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100 Step-by-Step English to Mainland Spanish Lessons
Learn at your own pace online 24/7 with a fast, fun, and effective course tailored for English-speaking adults and expats in Spain, taught by dual-native speaker James Bretherton. Features 50 core foundation lessons plus 50 spoken practice modules, including 170 videos, interactive quizzes, notes, and free WordAmigo 2.
Course Overview & Options
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Core Foundation (Lessons 1-50): Teaches language structure via 45-min streaming videos and PDF/Word notes. Features self-assessment tests, 1-click tutorial support, and no expiry date. Includes a cast-iron guarantee: list core lessons where you learned nothing to receive free advanced module credits.
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Spoken Spanish Practice (P1-P50): Focuses on ear-tuning for fast spoken Spanish via intense 75-min multi-video lessons, game shows, and quizzes. Features 11 native speakers (ages 7-70) across regional accents, bonus content, and a numbers game. Completion certificates are accepted for Residencia renewals.
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Free WordAmigo 2 Memory Tool: Phone-focused repetition drill app solving adult memory retention. Loaded with 40 lists of 25 word pairings plus 11,000+ specialist words across 150 expat subjects. Includes custom list builder, instant pronunciation feedback, smart flashcards, and offline audio.
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Commitment & Flexible Payment: There are three ways you can purchase this course, by far the most popular and most successful in terms of completion rate is the full course purchase with WordAmigo 2 free. This can be purchased with any credit or debit card or with PayPal outright, with payment over six month (additional cost is €1 a month). Groups can also buy others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later. Some Individuals, to dip their toes in the water, buy the starter 1-10 lessons and then buy 11-100, others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later.
Now the Course Options, for individuals and groups
In detail
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The 50-lesson core foundation course focuses on the structure of the Spanish language, preparing you for our intense spoken Spanish course. Each of the 50 core lessons comes with a streaming video (average video length is 45 minutes) and lesson notes in PDF and Word format for reading on-screen or downloading for printing. Each lesson can be watched any time 24x7, and as often as the student wishes on a mobile phone, tablet or computer, lessons can be live on multiple devices Throughout the course, there are a variety of self-assessment tests and additional support materials. There is single click access to tutorial support. There is no expiry date on this course, Many students are still revising using the spoken Spanish practice lessons 5 years after they first watched practice lesson 50.
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Comprehensive Language Structure & Guarantee
The overall JSS experience over 25 years of classroom teaching is that many semi advanced students have not been taught comprehensively the language structure, so that is why no JSS student one can bypass the foundational lessons. However, this online course comes with a Cast-iron guarantee that if students list core lessons in which they learnt nothing, no questions will be asked, and credits in more advanced Spoken Spanish practice lessons will be issued.
The overall JSS experience over 25 years of classroom teaching is that many semi advanced students have not been taught comprehensively the language structure, so that is why no JSS student one can bypass the foundational lessons. However, this online course comes with a Cast-iron guarantee that if students list core lessons in which they learnt nothing, no questions will be asked, and credits in more advanced Spoken Spanish practice lessons will be issued.
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Spoken Spanish Practice Lessons (P1-P50)
When the core course is complete, then students are ready for the Spoken Spanish practice lessons. The second part of the course is Spoken Spanish practice lessons P1-P50 with all videos, interactive quizzes and notes. The focus of these lessons is ‘tuning’ your ears so that you can understand the ever-faster spoken Spanish you are confronted with daily. This block of lessons has a very varied format. Each lesson has two or three videos (the average lesson is 75 minutes.) They are intense, so many students do one video daily to avoid brain melt.
When the core course is complete, then students are ready for the Spoken Spanish practice lessons. The second part of the course is Spoken Spanish practice lessons P1-P50 with all videos, interactive quizzes and notes. The focus of these lessons is ‘tuning’ your ears so that you can understand the ever-faster spoken Spanish you are confronted with daily. This block of lessons has a very varied format. Each lesson has two or three videos (the average lesson is 75 minutes.) They are intense, so many students do one video daily to avoid brain melt.
