Weeks 1–3 · Survival
Greetings, introductions, ordering, asking for things.
Four programs of 8 to 12 weeks. Each one is mostly speaking, with grammar brought in where it helps.
We start with about a hundred words and the sentence patterns that recombine endlessly. You'll speak in the first session, get things wrong, and be corrected only where it blocks understanding. Grammar arrives afterward, to explain something you've already used.
Greetings, introductions, ordering, asking for things.
Talking about your day, your work, your family.
Telling a simple story about last weekend.
Twenty minutes of unscripted talk with a coach.
Airports, transport, checking in.
Restaurants, markets, prices and haggling.
Pharmacy, lost items, directions, asking for help.
Understanding fast speech and regional accents.
Built around a departure date. We rehearse the twenty situations you'll actually hit and, just as importantly, train your ear for fast replies. You'll also learn how to say you didn't understand without the conversation switching to English.
For people who work with Spanish-speaking colleagues, clients or crews. We build vocabulary from your actual job, rehearse the calls and meetings you have every week, and work on the register that sounds professional rather than textbook.
The two hundred words your job actually needs.
Taking part, asking for clarification, summarizing.
Emails and messages that read naturally.
Phone calls and unplanned conversations.
Preterite and imperfect, until choosing is automatic.
The triggers that cover most real usage.
Connectors, fillers and the rhythm of native speech.
Explaining, arguing and telling longer stories.
The intermediate plateau is a speaking problem, not a knowledge one. We drill the handful of structures that separate halting Spanish from fluent-sounding Spanish, and spend most of each session with you talking rather than the coach explaining.
Twenty minutes of conversation, free, to find your real level and a starting point.