My quest to find the best Spanish language course continues, as I inadvertently discovered this great website while using their app.
In this StudySpanish review, you’ll find out what it is, its features, the membership plans, the app, resources and the pros and cons.
StudySpanish offers free and premium materials covering pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, verb conjugation, and more, providing a wide foundation for Spanish learners.
Its pronunciation section is especially thorough, with audio explanations, letter-sound guides, and even tongue twisters.
Vocabulary is organized by real-life topics (e.g. travel, shopping, medical, transportation), and offers multiple exercises: listening & repeating, flashcards, matching, and quizzes.
Grammar lessons are extensive: 9 units, each with multiple exercises (quizzes, writing, listening, podcasts), useful for building solid rule-based understanding.
Verb conjugations are covered from present to perfect tenses, with customizable quizzes for practice.
The site’s free content already provides a strong base, which is enough for beginners to get serious exposure without paying.
Limitations: You can’t check your pronunciation accuracy automatically, and some vocabulary topics (e.g. music, professional fields) are missing or limited.
Conclusion: StudySpanish is a high-quality, comprehensive resource that gives you solid building blocks in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and verbs. Used well and supplemented with speaking/listening practice, it can significantly support the journey toward fluency.
It’s an educational website that provides free and Premium materials for anyone interested in learning Spanish. You can learn all the important aspects of learning a language such as pronunciation rules, grammar rules, verb conjugation, vocabulary, and much more.
It was launched in 1998 and thanks to its contributors, this website has grown into a lot more than just a learning site for learners. In this review, apart from listing out the pros and cons, I will also talk about the contents that make StudySpanish one of the best websites ever.
The info provided in this section is by far the most complete I’ve ever seen. Overall, it has 50 topics. It starts by introducing the Spanish alphabet and how it sounds. Next, it breaks down each topic and covers more about the alphabet individually.
They explain why each letter is pronounced this and that way, not to forget to give examples (with audio) along the way. They even have a tongue-twister. You’ll also learn about stress, intonation, and diphthongs.
Have you ever encountered or used a Spanish course that doesn’t cover the topic you want to know? Let’s say you’re a nurse and you want to learn more words related to that area.
Or you work in a department store and you want to be able to help the next Spanish customer that comes into the store.
This section is divided into 6 units. Each unit covers different topics from restaurants, airports, sports, jewellery, and medical care to public transportation and the list goes on and on.
Select the topic that interests you the most and start learning. You’ll be presented with 4 types of exercises before you can take the test.
The first exercise is oral. All you have to do is sit, watch, listen and repeat the words (English translation provided) shown to you.
The first 3 exercises are split into 2 options, the Latin American version, and the Spain version. Choose which native speaker you prefer.
The second is flashcards. It comes with pictures and sound. Before you start make sure you tick the little box above the image where it says show images because it doesn’t automatically set to tick for you.
The third is matching cards. It’s the same with the second exercise. You just have to match the card with the right word.
The fourth is a quiz. It gives you 2 types of quizzes: fill in the missing letter(s) or word(s), and choose the correct translation. Once submitted, it will show your score.
You can do the exercise repeatedly. Make sure to click clear previous answers button before you start the test, so it’s a brand new one (it’s still the same question though).
If you are a grammar person, you’re going to like what StudySpanish has provided in this section. I dare to say this is by far the greatest grammar section I’ve ever encountered.
It has a total of 9 units. Each unit contains different topics and each topic has 10 exercises.
To start learning, choose the topic you want to learn. Study the information given diligently and proceed to the next lesson. Don’t rush into things. Make sure you really understand what has been written.
Don’t proceed to the exercises section until you’re 100% sure. Even if it takes a week for you to understand, so be it.
As I’ve stated in the above introduction, the contents of this website are divided into free and Premium. I will explain more about the different types of memberships in the next post.
In this grammar section, the first 4 exercises are free. The other 6 are only available to Premium members.
The first exercise starts with a basic quiz. It has 4 parts:
The second one is a mini-test. The questions are similar to the first exercise. The only difference is it’s a bit shorter. The other exercises consist of oral, podcast, quiz, test, and final.
