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SPANISH ACCELERATOR ™

Your first step to learn Spanish

Spanish Accelerator is the most comprehensive online course for beginners.

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— This is not for everyone

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Dave O'Neill
"I joined Spanish Accelerator, and it is so much better than all the other courses I have tried. It truly offers a one-stop shop for all your Spanish language learning needs."
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"I appreciate that the structure of the course rewards consistency. I know where I am in my learning, what my next steps, and what I need to work on."
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"I really enjoy is the assessments, where you can get immediate feedback, and know right away what you need to work on. Also, the community to get personalized feedback is invaluable."
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"Spanish Accelerator is very detailed and structured, and is packed with tens of hours of exercises, video resources, grammar, vocab and audios all in one place."
Spanish Accelerator is well organized, extensive, and builds the foundation blocks for Spanish (vocabulary, grammar, verbs, you name it).

But I don't want anybody to think It's a magical course, it helps to accelerate the process because it’s constructed with built in repetitions, multiple inputs, it’s all there for you, but you have to be dedicated and do it!
This course and the instructor, Alejandro, are awesome!  

My Spanish speaking, writing, and overall comprehension have really improved. 

The course material is high quality and follows a logical progression for language learning. You can count on Alejandro to help you reach your language goals!
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BENEFITS

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What makes it different?

One place. Not all over the place.

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Every lesson starts with a video where we introduce and explain different contents, such as:
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  • The first 3 units are taught in English.
  • Units 3-6 in Spanish with English subtitles.
  • Units 7-9 in Spanish with Spanish subtitles.
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This is a grammar-focused lesson on unit 2 where we cover possessives. It’s taught in English and you can see how the grammar is presented in context.
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This one is from unit 7, a more advanced lesson already in Spanish. We cover structures to compare using a video call as context. There are subtitles in Spanish available.
After the video lessons you’ll have a variety of engaging exercises to reinforce the contents that have been covered.

They’ll provide immediate feedback so you can check your understanding and review the gaps in your knowledge if needed.
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To commit what you learned to the long-term, you’ll have access to flashcards organized by unit and content. These are not your typical (and ineffective) cards where you just have an isolated word and its translation:
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Prefiero beber agua.
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We created audio episodes the review the contents of key lessons, so you can listen to them on the go, while working out or doing the dishes. These are recorded by two native Spanish teachers: Alejandro and Luis.

Each episode starts with a conversation, then we break down the important elements, and we prompt you to answer some questions or translate some words and sentences. We finish listening one more time to the initial conversation.

The instruction of the episodes from the first 3 units is done in English, and from then on in Spanish. The episodes completely in Spanish have a full transcript.
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This is an audio episode from unit 4 of the course, and therefore is more advanced and mainly in Spanish.

#16 - Hábitos, deportes y expresar frecuencia - powered by Happy Scribe

Bienvenidos a otra lección de audio de Spanish Accelerator. En esta conversación con Luis, vamos a hablar de otro de los temas de la unidad cuatro: hábitos, deportes y expresar frecuencia. Escuchad atentamente, y después vamos a repasar juntos el contenido.

Uf, Luis. Vengo del médico, y no tengo muy buenas noticias. Me dice que me tengo que cuidar más. Tengo el colesterol alto y que tengo que vigilar un poquito más la salud.

¡Madre mía! ¿Y qué te ha dicho? ¿Que tienes que comer más verduras, o qué?

Lo primero, la alimentación, porque sabes que yo como mucho azúcar, tengo que vigilar un poquito más, y tampoco ayuda, ¿no?, es un poquito, también, no es ideal, que bebo alcohol todos los fines de semana, ¿no?, me gusta quedar con amigos en el bar y tomar algo, entonces bebo algunas cervezas y eso pues no es ideal. Por suerte no fumo, entonces, bueno, eso del tabaco no es un problema para mí. Pero en general tengo que comer más saludable, comer más verduras, beber agua y dejar un poquito el alcohol, ¿sí?, no, no puedo beber alcohol los fines de semana, tengo que tener cuidado. Por suerte, por suerte, un hábito que sí tengo es el deporte, soy bastante deportista y el médico ha comentado que eso ayuda bastante, ¿sí? ¿Tú qué tal tu salud? ¿Te cuidas también un poquito más que yo, espero, o también tienes malas noticias de los médicos cuando los visitas?

Bueno, el médico sí me dice que tengo que hacer más deporte, porque estoy muchas horas sentado por mi trabajo, y también tengo que dormir un poquito más porque entre semana duermo poco. Pero sí que como bastantes verduras bebo mucha agua, siempre bebo agua, y no bebo mucho alcohol ni fumo.

