Best Free Online Spanish Classes

Study Spanish

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.

Business Spanish

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

Duolingo

The Duolingo website promises to teach you Spanish in as little as 5 minutes a day. The site offers an app, so you can switch from the computer to a mobile device and learn on the go. You set daily goals for yourself and the website or app adjusts to that goal.

Live Lingua

The free Foreign Service Institute Spanish courses hosted at Live Lingua provide a quick approach to learning the language. The site has 11 comprehensive classes including:

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

Learn Spanish Online

This free online class offers dozens of multimedia components, including a written manual, 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.​

Online Free Spanish

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.

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Although the web page is archived and no longer updated, BBC offers several extensive free online Spanish classes for both beginning and intermediate students.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 their 22-part video series on Spanish called "Mi Vida Loca."

OpenLearn

The free online Spanish class from OpenLearn offers 10 lessons with visuals, vocabulary, and real-life exercises. It will definitely help you improve your language skills and communicate with ease. It even gives helpful insight into Hispanic culture that you may not find in other courses.

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. It's pretty basic, but it does also include a quick break down of alphabetical characters and which words are masculine or feminine.

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.