ser/estar/hay for identity, states/locations, and 'there is/are'
  • Talk about weather, days of the week, family, routine, and neighbourhood
  • Describe people: physical traits, personality adjectives, superlatives
  • Use demonstratives (este/ese/aquel) and quantifiers (mucho/poco/algo/nada)
  • Use gustar to express likes/dislikes with indirect object pronouns
  • Shopping and clothing/object vocabulary; prices, sizes, and buying interactions
  • Food vocabulary; describe food; order at a restaurant with useful phrases
  • Ask for/give directions; use pretérito perfecto (have done) + saber vs poder

Course Description

Start speaking Spanish from day one with a practical A1 course designed for beginners who want real progress without feeling overwhelmed. You will build a solid foundation for everyday communication, so you can introduce yourself, ask and answer basic questions, and navigate common situations with confidence. The lessons focus on clear explanations and frequent practice, helping you understand not only what to say, but when and why to say it.

As you move through the course, you will strengthen the essentials that make Spanish feel manageable: pronunciation points that often confuse new learners, core vocabulary you can use immediately, and the grammar that supports simple, accurate sentences. You will learn to talk about personal information, routines, family, preferences, and descriptions of people and places. You will also get comfortable with key structures that beginners need early on, such as articles and demonstratives, and the important differences between similar-looking words and verbs used in daily speech.

The course is also built around useful real-life contexts. You will practice language for shopping, ordering at a restaurant, discussing food, describing your neighbourhood, and asking for directions. Along the way, you will improve your ability to talk about the weather, use quantifiers, express opinions and likes, and handle common irregular verbs. You will gain experience with present tense patterns and a first step into talking about past experiences through the pretérito perfecto, giving you more range in conversation while keeping everything at an A1-friendly pace.

Whether you are learning Spanish for travel, work opportunities, study, or personal enrichment, this free online course helps you develop a reliable base you can keep building on. By the end, you should feel more comfortable listening, forming sentences, and responding naturally in everyday situations, with a clearer sense of how to continue improving outside the lessons.

Course content

  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: Greetings in Spanish (Class 1) 16m
  • Exercise: What is the correct way to say goodbye in Spanish?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: Personal Information in Spanish (Class 2) 29m
  • Exercise: What is the name of the special Spanish letter mentioned in the text that has a pronunciation challenge for many learners?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: Your first 3 VERBS in Spanish (Class 3) 23m
  • Exercise: Which verb is used in Spanish to ask for someone's age in the context provided in the course?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: POR, PARA, PORQUE in Spanish (Class # 4) 27m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: PRESENT TENSE in Spanish (class #5) 15m
  • Exercise: What tense is primarily discussed in this Spanish lesson?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: ARTICLES 15m
  • Exercise: What does the instructor recommend doing to enhance language learning outside of the classroom?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: SER, ESTAR, HAY in Spanish (class #7) 34m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: THE WEATHER in Spanish (class #8) 23m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: THE SUPERLATIVES (Class 9) 17m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: CLOTHES and OBJECTS in Spanish (Lesson 10) 26m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: THE DEMONSTRATIVES in Spanish (Class # 11) 26m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: HOW TO GO SHOPPING in Spanish (Class # 12) 28m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: HOW TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE in Spanish (Class # 13) 29m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: The Verb GUSTAR in Spanish (Class # 14) 36m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: The FAMILY 21m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: The DAYS OF THE WEEK in Spanish (Class # 16) 23m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: The ROUTINE 35m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: IRREGULAR VERBS in Spanish (Class # 18) 21m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: FOOD VOCABULARY in Spanish (Class # 19) 19m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: How to ORDER AT A RESTAURANT in Spanish (Class # 20) 17m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: FOOD DESCRIPTION in Spanish (Class #21) 18m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: DESCRIBING YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD in Spanish (Class #22) 25m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS in Spanish (Class #23) 24m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: QUANTIFIERS in Spanish (Class #24) 23m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES in Spanish (Class #25) 22m
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: EL PRETÉRITO PERFECTO in Spanish (Class #26) 18m
  • Exercise: What verb form does 'preterito perfecto' in Spanish correspond to in English?
  • Video class: Free Spanish Course A1: SABER vs PODER in Spanish (Class #27) 26m

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