Vale, entonces bien. Lo único, el ejercicio, ¿no?, el deporte. A mí, yo tengo suerte porque me gusta mucho el deporte, entonces casi todos los días estoy haciendo algo, algún tipo de deporte o salgo a correr o juego al baloncesto... También de vez en cuando, no mucho, pero sí que de vez en cuando hago algo de boxeo, y la verdad es que soy bastante activo, pero para ti, ¿no disfrutas tanto del deporte, quizá?

Disfruto sobre todo del deporte individual como el ciclismo, ¿sí? Me encanta el ciclismo y voy siempre con mi bicicleta. Pero los deportes de equipo no me gustan. De vez en cuando hago yoga, pero casi todos los días practico el ciclismo.

Bueno, está bien. Pero claro, si vas a un sitio cerca, por la ciudad y no es tan intenso quizá, pues no te, no te ayuda tanto.

Sí.

Quizá puedes correr algunos días, quizá dos, dos veces a la semana o un día a la semana, salir a correr un poquito, ¿o no te gusta la idea?

No me gusta nada correr. Sí, la verdad es que no me gusta nada. Sí, ¿a ti?

Sí, sí, yo corro, corro bastante, sí. Salgo a correr por lo menos dos, tres veces a la semana, entonces me gusta. Pero al contrario que a ti, por ejemplo, el ciclismo, no. La bici es un poco peligrosa para mí, entonces yo nunca, nunca, nunca hago, voy en bici o hago ciclismo. Así que es algo que, ¿sí?, somos un poquito diferentes en ese sentido.

En esta lección, Luis y yo hablamos de los hábitos saludables, no saludables, como «fumar», ¿no? [en inglés] "to smoke", o dormir muchas o pocas horas, también hablamos de «beber alcohol», [en inglés] "to drink alcohol" y comer verduras, [en inglés] "to eat vegetables". En mi caso, «hacer deporte». Y ese va a ser el foco de esta lección, los deportes, y también expresar frecuencia. ¿Qué deportes hemos hemos mencionado, Luis?

El ciclismo.

El ciclismo. Has dicho que a ti te gusta el ciclismo porque vas en bici por todo. Y «el ciclismo» es [en inglés] "cycle". También hemos hablado de «correr o salir a correr», ¿qué significa esto?

[en inglés] "To go running".

[en inglés] "To go running". También en español decimos «el ráning», ¿sí?, con una pronunciación un poco española, «el ráning», pero es bastante frecuente, ¿no?, usar ese término en inglés, ese anglicismo, pero en español diríamos «correr». También hemos mencionado algunos deportes de equipo. Yo he mencionado «el baloncesto», es [en inglés] "basquetball", y Luis habla de que no le gustan mucho estos deportes. Otros serían «el fútbol» o quizá «el tenis», no es de equipo, pero bueno, es también, necesitas otra persona para jugar. Entonces ese vocabulario es sencillo: «fútbol, tenis», similar al inglés, ¿no?, [en inglés] "football" and "tennis". Tenemos también el yoga, otro vocabulario bastante sencillo del deporte y el ejercicio. La palabra se escribe igual, pero «yoga» puede tener una pronunciación un poco diferente, porque en inglés, quizá diríamos [en inglés] "yoga, yoga". En español puedes oír «yoga», incluso en el español de Argentina o Uruguay, ¿no?, podría decir «yoga». Entonces, hay muchos niveles, muchas diferencias en esta pronunciación, este sonido desde «yoga, yoga», a [en inglés] "yoga", pero todos son lo mismo, todo es correcto, no hay que preocuparse por eso.

Y algún vocabulario más puede ser «hacer pesas». «Hacer pesas» significa [en inglés] "to lift weights", entonces, ese es algún vocabulario del deporte, la mayoría de este vocabulario es muy parecido en inglés, así que no presenta tantas dificultades. Pero luego hemos hablado Luis y yo de la frecuencia con la que hacemos estos deportes o la que practicamos deportes. ¿Cómo podemos expresar frecuencia, Luis? ¿Qué expresiones tenemos? Empezando por la más alta, la más frecuente, ¿qué podríamos decir?

«Todos los días», por ejemplo, «todos los días hago ciclismo», o «siempre», 100%, todos los días.

Exacto, ¿no?, si hacer algo continuamente, puedes decir «yo siempre...», por ejemplo, «siempre salgo a correr», después de «todos los días, salgo a correr», con mucha frecuencia. También esta expresión de «todos los...», es muy versátil, ¿no?, es flexible porque podemos decir «todas las semanas» o «todos los lunes», o «todos los meses, todos los años». Y si no son todos los días, pero estamos muy cerca de todos los días, Luis, ¿qué vocabulario podemos usar para expresar esto?

«Casi todos los días», o «a menudo».

