Spanish for beginners.A tutor who waits.
No prior Spanish needed. Ten minutes a day and you are ordering at a Madrid café out loud by the end of Lesson 1 — pronunciation scored phoneme-by-phoneme, and an AI tutor that waits for you to find the word. Free to start, no card required.
- 10
- min a day
- A1
- CEFR from lesson one
- 0
- prior Spanish needed
Made for the first timer
Patience where it counts.
The Spanish pilot is built around what a complete beginner actually needs in lesson one — clear audio, side-by-side transcripts, pronunciation scored syllable by syllable, and a tutor that never moves on until you are ready.
Your first ten minutes: order a coffee from a Madrid barista — hola, un café con leche por favor, la cuenta por favor. The whole lesson, end to end, is one conversation you'll actually use.
See itWhen you stumble on the rolled /ɾ/ or the vowel length, the scorer highlights the specific syllable to fix — not the whole word. The accent improves turn by turn.
See itNo trial countdown, no card on file. Free gives you full access to one language with reading, listening, and writing, plus ten tutor conversations every day. Pro unlocks unlimited practice when you're ready.
See itYour first lesson
Watch. Read. Speak. Converse.
Every beginner lesson follows the same four beats — designed so ten minutes between meetings is enough, and the language actually sticks.
Jump straight into the beginner lesson at /learn/spanish/unit-1.
Unit 1 · Ordering at a Madrid café
Beginner · 10 min · live
Watch
A native speaker walks through the order at a Madrid café — the exact phrasing a real barista uses, slowed for a beginner ear.
Read
Side-by-side Spanish and English with cultural notes; no dictionary lookup needed mid-sentence, and every new word is highlighted the first time it appears.
Speak
Your voice is scored phoneme-by-phoneme against a native curve. The rolled /ɾ/ and the vowels get called out by syllable, not by the whole word.
Converse
The tutor takes the role of the barista and replies in Spanish; you speak back, mid-flow corrections are inline once the sentence finishes.
Begin Lesson 1. Free, forever, no card required.
Your first lesson takes ten minutes — the Madrid café, role-play with the tutor, pronunciation scoring that actually moves the bar. Pro unlocks unlimited tutoring and DELE-aligned exam prep when you are ready.
What a beginner gets
Four skills, scaffolded for the first timer.
The same four-skill scaffold that powers every GlobalLingo module — adapted for a learner who is starting from zero. Every beat is small enough to finish in one sitting and big enough to move the bar.
Product details
A patient path from the first lesson.
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Beginner FAQ
What beginners ask before they start.
The questions that come up most when a learner is starting from zero. If yours isn't here, email the team — we read everything.
I'm a complete beginner — do I need any prior Spanish?
No. The Spanish pilot assumes zero prior knowledge; the first lesson starts with hola, gracias, and por favor, and builds out from there. If you can read English, you can read the side-by-side transcripts in every lesson — no dictionary lookup required. The tutor never assumes you remember a word you have not seen twice.
How long until I can hold a conversation as a beginner?
A complete beginner typically lands A1 (greetings, basic questions, ordering at a café) inside 4–8 weeks of consistent 10-minutes-a-day practice. A2 — handling a small-talk conversation, asking for directions, checking in at a hotel — usually arrives in 3–4 months. The tutor paces itself to where you actually are, so the calendar is honest.
What will my first lesson cover as a beginner?
Your first lesson is Unit 1 — Ordering at a Madrid café. You will hear how a barista actually greets you, read the order line-by-line, then speak the order back and get scored on pronunciation. By the end of ten minutes you will have said hola, un café con leche por favor, and la cuenta por favor out loud, with a tutor waiting for you at each step.
Is the AI tutor patient enough for a complete novice?
Yes — the tutor is built for beginners. It slows down when you hesitate, repeats phrases at your pace, and never punishes a wrong answer. Pronunciation scoring highlights the specific syllable that needs work rather than scoring you on the whole word. Mid-flow corrections are inline, after the sentence finishes, so you never get cut off.
What if I only have 10 minutes a day?
Ten minutes a day is the design target, not a minimum. The four-beat lesson loop (Watch · Read · Speak · Converse) fits a coffee break; the tutor remembers where you stopped and picks up there tomorrow. Most beginners who can commit ten minutes a day reach A1 within two months.