Group
Two classes a week with a small group, so you hear other people struggle and get past it too.
$160 a month
- Two live classes a week on Zoom
- Eight classes a month
- Maximum 8 students, so everyone speaks
- The workbook for your level included
Real conversations, from beginner to advanced.
Thirty-eight chapters following the same six people, from a first hello in Lima to an argument you can actually hold in Mexico City.
Four levels, A1 to B2 · Written for Latin America
Your first week
Hola. Me llamo Anna. Soy de Alemania.
Hello. My name is Anna. I'm from Germany.
Where the course leaves you
Si lo hubiera sabido, habría venido mucho antes.
If I'd known, I would have come much sooner.
Both are real sentences from the course. The first opens Module 1. The second is the title of Module 31.
What you will actually be able to do
- Hold the conversation to the end
Not just the opening line. The part where they answer and you have to keep going.
- Understand people talking normally
At the speed a taxi driver actually speaks, not slowed down for a classroom.
- Say what you mean, not what you can
Stop rerouting every sentence around the words you don't have yet.
- Sound like this side of the ocean
The Spanish of Lima, Bogotá and Mexico City, with the differences marked.
- Use grammar without reciting it
Each pattern arrives when the story needs it, so you remember where it came from.
- Repair it when it goes wrong
Every module ends with the phrases that save a conversation you're losing.
How it works
- One story, all the way through
Anna, Diego, Sofía and three others carry every chapter. The vocabulary comes back because the people do.
- A workbook you write in
Type your answers into the file and save it. Your work stays in the document, on any device.
- Audio for every page
Scan the code on a module and its recordings open on your phone. Read on paper, listen anywhere.
A page from B1, Module 1
Start where you are
Four levels in order, following the Plan Curricular of the Instituto Cervantes and the CEFR.
A1
Beginner
- Introduce yourself and ask about anyone
- Order, shop and handle prices
- Describe your day and find your way around
Elementary
- Talk about yesterday and your childhood
- Tell a story someone wants to hear
- Deal with travel, shops and feeling ill
Intermediate
- Give an opinion and defend it
- Report what other people said
- Say what you would do if things were different
Upper intermediate
- Argue a point without simplifying it
- Handle what is implied, not just said
- Follow fast conversation between natives
Hi, I'm Hernán.
I'm an engineer from Lima, not a career teacher. I say that first because it explains the rest: I kept meeting travellers who had studied Spanish for months with academies based in Spain, then arrived here and could not follow a conversation.
So I built the course the way an engineer builds. Everything in order, nothing before you have the grammar to hold it, and a story running through all of it so you actually reach the end.
Hernán, Lima
When you want someone to answer back
Nobody learns a language in one session, so these are monthly. Two classes a week is the rhythm that actually moves you forward.
Take your first class. If you are not comfortable learning with me, tell me and I refund the month in full. No explanation needed.
Private
Two classes a week, one to one, built around where you are and what you need to say.
$260 a month
- Two live classes a week, one to one
- Eight classes a month
- A plan built around your goals
- Free cancellation with 24h notice
What students say
Hernán doesn't waste time. He has you speaking and listening in Spanish straight away. I recently ordered food in a restaurant and we spoke only Spanish. It went fine. I'm not fluent yet, but we understood each other. I highly recommend Hernán if you are serious about learning Spanish.
Hernán is always on time and always prepared. You can tell him what you need more help with, and that is what he focuses on. From the very first moment you are speaking Spanish together, and the explanations are clear. I definitely recommend him.
Hernán is one of the best tutors I have studied with. He is always well prepared, he loves what he does, and he makes the lessons genuinely enjoyable.
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