Muy bien. Ese «casi» ¿no?, es útil porque también podemos decir «casi siempre». «Casi» es [en inglés] "almost", "almost every day, almost always", «casi siempre», «casi todos los días». Y tenemos «a menudo, normalmente», que pueden expresar una frecuencia también alta ¿no? En inglés, «a menudo» podría ser [en inglés] "often", «yo voy», o «hago deporte a menudo», [en inglés] "I often exercise". «Normalmente», [en inglés] "normally", muy fácil. Y cuando no hacemos algo con tanta frecuencia, Luis, ¿qué vocabulario podemos utilizar?

Podemos decir «a veces», o «de vez en cuando».

Mu bien, «a veces, de vez en cuando». «A veces», creo que es mucho más frecuente que «de vez en cuando», es más corta, pero ambas significan lo mismo, como [en inglés] "sometimes", «de vez en cuando», [en inglés] "from time to time". Entonces, creo que Luis dice que «a veces hace yoga, a veces hace yoga». Y cuando no hacemos algo con frecuencia, prácticamente no hacemos algo, ¿qué expresiones podemos utilizar?

Decimos «casi nunca» o «nunca». Cero veces.

Exacto. 100% de las veces es «siempre», «siempre salgo a correr, siempre corro»; o «nunca», «nunca como verdura», por ejemplo, «casi nunca hago pesas». Entonces, de más o menos, un repaso rápido: «siempre» o «todos los días», «casi siempre», «casi todos los días», «a menudo», «normalmente», «a veces»; y por abajo, «casi nunca» o «nunca». Es el momento de repasar lo que hemos aprendido en esta lección. Empezamos con algo de vocabulario sobre buenos o malos hábitos. Luis, ¿cómo decimos [en inglés] "to smoke"?

«Fumar».

«Fumar».O «yo fumo», o «no fumo». ¿Y cómo dirías [en inglés] "I drink alcohol"?

«Bebo alcohol».

«Bebo alcohol». ¿Y [en inglés] "to exercise", Luis o [en inglés] "to do sports, play sports", ¿cuál es el vocabulario para esto?

«Hago deporte».

Muy bien, «no hago deporte», o «hago ejercicio» o «practico deporte» también sería posible. Y Luis ha dicho también que [en inglés] "he spends many hours sitting". ¿Cómo es [en inglés] "to be sitting for long hours" or "to sit for long hours"?

«Estar muchas horas sentado».

«Estamos muchas horas sentados», los dos trabajamos en el ordenador y estamos muchas horas sentados. Ya hemos hablado de hacer deporte, vamos a repasar el vocabulario de algunos de los más populares, ¿cómo decimos, Luis [en inglés] "football"?

«El fútbol».

¿Y [en inglés] "to lift weights"?

«Hacer pesas».

Muy bien. ¿Cómo diríamos, [en inglés] "cycling"?

«El ciclismo».

«El ciclismo». ¿Y [en inglés] "basketball"?

«El baloncesto».

¿Cómo decimos [en inglés] "yoga"?

«El yoga».

Y uno más. Como diríamos [en inglés] "running" o [en inglés] "to run"?

«Correr».

«Correr», fantástico. Y finalmente, hemos aprendido a expresar frecuencia en español, ¿cómo diríamos [en inglés] "always"?

«Siempre». ¿Cómo se dice [en inglés] "everyday"?

«Todos los días». ¿Y [en inglés] "almost everyday"?

«Casi todos los días». ¿Cómo se dice [en inglés] "often"?

«A menudo, a menudo». ¿Cómo diríamos [en inglés] "normally"?

«Normalmente». ¿Cómo se dice [en inglés] "sometimes"?

«A veces». Y podríamos decir [en inglés] "from time to time", «de vez en cuando». «A veces, de vez en cuando». ¿Y [en inglés] "almost never"?

«Casi nunca». Así que «nunca» es [en inglés] "never", ¿no?

Exactamente. Entonces, «siempre, todos los días, casi siempre» o «casi todos los días, a menudo, normalmente, a veces, casi nunca o nunca». Y hasta aquí llega esta lección, como de costumbre, como es habitual, vamos a escuchar de nuevo la conversación inicial entre Luis y yo.

Uf, Luis. Vengo del médico, y no tengo muy buenas noticias. Me dice que me tengo que cuidar más. Tengo el colesterol alto y que tengo que vigilar un poquito más la salud.

¡Madre mía! ¿Y qué te ha dicho? ¿Que tienes que comer más verduras, o qué?

