Conversational Spanish Foundations Certificate (Online)

Hours: 16 / Access Length: 6 Months / Delivery: Online, Mentor Supported
Online Hours: 16
Retail Price: $174.00

Course Overview:

Spanish Fundamentals is a self-paced, online Spanish course that seeks to bridge the communication gap between English and Spanish-speakers.

The online course will expose you to the basics of Spanish before you dive into one of the more occupational-focused courses. Not only does it give you basic greetings and survival words, you will also learn about Spanish pronunciation, the "gender" of words, and the beginning of Spanish verbs so that you can start seeing patterns.

Think of this course as a foundation for you to build from. Perhaps you already know some of these categories or do not find them relevant to your needs. If that is the case, skip them! The lessons in this course do not need to be taken in order. Go through the relevant lessons, and then move on to why you are really looking for a Spanish course - for your job - and take the relevant course that will help you communicate more effectively with your customers, clients, students, patients, co-workers, or community members.

Key Concepts Include:

• Introductory Topics: Pronunciation, Greetings, Conversation Phrases, Survival Words
• Foundational Vocabulary: Numbers, Colors, Directions, Places, Questions, Time, Months and Seasons, Days of the Week and Date, Family, Personal Characteristics, Likes and Dislikes, Clothing
• Basic Grammar: Gender, Pronouns, Present Tense Verbs

Course Mentor

Tara Bradley Williams

Lead Instructional Designer & Spanish Educator

Tara is the instructional designer for all course curricula and learning materials. With over 25 years of Spanish and ELL (English Language Learner) teaching experience across high school, community college, and corporate training environments, she brings deep pedagogical expertise to the program. Tara holds a BA in Spanish and Sociology from St. Norbert College and an MA in Adult Education from the University of Denver, complemented by studies at the Universidad de Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, Spain, and extensive travel throughout Latin America.

Course Outline:

• Lesson 1: Foundation
• Lesson 2: Getting Around
• Lesson 3: Logistics
• Lesson 4: Small Talk
• Final Exam

All necessary course materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.