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Spanish for the Whole Trip

Order food, buy tickets, take taxis, check in, get medicine and ask the way in Spanish, then understand what people say back, ending in role-plays with people who only speak Spanish.

6 modules

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What it teaches

Enough Spanish to get through a trip: order food, buy tickets, take a taxi, check into a hotel, get medicine, ask the way, and, just as important, understand what people say back. The AI asks 3 questions (where you’re going, what you already know), places you, drills you on what to say and what you’ll hear, then plays a waiter, a taxi driver, a pharmacist, a receptionist, a fonda owner and a stranger on the street. They only speak Spanish. Before each new topic you get a short card; then you drill it. Spain and Latin America forms both count; the tutor teaches and corrects in your destination’s form (Mexico if you’re not sure).

How long

2-3 sessions, roughly 70-90 rounds plus 4 role-plays, then a final test. Trip within 7 days? Say so: trip mode drills a 30-item trip set in the order you’ll need it and runs 3 role-plays (incl. the fast talker). About 40 rounds. A one-line save code at the end of each session lets you carry on in a new chat.

The modules

6 modules, drilled one item at a time. The ones marked optional are offered along the way.

M0
The survival core
Sounds, politeness, rescue phrases, numbers, prices, times
M1
Say it (the phrase bank)
English situation → student types the Spanish
M2
Understand what they say back
Spanish line → student says what it means, in English
M3
Role-plays
Scripted scene with a local
M4
Verbs for travellers (present tense, the travel irregulars, plans, usted vs tú, ser vs estar)optional
Present tense, the travel irregulars, ir a, usted vs tú, ser vs estar
M5
Nouns and articles (el or la, plurals, el agua)optional
el or la, plurals, el agua

Before it teaches, it asks

1
Where are you going, and when? (Spain, Mexico, somewhere else in Latin America, or not sure yet.) And how much Spanish do you have: none, a few words, some school Spanish, or you can get by?
AI voice (ElevenLabs)
2
Three quick ones, type what you’d say in Spanish, best guess is fine: (a) ask the waiter for the bill, (b) ask how much something costs, (c) say you don’t understand.
3
“Siga todo recto y gire en la segunda a la izquierda.” What does that mean? (Going to Latin America or not sure? You get a Latin American line instead.)

What’s exact, and what isn’t

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Straight from the course’s own notes.

Exact: M0 knowledge items, M2 answers (numbers exact), role-play check questions.
Checked by rule: What you say (M0 “say” items, M1): right meaning + the key words + polite if it’s a request. Small grammar slips pass with a correction; accents and ñ are never graded. The goal is being understood, not perfect grammar.
Scripted: Every role-play character line.
Judgment calls: Correct Spanish the bank doesn’t list (counted right), and two role-play calls M3 names.
Rules of thumb (labeled): Pronunciation and greeting times. Regions vary.
Not in it yet: Speaking and listening by voice (it’s typed), past-tense and other conjugation drills beyond M4's present tense, Argentina/Uruguay vos, other countries' slang, real prices, opening hours or tipping, medical advice.