Learn Spanish: Basic Spanish Vocabulary

UC Davis organizes this Spanish specialization around situations a new speaker can imagine using: meeting people, travel, everyday interests, and social or professional settings. Vocabulary develops alongside grammar and pronunciation. The final project asks learners to bring written and spoken work together rather than ending with recognition exercises alone.

What you will learn

• Build practical Spanish vocabulary
• Practice introductory pronunciation and grammar
• Describe everyday situations in speech and writing
• Prepare a short travel-related presentation

Who this suits

Suitable for a beginner learning through English. Follow the sequence because later material assumes vocabulary introduced earlier. Short daily speaking attempts are useful here: say a sentence about your own life, then adapt it instead of only repeating the example exactly as given.

Before you enroll

A vocabulary specialization is a foundation, not a promise of conversational fluency. Peer-reviewed work gives a reason to produce language but cannot replace frequent conversation and detailed pronunciation feedback. Expect to revisit earlier words while later lessons introduce new material.

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Put it into practice

Prepare a short introduction for an imagined host family, then record it again without reading your original script.

Source and review

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