Lo primero, la alimentación, porque sabes que yo como mucho azúcar, tengo que vigilar un poquito más, y tampoco ayuda, ¿no?, es un poquito, también, no es ideal, que bebo alcohol todos los fines de semana, ¿no?, me gusta quedar con amigos en el bar y tomar algo, entonces bebo algunas cervezas y eso pues no es ideal. Por suerte no fumo, entonces, bueno, eso del tabaco no es un problema para mí. Pero en general tengo que comer más saludable, comer más verduras, beber agua y dejar un poquito el alcohol,¿sí?, no, no puedo beber alcohol los fines de semana, tengo que tener cuidado. Por suerte, por suerte, un hábito que sí tengo es el deporte, soy bastante deportista y el médico ha comentado que eso ayuda bastante, ¿sí? ¿Tú qué tal tu salud? ¿Te cuidas también un poquito más que yo, espero, o también tienes malas noticias de los médicos cuando los visitas?

Bueno, el médico sí me dice que tengo que hacer más deporte, porque estoy muchas horas sentado por mi trabajo y también tengo que dormir un poquito más, porque entre semana duermo poco. Pero sí que como bastantes verduras, bebo mucha agua, siempre bebo agua, y no bebo mucho alcohol ni fumo.

Vale, entonces bien. Lo único, el ejercicio, ¿no?, el deporte. A mí, yo tengo suerte porque me gusta mucho el deporte, entonces casi todos los días estoy haciendo algo, algún tipo de deporte o salgo a correr o juego al baloncesto... También de vez en cuando, no mucho, pero sí que de vez en cuando hago algo de boxeo, y la verdad es que soy bastante activo, pero para ti, ¿no disfrutas tanto del deporte, quizá?

Disfruto sobre todo del deporte individual como el ciclismo, ¿sí? Me encanta el ciclismo y voy siempre con mi bicicleta. Pero los deportes de equipo no me gustan. De vez en cuando hago yoga, pero casi todos los días practico el ciclismo.

Bueno, está bien. Pero claro, si vas a un sitio cerca, por la ciudad, y no es tan intenso quizá, no te ayuda tanto?

Sí.

Quizá puedes correr algunos días, quizá dos, dos veces a la semana o un día a la semana, salir a correr un poquito, ¿o no te gusta la idea?

No me gusta nada correr. Sí, la verdad es que no me gusta nada. Sí, ¿a ti?

Sí, sí, yo corro, corro bastante, sí. Salgo a correr por lo menos dos, tres veces a la semana, entonces me gusta. Pero al contrario que a ti, por ejemplo, el ciclismo no. La bici es un poco peligrosa para mí, entonces yo nunca, nunca, nunca hago, voy en bici o hago ciclismo. Así que es algo que, ¿sí?, somos un poquito diferentes en ese sentido.

Y hasta aquí este episodio y esta última lección de la unidad cuatro del programa de audio de Spanish Accelerator. Muchísimas gracias por vuestra atención y hablamos en la siguiente unidad. Hasta luego.

Hasta la próxima.

Having a tangible sense of progress is key to your motivation.

That’s why we provide a wide array of tools to ensure you have a clear idea of what you know, mistakes you make and which parts you should revisit.

With Spanish Accelerator, you’ll have access to:
  • Exercises with immediate feedback in every lesson.
  • Feedback from tutors on your final projects of each unit.
  • Mastery check in every unit that tracks all the contents learned.
  • Speaking assessments every three units*
*These are optional and paid separately as a session with one of our private tutors. We’ll also provide you the template of the assessment so you can do it with a native speaker or another tutor if you prefer.
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Throughout units you’ll have the opportunity to share something with the community: a written text, a link to a short audio recording, a podcast or even a video.

With these activities you can put into practice what you have learned, and see what other students share. Our community is the perfect place to learn from other like-minded learners.

On top of that, our teachers will provide feedback on your projects, so you can get a sense of your skills and pinpoint areas of improvement.
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Sometimes you just need to ask the teacher a question.

We host weekly live calls exclusively for members of Spanish Accelerator. During the sessions, you’ll be able to ask one of our teachers any questions you may have, ask them to go deeper into certain topics of the course, or just chat with them.

It’s also a great opportunity to learn from the questions of other students or just connect with like-minded learners.

The dates of the calls we’ll be agreed upon each cohort of the course with a poll, but they’ll likely be in the evening, UK time. But don’t worry, if you can’t make the calls, you’ll have access to a recordings.
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To have a general overview of the contents of each unit, you’ll have access to summary sheets. You can print them or just reference the PDF from time to time.

You’ll learn a lot of content in Spanish Acclerator: vocabulary, grammar, culture... So this is an excellent way of doing a quick review of what you learned, particularly before the Mastery checks of the units.