The third is oral. Each topic has a different exercise which is totally random. In one exercise it may ask you to give the right definite article of the given noun, translate the given phrases to Spanish, give the plural form of the given noun, and much more.
The fourth one is a podcast. Listen to what the narrator says and do the tasks he asks you to do. This exercise is very enjoyable because you get to know more than just what the topic is about.
Among the many difficult parts of learning Spanish is the verb conjugation. This section contains 8 topics. Like the others, each topic is divided into many parts.
Below are the topics that are being covered:
This section only has 1 exercise, which is a quiz. To get your quiz, you have to click the link that says click to generate a unique quiz. Then, choose how many questions you want in the quiz.
The minimum is 5, and the maximum is 25. Another one you have to choose is the option to include the vosotros/vosotras form. After that, it will start generating the quiz for you.
There are 2 types of membership levels.
StudySpanish has its own app called Spanish Grammar which I had mentioned before. You don’t have to log in to your account to use it.
However, it doesn’t include the exercise and only covers the grammar info.
Note: To avoid confusion, make sure it has the above image with Gramática Española written on it because there is another app with the same name.
In case the link doesn’t work, search for the keyword ‘Spanish grammar app Buffalo software’.
I knew about the website when I first started using the app. At that time, I just glanced at it and thought it was just the website version of the app. It wasn’t until a month ago that I decided to browse the website thoroughly.
If only I had done that sooner, my learning progress would be a lot better.
It’s a product of StudySpanish. It comes in 2 types: CDs and digital downloads. They combine what’s in the course with the content on the website, making it work together side by side.
You can try the free samples before actually buying them.
The cost is $124.99 if you decide to buy both. For the digital download, it’s $99.99. They have a 30-day guarantee. Find out more about the course here and its testimonials.
I haven’t tried this one yet so I can’t really say much about it other than what’s written on their page. If there’s one thing I like about their course is their transparency as shown below.
If you want something, work for it!
“You’ve got to be willing to stick with the program! There’s just no way around it. If you are expecting to become fluent in just a couple of weeks, you’re going to be disappointed. But, if you are willing to practice for 30 minutes a day, you can be speaking Spanish in about three to six months.” – StudySpanish
Do you want to travel to a Spanish-speaking country and you want to learn some “useful travel words/ phrases”? Don’t worry, they got you covered.
In the travel helper section, they cover topics like the airport, beach, restaurant, and even all the way to meeting people and shopping.
Want to know some Spanish culture before you go to their country and experience it yourself? You can do so by checking their cultural notes section. Apart from the notes, they also included audio and images.
Or perhaps you want to know if there are Spanish classes in your city (only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US).
Yup, you guessed it right, they covered this as well. There is even more, but I’ll let you figure it out yourself.
You can print and email all the information pages and quizzes.
No need to pay to get access to the site. You can learn a lot by just using the free content.
Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced, they have the course that suits your level.
The pronunciation and grammar sections are the most complete you’ll ever find.
Teachers can use this in their classes and give assignments to students via the website itself. They even have a report card.
They have awesome features on their sites such as Daily Word, Cultural Notes, Idiom Generator, Top Ten Lists, and much more.
There is no way of knowing whether our pronunciation is correct. They can’t expect us to just mimic the way the native speakers speak.
Hopefully, they can provide a way we can check our pronunciation, perhaps something like the Easy Learning 6 has, or provide a platform where we can interact with other learners.
I wish they could have used authentic images instead of cartoons. Simply because not all people speak English and they may not know what certain words mean.
Like me, I have to Google what this or that means before I go to the next one. It’s because some of the images don’t deliver a clear message.
Even though the vocabulary covers almost all topics, it doesn’t cover what seem to be the most obvious popular topics like music, profession, etc.
Obviously, you’re not going to be fluent in pronunciation. However, you do need StudySpanish to have solid knowledge of pronunciation, verb conjugations and grammar.
Overall, I’m happy with this site, and I highly recommend that you try it. Do let me know how it goes in the comments below.
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