Spanish Step 1, Beginners A0-A1 Full Course Is Here - and I’m Fired Up to Help You Build Spanish That Sticks For Long-Term Learning!

Hola, soy Chris - Spanish subject leader, GCSE examiner, teacher-trainer, e-learning expert and fully-qualified teacher with years of real-world classroom and online experience.

I am delighted to announce that my Spanish Step 1, Beginners A0-A1 Course has launched!

I’ve always wanted to give anyone seeking a more academic path into Spanish a place that’s both helpful and affordable. After years of teaching thousands of English-speaking learners, I kept watching them hit the same roadblocks whenever they tried to study on their own, so I finally decided to build the course I knew they needed.

Those recurring frustrations included:

• Apps that spit out odd, computer-generated sentences no one actually says;

• Flashcard tools that make you memorise words in isolation, without any context;

• “Courses” put together by people who’ve never taught Spanish to English speakers - sometimes by people who aren’t even qualified teachers at all;

• Claims of “fluent in two weeks” that only end in frustration and unrealistic expectations;

• Content that doesn’t line up with school or university syllabuses, so it’s no help studying in preparation for an exam.

So I built Spanish Step 1 to avoid those traps and give you a clear, teacher-guided start to solid, long-lasting Spanish.

Quick Course Snapshot:

• 30 themed lessons across 4 modules;

• 400 steps including interactive activities with instant feedback;

• 150+ video guides (cartoons for listening consolidation, check-ins, full grammar explanations, common pitfall highlights and lesson summaries);

• 30-50 hours of study time, (including you consolidating your learning outside of the lessons)

• 4 full lessons free for seven days - no card, no catch, check out the 4 sample lessons to get a real taste of what the course is like.

The full set of lessons:

Module 1 – All About Me

1. 📞 ¿Cómo te llamas? – what are you called?

2. 😊 ¿Qué tal? – how are you?

3. 🔢 ¿Cuántos años tienes? – how old are you?

4. 🥳 ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? – when is your birthday?

5. 🏡 ¿Cómo es tu familia? – what is your family like?

6. 👻 ¿Cómo eres de carácter? – what is your personality like?

7. 🟢 ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? – what is your favourite colour?

8. 👁️ ¿Cómo eres físicamente? – what is your physical appearance like? ★ Free sample

9. 🐶 ¿Tienes mascotas? – do you have any pets?

10. 🌎 ¿De dónde eres? – where are you from?

    
    

Module 2 – Passions and Pastimes

1. 🎳 ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? – what do you do in your free time?

2. 🏀 ¿Te gusta hacer deporte? – do you like to do sport?

3. 🎸 ¿Eres melómano? – are you a music lover? ★ Free sample

4. 🥶 ¿Qué haces cuando hace frío? – what do you do when it’s cold?

5. 🎄 ¿Cómo celebras Navidad? – how do you celebrate Christmas?

   
   

Module 3 – 9 to 5

1. 📚 ¿Qué asignaturas estudias? – what do you study?

2. ⏰ ¿Cuándo tenemos clase? – ¿Qué hora es? – when do we have class? / what’s the time?

3. ✏️ ¿Dónde está tu bolígrafo? – where is your pen?

4. 🏫 ¿Cómo es tu colegio? – what is your school like?

5. 🧑‍🏫 ¿Cómo son tus profesores? – what are your teachers like? ★ Free sample

6. ⚽ ¿Qué actividades extraescolares haces? – what extracurricular activities do you do?

7. 💰 ¿En qué trabajas? – what do you do for a living?

8. 📈 ¿Cómo es tu jefe? – what’s your boss like?

9. 📅 ¿Cuándo tenemos reunión? – when is the meeting?

10. 🏢 ¿Cómo es tu oficina? – what’s your office like?

    
    

Module 4 – My Corner of the World

1. 🏡 ¿Dónde vives? – where do you live?

2. 🛀 ¿Cómo es tu casa? – what’s your house like? ★ Free sample

3. 🏛️ ¿Qué hay en tu barrio? – what’s your neighbourhood like?

4. 📚 ¿Dónde está la biblioteca? – where’s the library?

5. 🛫 ¿Adónde vas a ir de vacaciones? – where are you going to go on holiday?

Why Spanish Step 1 Leads to Long-Term Learning :

1. Scaffolded lessons - your learning ladder

   Every lesson is scaffolded (teacher-speak for “built in carefully graded steps".) We start with simple bricks of meaning, add the mortar of grammar, and keep raising the structure until you can stand on your own and use the language independently.

2. Crystal-clear, English-first explanations

   I flag the trip-wires English speakers tend to hit - false friends, adjective order, gender changes, ser vs estar, and more - so you don’t have to find them the hard way.

3. Context Learning

   New content is taught in context - and builds on prior knowledge - so you don't learn random sentences like "the dog eats a hat", with no understanding of the grammar.

4. Instant feedback

   Corrections pop up the moment you answer, sometimes with explanations of why you were wrong, to fill in any knowledge gaps and being able to move on quickly.

5. Built-in reviews

   Checkpoints nudge you to revisit vocabulary and grammar right before you use it, which locks the knowledge into long-term memory.

6. Tangible progress you can feel

   By the end of Lesson 30 you should be able to introduce yourself, chat about hobbies, describe your home and neighbourhood, talk about your 9-5 (school or work) and say what you are going to do in the near future in Spanish.

Finish Step 1, Get First Dibs on Step 2 (A1) - Coming Summer 2025

After you complete the Spanish Step 1, Beginners A0-A1 Course, you can get ready to build on that learning with my Spanish Step 2, Beginners A1 Course, which is coming in summer 2025.

I'm currently in the process of making all the interactive components for Step 2 - I'm sure you can appreciate it takes time to get things right! It will be ready in the summer of 2025, so by the time you finish this course it should be close to coming out, if not already out.

You can follow my socials for updates, or if you really want to kick on, you can contact me for individual tutoring sessions to boost your learning.