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Spanish Accelerator bridges that gap with a modern course based on scientific and classroom evidence.
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Learning framework
Each unit of our course follows a project-based approach, and we sequence it in the following phases:
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2. Think & discover
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The unit starts with different texts, audio or videos that introduce the central topic as well as the most relevant vocabulary and structures.
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We first focus on the meaning of the content and then analyze and learn the vocabulary. Instead of isolated words, we focus on chunks (groups of words the frequently go together), which are much more meaningful.
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We used advanced tools (Linguistic corpus, Frequency dictionaries and Google NGram) to ensure the vocabulary you learn in the course is the most statistically relevant and the one used in real life.
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In Spanish Accelerator you’ll start with a real situation (a conversation, a video, an audio, a blog post), where the focus is on meaning, but that contains the structure we’re learning. Then you’ll be guided to reflect on the structure and discover the rule by yourself.

This is called an inductive approach to grammar, that’s always presented in the context it’s relevant for communication. You can see an example in the video walkthrough above.
Your next step is to put all the linguistic content you learned in the previous into practice. Here the focus is on form and we aim for accuracy, but still in meaningful and real-life scenarios.

Here are some examples:
At the end of each unit you’ll perform a real-life communication activity that puts into practice all the skills, vocabulary, and grammar you have learned. Some examples:
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You’ll record an audio introducing yourself to another student, sharing who you are, why you’re learning Spanish and what do you do to practice.
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Describe your best friend’s personality, appearance and hobbies to win two free tickets to the Teatro Romano in Mérida.
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Record a presentation about your favourite Spanish city: its climate, ways to move around, places to visit, and typical dishes.
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The full list of projects can be found in our course curriculum.

For English speakers

Your mother tongue is one of the biggest factors influencing your learning of a second language. Spanish Accelerator focuses on the needs of English speakers. It achieves this through the follwoing:
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Cognates
In the very beginning of the course you’ll learn about cognates, words that share the same linguistic root in English and Spanish and that are therefore identical or similar.
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Common mistakes
We focus on structures that generally cause problems to English speakers, such as the use of articles, object pronouns or the pronunciation of vowels.
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Better translations
Sometimes there are better ways of thinking about particular parts of language. For example, the verb gustar is better though of as ‘to be pleaasing’ instead of the most common traslation ‘to like’.
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Lessons are taught in English for the first 3 units. Nonetheless, we want to eventually avoid translation and help you think in Spanish, so we’ll be progressing to Spanish-only lessons.

No false promises

Learning Spanish, or any language, requires hard work, and takes time.

We don’t have a secret formula and we’re not going to give you false expectations that only lead to
frustration. Spanish Accelerator is self-paced, but here’s an estimate of the commitment for the 10 units and close to 140 lessons of the course:
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Dedication: 6-8 hours / week
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Duration: ~ 4 months
After the completion of the course, you’ll have completed the beginner’s curriculum, known as A1.
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At A1 you’re able to interact in a simple way, relying on repetition at a lower rate of speech, rephrasing and repair. You can initiate and respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics, providing the other speaker is wiilling to cooperate.

However, our goal is providing you with a solid foundation of Spanish, and by the end of Spanish Accelerator you’ll have:

  1. A solid grasp of the basic structures and grammar of Spanish. The language will start to make sense.
  2. A command of the 1000 most common words. As well as their common combinations and how to use them in context.
  3. A good understanding of the most important pronunciation aspects of Spanish.
  4. Inisghts into relevant cultural knowledge about Spain
  5. Your own learning style and approach, along with a set of tools and strategies so you can take your Spanish to the next level.
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From the moment you join, you can start learning and laying down your foundation in Spanish. But if now is not the best time, you can get started whenever suits you.
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Spanish can be yours for life, Spanish Accelerator is too. You can come back at a later time and still have full access to the course. All improvements and updates are also included, for free.
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Access the course contents from your laptop, tablet or phone. Particularly handy for the flaschards and the audio program, so you can continue learning whenever you have some spare time.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

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 ¡Hola! I'm Alejandro

I was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and I've been tutoring online for 6 years, working 1-on-1 with over 300 students and teaching close to 6.000 lessons.

When working with complete beginners, I saw a few challenges:

  1. They were overwhelmed by the infinite amount of resources available.
  2. The promises of fluency in weeks or months pushed by gurus and products led them to frustration and false expectations.
  3. They were scattered using many different apps, podcasts, books, YouTube channels... There was no cohesion in their learning.

After experiencing first-hand how much providing them with a structured and rigorous approach helped their progress, confidence and motivation, I set out the mission to develop my own online learning program to bring that experience to everyone, not just to those I had the opportunity to work with 1-on-1.

Spanish Accelerator provides complete beginners a clear and comprehensive step-by-step system to lay down the foundations of this beautiful language.

I strongly believe that a good start is half the battle.

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Hola, me llamo Alejandro. Nací en Palma de Mallorca, España, y tengo 30 años.