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Diverse Instruction & Native Speakers
Across these practice lessons, 90% of time its James, extending your ability to understand and speak, but there are 11 different Spanish speakers, ages from seven to 70, with a wide variety of regional accents. There is a wide variety of lesson types, from Gameshow formats to quizzes, and some lessons require pre-watching preparation.
Across these practice lessons, 90% of time its James, extending your ability to understand and speak, but there are 11 different Spanish speakers, ages from seven to 70, with a wide variety of regional accents. There is a wide variety of lesson types, from Gameshow formats to quizzes, and some lessons require pre-watching preparation.
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Everyday Spoken Focus & Integration Proof
Additionally, there are a host of bonus lessons, Spanish expressions, keywords quizzes and a very addictive Spanish numbers game, the real solution to numbers on the fly. This course focuses on every day spoken Spanish, so it does not align with any standard academic course. However, the completion certificate issued holds weight in Extranjero Residencia renewal applications because its proof of integration efforts.
Additionally, there are a host of bonus lessons, Spanish expressions, keywords quizzes and a very addictive Spanish numbers game, the real solution to numbers on the fly. This course focuses on every day spoken Spanish, so it does not align with any standard academic course. However, the completion certificate issued holds weight in Extranjero Residencia renewal applications because its proof of integration efforts.
WordAmigo 2 Included Free
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Memory Retention Solution
While these two JSS blocks will give you a solid understanding of the language the major problem, is adult memory retention. We have a real solution, which comes free with the 100-lesson course. WordAmigo 2 is a phone focused, memory tool loaded with 40 common lists each of 25 word pairings plus 11,000+ specialist word, Instant pronunciation feedback. Audio for offline learning, smart, flash cards and more.
While these two JSS blocks will give you a solid understanding of the language the major problem, is adult memory retention. We have a real solution, which comes free with the 100-lesson course. WordAmigo 2 is a phone focused, memory tool loaded with 40 common lists each of 25 word pairings plus 11,000+ specialist word, Instant pronunciation feedback. Audio for offline learning, smart, flash cards and more.
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Repetition Drill & Custom Vocabulary
It is a carefully structured, repletion drill learning product. When it comes with JSS course, it contains all the JSS verb & keyword lists. There are 12 immediately ready to learn 25 word pairing lists and you can then chose another 28 all from the course. . Additionally you can effortlessly create your own word list from the 11,000 English—European Spanish (Castellano) word pairings across 150 subjects chosen by experienced expats who actively interact with the wider Spanish community.. You can build your vocabulary from the subjects with words you want or need to learn and WordAmigo helps you learn them and pronounce them correctly.
It is a carefully structured, repletion drill learning product. When it comes with JSS course, it contains all the JSS verb & keyword lists. There are 12 immediately ready to learn 25 word pairing lists and you can then chose another 28 all from the course. . Additionally you can effortlessly create your own word list from the 11,000 English—European Spanish (Castellano) word pairings across 150 subjects chosen by experienced expats who actively interact with the wider Spanish community.. You can build your vocabulary from the subjects with words you want or need to learn and WordAmigo helps you learn them and pronounce them correctly.
Commitment
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Purchase Flexibility
There are three ways you can purchase this course, by far the most popular and most successful in terms of completion rate is the full course purchase with WordAmigo 2 free. This can be purchased with any credit or debit card or with PayPal outright, with payment over six month (additional cost is €1 a month). Groups can also buy others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later. Some Individuals, to dip their toes in the water, buy the starter 1-10 lessons and then buy 11-100, others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later.
There are three ways you can purchase this course, by far the most popular and most successful in terms of completion rate is the full course purchase with WordAmigo 2 free. This can be purchased with any credit or debit card or with PayPal outright, with payment over six month (additional cost is €1 a month). Groups can also buy others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later. Some Individuals, to dip their toes in the water, buy the starter 1-10 lessons and then buy 11-100, others buy the Core 50 lessons then the Spoken later.