Spanish Made Simple: Beginner Spanish
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In this course you will build a solid foundation for Spanish by learning the basic key concepts of Spanish and then build upon those concepts and be conversational by the end of the course.
Become Conversational Using This Simplified Approach For Beginners Through Intermediate Level Spanish
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Be understood by learning the correct way of pronunciation.
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Learn how to have basic conversation with people
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Learn to be yourself in Spanish and not just a memorization robot.
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Learn how to master the conjugation of the simple past, present, and future tenses of verbs.
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Learn travel Spanish ie. at the airport, renting a car, in the restaurant, getting directions
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Be able to go anywhere and do anything where Spanish is required.
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Enrich your life by opening the door to a new culture and be able to communicate with more than 400,000,000 more people worldwide.
Learning the Spanish Language is Vital
In our day, knowing more than one language is important and knowing Spanish is vital. Spanish is becoming more and more popular in English speaking countries, especially the U.S. Knowing Spanish has so many benefits: it gives you a competitive edge in the job market (I have met countless qualified people who didn’t get the job because they couldn’t speak Spanish), gives you the opportunity to be more cultured, travel to 22 more countries and speak their language, open up opportunities that didn’t exist before, and so much more. It might even spice up your life by marrying a latino or latina, like I did 🙂
Content and Overview
This course contains over 60 lectures and 4 hours of video with updated and added content added regularly. I’ve designed a simple step by step process which anyone can follow. It’s designed for the beginner and will take you to an intermediate level of Spanish where you’ll be conversational. (I’m in the process of creating the Advanced Spanish course that you’ll be able to graduate to if you desire to take your Spanish to another level.)
I didn’t learn Spanish until I was 20 yrs old and couldn’t speak a lick of it before then (well, I could count to 10 like most everyone else but that was it.) Because I didn’t grow up bilingual like most Spanish teachers did, I’m able to simplify the learning process for you and give you that perspective that others simply can’t because I’ve been in your shoes.
In this course, you will first learn “half the battle” of being fluent in Spanish and that is pronunciation. No matter how well you learn vocabulary, phrases, grammar, etc. if you can’t pronounce the words right you won’t be understood. Thus, pronunciation being half the battle.
Then you’ll learn basic meet and greet vocabulary and phrases. Memorization is important to learning Spanish but as you progress through the course you’ll learn why you’re saying what you’re saying and will be able to use those principles with any word or verb and in this way you’ll learn to be yourself in Spanish. Also, as part of your vocabulary building you will learn over 100 words in Spanish that you didn’t know you already knew!
Next, you’ll begin to learn simple parts of speech and how they work in Spanish. This is where you’ll begin to understand why you say what you say in Spanish. Vocabulary and quizzes are spread throughout the course to keep you constantly learning new words and phrases and to test your growing knowledge of the language.
You’ll then learn situational Spanish ie. Spanish in the home, at the airport, hotel, car rental, getting directions, buying and paying for stuff, at the restaurant, etc.
And finally, you’ll really start to hone your parts of speech skills as you continue through the last section of the course as the lessons will clarify many pitfalls for English speakers. Many frequently asked questions will be cleared up in this section. For instance, “para” and “por” both mean “for” how are they used differently? or “saber” and “conocer” both mean “to know” how and when do I use each?
By the end of this course you will feel comfortable to speak and carry on conversation with any Spanish speaker and even travel to any Spanish speaking country with confidence that you’ll be able to get around without any problems. I look forward to seeing you on the inside!
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Before You Begin.... -
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Spanish Made Simple Podcast: Your Daily Dose of Español
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Pronunciation: VowelsIn this lecture you'll learn how to pronounce the Spanish vowels.
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Pronunciation: Consonants
In this lecture you'll learn how to pronounce the Spanish consonants and learn the 3 letters in Spanish that don't exist in English: LL - Ñ - RR.
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Practice Session 1: Pronunciation
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Pronunciation: Diphthongs and Triphthongs
In this lecture you'll learn:
- How to pronounce Diphthongs (when two vowels together make a different sound than when they're by themselves.)
- How to pronounce Triphthongs(three vowels together)
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Practice Session 2: Pronunciation Digraphs
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Quiz: Test your Pronunciation knowledge
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Intro to Vocabulary
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Intro to Quizlet
In this quick video you'll learn to navigate Quizlet.com, an awesome service used throughout the course for learning Spanish vocabulary and phrases.
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Meeting People Vocabulary and Phrases
In this lecture you'll learn the vocabulary and phrases for meeting people and carrying on a conversation in Spanish.
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Meeting People: A Conversation
In this lesson you'll listen to a meet and greet conversation between two native Spanish speakers.
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Practice Session 3: Meet and Greet
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Meeting People Quiz
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Vocabulary 1
This lecture starts the first series of the most commonly used words in Spanish not including verbs. The most common verbs will be covered in the next set of vocabulary.
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Cognates: Spanish you didn't know you already knew
This lecture is a great vocabulary builder of words that you actually already know, because they're practically the same in Spanish as they are in English.