También he vivido en Madrid y en Cáceres, Extremadura, también en España. Enseño español a extranjeros desde hace ya seis años.

Me gusta mucho la tecnología y también soy aficionado al baloncesto.

Es un placer conoceros. Y nos vemos en clase.

English

Hello, my name is Alejandro. I was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and I am 30 years old.

I have also lived in Madrid and in Cáceres, Extremadura, also in Spain. I have been teaching Spanish to foreigners for six years now.

I really like technology and I am also a basketball fan.

It's a pleasure to meet you. And see you in class.

 

What students say about me
Drake Vincent
Alejandro is absolutely the best. Extremely knowledgeable and tech savy. He cares about his students and makes sure you are constantly learning. 

If you're looking for the best go no further and choose Alejandro.
John Manley
Before I started with Alejandro I knew a little Spanish but no way could I hold down a conversation in Spain. Last month in Andalucia I invited two Spanish friends for a beer, and I conversed with them for over an hour in Spanish! That felt amazing! Many thanks Alejandro for bringing out the Spanish speaker in me!

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Limited to 25 students
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Enrollment ends April 30th
What you get:
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140 Video lessons (value: £200)
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+ 800 Exercises | +100 audios with transcripts (value: £190)
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35 podcast episodes (value: £120)
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+1.000 Flashcards (value: £70)
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A community to get feedback on your projects (value: £30/month)
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Weekly live Q&A group calls with our teachers. (value: £50/month)
Total value: £1.540*
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That’s how much we believe in what we’re doing.

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ALTERNATIVES

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Your other options

If you’re thinking of joining but still evaluating other options, here are some of the closest alternatives:
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Language apps

Best case, they’re a good way to build some vocabulary in an engaging way. But a small piece of a well-rounded language learning experience.

Worst (and most frequent case) they’re utterly ineffective, that create a false sense of competence, you’re getting good at the game, not at using real language. Most of them also don’t explain the logic behind the language, and you end up just memorizing words.

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Textbooks

The most popular books are just pedagogically poor: grammar books that give you a long list of rules, without context, and then ask you to fill in meaningless sentences. Or vocabulary books with a list of words, a translation and then more meaningless sentences to fill.

The few rigorous textbooks that exist are very hard to use on your own, as they’re designed for a classroom environment. And even then, a very skilled teacher is required to make the most of them.

Dave O'Neill
I've tried several apps and language learning programs, but the rote memorization was tedious and the curriculums were boring. But Spanish Accelerator is different

It truly offers a one-stop shop for all your Spanish needs: grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure and even Spanish culture.
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Language schools

A classroom can be provide a good learning environment, but most of the time group lessons are frustrating.

You don’t get that much talking time and there’s a huge gap between the students in the group, as they have different language backgrounds, level, mindset and personalities.

This can make the progress too slow or too fast for you. With our online course, you can advance at your own pace, (and save time on commutes).

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Private tutoring

If you don’t know the basics, it’s hard to have a conversation and get your mistakes corrected, which is the most valuable part of a tutor. Most tutors have a hard time working with complete beginners, and the ones who don’t, can be pricey.

However, as you progress through Spanish Accelerator and lay down your foundation, we encourage you to find a tutor to practice what you’re learning, it’s an excellent addition.

I like the way the grammar, intonation, and vocabulary are explained. From the very beginning, a student gets information about the language gently and naturaly. This course can fully replace expensive classes with a private teacher. Students don´t need to pay for a one-on-one lesson or study from boring textbooks but can immerse into the language slowly.

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Your roadmap to a solid foundation

A step-by-step program that starts from scratch and covers the entire A1 (beginner) level.

UNIT 0 GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER

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Learn some basics to get started
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Starting line
CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Skills
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Greetings and saying goodbye.
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Asking for clarification.
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Vocabulary
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Personality preferences.
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Grammar
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Cognates.
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Pronunciation
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The alphabet.
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Culture
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Greetings: handshake, hug, two kisses.

UNIT 1 ABOUT ME

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Create a study plan and introduce yourself to another language student.
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CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Asking and giving personal information.
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Expressing reasons and motivations.
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Vocabulary
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Nationalities and professions.
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Language learning activities.
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Numbers from 0 to 10.
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Grammar
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Subject pronouns.
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Present tense: regular forms.
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Gender of nationalities and professions.
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Pronunciation
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Sounds /g/, /x/, /k/ and /θ/.
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Culture
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Spanish around the world.

UNIT 2 FAMILY COMES FIRST

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Introduce your best friend and describe your favourite actor.
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John and his brother Travis
CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Describing people.
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Vocabulary
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Social relationships and relatives.
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Physical appearance.
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Personality.
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Numbers 11 to 99.
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Grammar
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Possessives.
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Gender, position and degree of adjectives.
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Culture
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Relationship with neighbors.
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Household structure, divorce.
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Couchsurfing, shared cars.

