Our Get Up To Speed (G.U.T.S.) course is a fun and innovative course designed to help you solidify the basics, with dialogues, stories, lessons, and quizzes.
Our goal here is to start at zero Spanish and then end with the ability to continue as a regular listener of "News in Slow Spanish" (www.NewsInSlowSpanish.com). We'll start slow and will gradually pick up the pace as we go. In fact, in the first lesson, we promise you… yes, PROMISE you that you will be able to understand an entire paragraph in Spanish through the magic of cognates and learning just two simple verbs. Sounds impossible? See for yourself: https://www.newsinslowspanish.com/latino/series/guts/0/wow/1
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Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 25 – The Imperative
Lesson 25: A call to action
Chapter 25: "Territorio desconocido" — Uncharted territory
Apr 15 2018 5 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 24 – Conditional
Lesson 24: Knock knock! Who's there?
Chapter 24: "El precio de la belleza" — The price of beauty
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 23 – Future Simple
Lesson 23: Where will we end up next?
Chapter 23: "Una oferta que no puedes rechazar" — An offer you can't refuse
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 22 – Past Perfect & Infinitive Constructions
Lesson 22: Modern and not-so-modern marvels
Chapter 22: "Agente Doble" — Double Agent
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 21 – Present & Past Progressive
Lesson 21: The sun is shining
Chapter 21: "El héroe prometido" — The hero that was promised
Apr 15 2018 5 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 20 – Verbs like Gustar
Lesson 20: Latinos on the silver screen
Chapter 20: "Hierba milagrosa" — Miraculous herb
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 19 – Reflexive Verbs
Lesson 19: Lifestyles of the rich and… reflexive
Chapter 19: "Abre los ojos" — Open your eyes
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 18 – Indirect Object Pronouns, Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns Together
Lesson 18: Bitter water
Chapter 18: "Relaciones públicas" — Public relations
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 17 – Direct Object Pronouns
Lesson 17: Knock on wood
Chapter 17: "Un hombre nuevo" — A new man
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 16 – Verbs with Irregular Yo-forms (Past)
Lesson 16: If you build it, they will come
Chapter 16: "Invitado de honor" — Guest of honor
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 15 – Irregular and Go-verbs (Present)
Lesson 15: What the world needs now
Chapter 15: "La belleza es todo" — Beauty is everything
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 14 – Past Participles & Present Perfect
Lesson 14: Chasing perfection
Chapter 14: "Todo es belleza" — Everything is beauty
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 13 – Syntax: Objects Overview
Lesson 13: What do we want? Direct and indirect action! When do we want it? ...it depends on word order
Chapter 13: "Flamencos verdes" — Green flamingos
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 12 – Imperfect vs. Preterite
Lesson 12: A window to the past
Chapter 12: "Náufrago" — Castaway
Apr 15 2018 7 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 11 – Stem-changing Verbs - Part 2
Lesson 11: As the stems change
Chapter 11: "El fin del mundo" — The end of the world
Apr 15 2018 6 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 10 – Stem-changing Verbs - Part 1
Lesson 10: ¡GOOOOOOOL!
Chapter 10: "De nuevo en el camino" — On the road again
Apr 6 2018 22 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 9 – Prepositions
Lesson 9: Oh, the places we'll go!
Chapter 9: "Nada que perder" — Nothing to lose
Apr 6 2018 25 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 8 – Adverbs
Lesson 8: Who wore it best?
Chapter 8: "Una mentira lleva a otra" — One lie leads to another
Apr 6 2018 20 min
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 7 – Imperfect
Lesson 7: They sure don't make 'em like they used to
Chapter 7: "Nace una leyenda" — A legend is born
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I am a 60 year old college student completing my BA. I got an A in Spanish 1 (Required Classes!)
But I got a 61 on my first Spanish 2 exam después de estudio 16 hours! I am so lost and stuck w prepositions, irregular stem changing verbs, multiple tenses. This podcast is much more ayudar than my school book and lesson notes. I think I might get unstuck. Starting with the cognates was magnifico!
Julie Tampa · Sep 2023
Thank you for this! I took four years of Spanish in high school but after that I was just using Duolingo on and off, which is helpful but I’m more advanced than the Duolingo beginner. I finally took an adult online class which was so helpful, but that just ended and I honestly didn’t prioritize studying for the class, so I love how digestible/practical this podcast is. I love the refreshers like ser vs estar - things I learned in high school but definitely need to start practicing again. It also boosted my confidence! Thank you!
tajohn14 · Dec 2022
I’m thrilled to have discovered this podcast. I now feel empowered as I’ve struggled and struggled but in the first few lessons, especially Ser/Estar I began to understand.
I enjoy the interaction between the hosts. The humor and fun is infectious and I believe it is a valuable tool in teaching.
Thank you thank you
StefBeane · Jan 2021
This is a great podcast. I have some knowledge of Spanish from years back when in high school and college so intro classes are always too boring. I can never seem to get past, Hola, me llamo es..... without losing interest. And total conversational Spanish is too difficult. This podcast hits that middle spot. They provide grammar lessons with a lot of conversational Spanish thrown in context. And they translate some of the more difficult phrases. This is by far the best Spanish podcast I’ve listened to.
Driver 8- · Jun 2020
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