10 Free Online Spanish Classes

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Jamie Littlefield
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  • B.A., English, Brigham Young University
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Jamie Littlefield
Updated March 26, 2020

The internet is filled with free online Spanish classes and resources to help you strengthen your resume, communicate with Spanish speakers in your area, or prepare for a trip abroad. Take a look at the following free online Spanish classes to find text-based, audio, and video language lessons at your level. You'll be speaking Spanish before you know it!

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StudySpanish.com

This site offers hundreds of free online Spanish classes with read-and-repeat audio tutorials. Use it to study grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and common idioms. The site offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced Spanish study tracks.

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BusinessSpanish.com

The free online Spanish classes on this website are ideal for business people who need to speak Spanish as a part of their occupation. The lessons include audio readings and cover business-related themes such as introductions, hiring, compensation, marketing, sales, taxes, and travel.

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Duolingo

The Duolingo website promises to teach you Spanish in as little as 5 minutes a day using game-like lessons. The site offers an app, so you can switch from the computer to a mobile device and learn on the go. You set goals of 5 to 20 minutes per day and the website or app adjusts to that goal.

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Live Lingua

The free Foreign Service Institute Spanish courses hosted at Live Lingua provide a quick, full-immersion approach to learning the language. The site has seven comprehensive classes including:

  • FSI Spanish Primer for Secretaries
  • FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volumes 1 through 4
  • FSI Spanish Headstarts for Puerto Rico, Spain and Latin America
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Learn Spanish Online

This free online class offers dozens of multimedia components including a written manual, four Spanish-language videos, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and video/voice chat. If you learn by doing rather than reading, you'll definitely want to start here.​

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OnlineFreeSpanish.com

Just log on to OnlineFreeSpanish.com and select one of the learning modules to get started. They include:

  • Level 1 - Beginner
  • Level 2 - Intermediate
  • Level 3 - Advanced
  • Level 4 - Holidays and Celebrations

The site offers plenty of other content to help you learn to speak the language.

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BBC Spanish

Although the web page is archived and no longer updated, BBC offers several extensive free online Spanish classes for both beginning and intermediate students. Check out the 10-part video Spanish introduction or watch video clips from the intermediate series.

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OpenLearn

The free online Spanish class from OpenLearn offers 10 lessons with visuals, vocabulary, and real-life exercises.

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Ukindia Spanish

Study simple words and phrases in this introductory free online Spanish class. It comes with five basic lessons, each including a list of Spanish phrases and their English translations.

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The Spanish Experiment

This website divides basic Spanish lessons up into easily covered segments. It includes lessons on grammar concepts, basic and conversational vocabulary, and even sections on how to avoid common mistakes.