UNIT 3 THEY'RE A BIT EXPENSIVE

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Decide what gifts to buy to some relatives and friends.
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Shopping bags
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Interacting in a shop.
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Expressing preferences.
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Reviewing experiences.
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Vocabulary
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Clothes.
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Stores and products.
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Colours.
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Verb llevar.
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Grammar
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Demonstratives.
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Definite and indefinite articles.
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Irregular verbs: preferir and costar.
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Culture
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Purchasing habits in Spain.
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Typical Spanish products and stores.
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Pronunciation
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Linking.

UNIT 4 GOOD HABITS

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Share what a week in your life is like.
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CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Talking about habits and routines.
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Expressing frequency.
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Giving and asking for the time.
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Vocabulary
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Parts of the day.
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Routine activities.
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Hours, days of the week, months.
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Locate in time.
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Sports.
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Grammar
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Prepositions: por, de, a.
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Reflexive constructions.
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Irregular verbs in the present tense.
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Culture
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The siesta.
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Working hours in Spain.
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Popular sports in Spain.

UNIT 5 LET'S GO OUT FOR A DRINK

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Prepare a weekend plan for a friend's visit.
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John and Inés talking
CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Talking about tastes and interests.
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Expressing wishes and preferences.
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Asking for wishes, likes and preferences.
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Vocabulary
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Shows and exhibitions.
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Leisure and entertainment.
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Games.
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Literary and audiovisual genres.
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Grammar
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Preterite.
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Indirect object pronouns.
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Culture
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Leisure in Spain.
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Bars vs pubs.
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Pronunciation
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Vowels.

UNIT 6 IT'S DELICIOUS

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Opening a Hispanic restaurant and sharing the recipe of your signature dish.
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Restaurant
CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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Getting by in a restaurant.
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Talking about your eating habits.
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Vocabulary
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Food and drink.
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Cooking and restaurants.
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Recipes.
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Units, containers and measurements.
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Numbers from 100 to 1000.
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Grammar
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Direct object pronouns.
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Quantifiers.
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Culture
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Typical Spanish dishes.
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The Mediterranean diet.
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Pronunciation
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The erre.

UNIT 7 CITIES YOU HAVE TO VISIT

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Doing a presentation on a Spanish city where you would like to live.
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John with his lugagge
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Describe cities and neighbourhoods.
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Compare.
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Vocabulary
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Urban places and services.
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Climate and seasons.
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Locating in space.
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Public transport.
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Grammar
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Ser, estar and haber.
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The neuter article.
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Culture
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The Spanish territorial organisation.
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The transport system.
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Popular contests.
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Pronunciation
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Intonation of enumerations.
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Accentuation

UNIT 8 HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY BODY

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Record a podcast with health recommendations for a listener.
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Advise.
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Going to the doctor.
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Expressing ailments.
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Expressing obligation.
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Vocabulary
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Parts of the body.
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Illnesses and symptoms.
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Actions and positions of the body.
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Health vocabulary.
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Grammar
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The definite article.
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Indirect object pronouns.
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Ser and estar.
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Culture
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Gestures.
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Health in Spain.

UNIT 9 LET'S PACK

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Plan your stay in Spain to take a two-week Spanish course
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This unit is a recap of many of the contents learned throughout the course. You'll record 5 podcast episodes.
CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
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#1 — A bit about myself
Talk about you, your family, your best friend and how a day in your life looks like.
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#2 — My health and my diet
Share your diet, a special recipe and tips on how to take care of yourself.
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#3 — Spanish and me
Share why you learn Spanish, what you have done and your favourite strategies.
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#4 — My destination
Tell us which city you are going to travel to, where you are going to stay and which school you are going to study at.
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#5 — The last details
Talk about what you are going to pack in your suitcase, a typical product and your weekend plan.
But you'll also learn a few new contents to plan your trip:
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Flights
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Accomodation
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Language schools
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Ir a + infinitive

FAQ

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Questions & answers

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Course outcomes & details

Spanish Accelerator is the perfect course for you as it’s designed to help learners to start from scratch. In the introductory unit, we start with greetings and the alphabet. Then we learn how to ask for clarification and we’ll share some words that you already know as an English speaker.

The video lessons of the first 3 units are taught in English, so you can easily follow along in the beginning. Even after that, all videos have subtitles available, and the audios of the course have transcripts in both Spanish and English.

If you’ve studied a bit of Spanish already, but have not made much progress, you’ll still benefit from the course. The first couple of units can be used as a review, and starting from unit 4, content is taught in Spanish and we’re sure there’ll be new things for you to learn.