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Definite Articles, Gender and Number
In this lecture you'll learn how to use Gender (masculine and feminine) and Number (singular and plural)
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Indefinite Article: a, some
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Practice Session 4: Definite and Indefinite Articles
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Personal Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
In this lesson you'll learn the Spanish personal pronouns. This lesson will be key for understanding how the verbs work in the next lesson and throughout the course.
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Basic Verb Tenses: Present
In this lecture you'll be introduced to and learn how to conjugate verbs in the present tense.
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Vocabulary 2 (Verbs)
Now that you know a little bit about conjugating verbs this lesson will build your vocabulary of most commonly used verbs.
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Practice Session 5: Verb Conjugation
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Basic Verb Tenses: Past (preterite)
There are two basic conjugations for the past. In this lesson, you'll learn how to conjugate in the past preterite. The other form is called "imperfect" which you'll learn in a later lecture.
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The Verb Tener- to have
In this lecture, you'll learn the verb tener- to have. Tener is used quite frequent in Spanish being that it takes on other meanings than just "to have" which you'll learn in this lecture.
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Vocabulary 3
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Practice Session 6: Tener
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Possessive Adjectives: My, Mine, His, Hers, Our, Ours, Your, Yours, etc.
In this lecture you'll learn how to say and use the Spanish possessive adjectives such as: my and mine, his, hers, our and ours, etc.
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Conjunctions: and, or, but, nor
Conjunction conjunction what's your function¿? In this lecture you'll learn the Spanish conjunctions and, or, but & nor.
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Prepositions: to, in, on, of, from, with
Practically every Spanish preposition has more than one meaning in English and are often part of expressions that don't relate to the actual meaning of the preposition. In this video you'll learn some of the most common prepositions and the study material will show you common expressions associated with them.
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Practice Session 7: Possessive Adj Thru Prepositions
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Numbers: 1-100
About everyone I know knows how to count to 10 in Spanish, This Lecture will take you to 100. And a future lecture will expand that to a billion,
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Telling Time
In this lecture you will learn how to ask for and communicate what time it is in Spanish.
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Telling Time Quiz
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Forming Questions Using Who, What, Where, When, Why, How, How Much and How Many
In this lecture you'll learn how to form questions using Who, What, Where, When, Why, How and How much. And you'll learn common questions formed with these words.
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Practice Session 8: Telling Time and Questions
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Numbers: 100+
In this lecture you'll learn to count up to the billions. You'll learn the simple patterns that Spanish numbers use in the hundreds, thousands, millions, etc.
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Reflexive Verbs
After this lecture you'll know what reflexive verbs are and mean, how to conjugate them and learn how it translates for us to say "to get... or to become... " such as "to get sick" "to get lost" etc.
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Verbs: imperfect (a different form of the past)
In this lecture you'll learn the imperfect past, which is how you say the English "used to" + a verb or "would" + a verb in the past.
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Verbs: future and conditional
In this lecture you'll learn how to use and say the future tense "will" as in "I will go." And you'll learn the conditional "would" as in "I would go if it weren't so expensive."
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Practice Session 13: Reflexive Thru Future and Conditional
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Verbs: Present and Past Participle
After this lecture you'll know how to use the Spanish present and past participle.
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The Verb Haber- to have
Haber is the other way to say have. In this lecture you'll learn how it's used.
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Practice Session 14: Present and Past Participle thru Haber
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Quiz
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Adjectives: this and these, that and those
In this lecture you'll learn this, these, that, and those in Spanish.
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Comparison Adj: More, Less, Bigger Than, Smaller Than
After this lecture you'll know how to use comparison adjectives in Spanish such as bigger than, smaller than, the biggest, the best, etc.
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Adj. Each, every, rest of, both
In this lecture you'll learn how to say and use each, every, rest of and both in Spanish.
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Practice Session 15: This, These, etc thru Each, Every, etc.
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Quiz
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Para vs Por "For"
"Para" and "Por" both mean "for" in Spanish. They both carry other meanings as well. In this lesson you'll learn how and when to use them.
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Para vs Por Quiz
This quiz will test to see if you know when to use para and when to use por
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Pronouns Direct Objects: me, you, him, us, them
You don't need to know what a pronoun direct object is to learn this. It's simply learning how to use me, you, them, etc. in Spanish
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Tiempo vs Vez: both mean time- the difference between the two
Tiempo and vez both mean time. In this lecture you'll learn how to use each of them properly.
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Verbs: Ser vs Estar
Ser and Estar both mean "to be." Being that we use "to be" more than any other verb it can be a confusing thing for us English speakers in the beginning. This lesson will clear up when we use ser or when we use estar. Speaking from experience this will be a lesson that will need to be visited frequently for the first little while til you understand it.
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Ser vs Estar Quiz
This quiz will test to see if you know when to use ser and when to use estar
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Saber vs Conocer- To know
Saber and Conocer both mean "to know" In this lecture you'll learn the difference between the two and when to use them.
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Saber vs Conocer
Test your knowledge of the difference between these two verbs.
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Some and None: Alguno, Ninguno
In this lecture you'll learn how to use Alguno and Ninguno- some and none in Spanish.
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Practice Session 16: D.O. Pronouns thru The Pitfalls