However, if you can already interact comfortably in Spanish and understand most of what you hear, this course is not for you. We recommend that you check our Course curriculum and see if you’re already familiar with most of the skills and contents we teach.

Spanish Accelerator lays down your foundation of the language. Specifically. you’ll have:

  1. A solid grasp of the basic structures and grammar of Spanish. The language will start to make sense.
  2. A good command of the 1000 most common words. As well as their common combinations and how to use them in context.
  3. A good understanding of the most important pronunciation aspects of Spanish.
  4. Insights into relevant cultural knowledge about Spain.
  5. Your own learning style and approach, along with a set of tools and strategies so you can take your Spanish to the next level.

For a detailed list of the contents covered, check our Course curriculum, where you will also see the projects of each units for more specific language outcomes.

No, fluency (we would first need to discuss what that means precisely) takes years to achieve.

This course is the best first step, it will provide you with a solid foundation of the structure of the language, the most relevant vocabulary, pronunciation, cultural knowledge and learning strategies.

However, this is a course for beginners and at the end of it you'll be able to hold basic conversations, using simple structures and relying on the cooperation of the other speaker. Speaking fluently about complex topics and understanding native speakers at a natural pace will require that you continue learning and improving over time.

However, having a solid foundation provides you with a much clear path forward.

The video lessons of the course are prerecorded, which means you can learn at your own pace, at the time that best suits you. There’s no particular time for you to show up for class.

However, we host weekly live Q&A calls with our students to go over any questions you may have, dive deeper into certain topics or just chat, buy they are not lessons.

This calls will be hosted in the evening at UK time, but the exact time and day will be decided through a poll with each cohort. Even if you can’t make it to the calls, you’ll have access to the recordings.

Up to unit 3, the video lessons are in English, and the instructions of the exercises are also in English.

From units 4 to 6, the video lessons are in Spanish, but spoken slowly and clearly. All videos will have English subtitles.

Units 7 to 9 are taught also in Spanish but with Spanish subtitles.

The video lessons, the audios and the contents are created by native speakers from Spain, so you’ll be exposed to European or Castilian Spanish.

However, even with minor differences in certain expressions and pronunciation, the language is the same in Spain and Latin America, we all speak Spanish.

So if you’re interested the Spanish spoken in México, Colombia, Cuba or any other Spanish-speaking country, don’t worry, what you learn in this will be useful anywhere.

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Timing & commitment

As the course is self-paced, it depends on how much time you want to dedicate and your particular learning speed.

To give you an idea, each lesson can take anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. You then need to add your flashcard reviews, the audio episodes, the final projects you can share in the community and the mastery checks at the end of each unit.

Based on the experience of previous students, if you dedicate 1 hour a day, you can complete the full course in around 4 months.

For comparison, the A1 (beginner) course at Instituto Cervantes, the leading institution in teaching Spanish as a foreign language, has a duration of 60 hours, just considering classroom time (not homework or other activities outside the class).

If you ever see a course that promises to take you to an intermediate or advanced level in a matter of weeks or a few months, be skeptical.

The moment you purchase the course, you’ll get access to the platform to start right away.

If now is not the best time, as long as you purchase before enrollment closes, you can get started whenever suits you.

Forever, you can come back to it whenever you want and repeat the activities as many times as needed. You’ll also get any updates and improvements to the content.

We limit the number of students and the registration date for the same reason: we believe in quality over quantity.

Because we want to provide the best support to our students, give feedback in the community and answer all of your questions in our Q&A calls, we need to limit the number of people we work with simultaneously.

Also, we are always looking to improve the course and implement your suggestions, which requires time and attention.

Lastly, we’re a small team and would like to keep it that way, so limiting the number of students and registration dates simplifies our operations.

We are not sure yet, we aim to open registration 3 to 4 times per year.

After enrollment closes, you’ll see the option of joining the waiting list and we’ll notify you when we open registrations again.

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Pricing & payments

Our prices are in British pounds, but you can pay in any other currency.

Absolutely, there’s no risk. Within 14 days of your purchase, if you are not enjoying the course, email us at support@keyspanish.com and we’ll issue a refund right away. No questions asked.

On top of that, if after completing the course within a full year of your purchase, you think it was not worth it, we’ll also refund you the full amount. We can offer this kind of guarantee because we strongly believe in what we offer.

For details on the guarantees, check our Terms & conditions*.

When purchasing the course, you’ll be taking to a secure checkout page to fill in your account and card details. After the payment, you’ll be redirected to a welcome screen, from which you can access the course platform.

You’ll also receive a welcome email with the link to the course platform.

If you need any help during the process, you can always email us at support@keyspanish.com.

Sure! We are happy to provide you with an invoice in case you want to expense the course. Just email us at support@keyspanish.com with any details you need added to the invoice.

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