Spanish from scratchfor Russian speakers
30 minutes a day: zero to A2 in a year
A free course of 365 thirty-minute lessons, from the alphabet to level A2 and the DELE exam. No sign-up, no payment, in the browser. The lessons are written in Russian, the learner's language.
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What makes it different
An ordinary textbook explains the Spanish rule. This one also explains where the learner's own language betrays them. Every lesson has a section, «Contrast with Russian», that names the mistake before it happens:
You will want to say: ✗ Tengo hermano.
Correct: ✅ Tengo un hermano.
Russian has no article at all. So the learner does not «forget» it: they cannot hear that anything is missing. For the first three months the article comes back in the answer key of every exercise.
And the other way round: where Russian helps, the course says so plainly. Me gusta el café is literally «мне нравится кофе», the same structure. Reflexives are the Russian -ся. The past tenses are taught on the aspect the learner already has.
What a session looks like
| Minutes | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0–3 | Warm-up: yesterday's flashcards |
| 3–6 | Pronunciation or listening |
| 6–16 | The new point: example, rule and contrast with Russian |
| 16–26 | Three exercises with answer keys |
| 26–29 | Output: the learner writes or records something |
| 29–30 | Wrap-up and new flashcards |
Thirty minutes exactly. Not 45, not «however long it takes»: a day that does not fit in half an hour is split into two days.
What you get
After 2 weeks
Reads any Spanish word aloud, greets people, introduces themselves, counts to twenty.
After 3 months
Talks about family, home and daily routine, orders food, buys clothes.
After 6 months · A1
Travels, goes to the doctor, gives advice. Would pass an A1 exam.
After a year · A2
Talks about past and future, gives opinions, writes emails. Ready for the DELE A2.
How much is published
The syllabus for all 365 days is complete. Lessons go up as they are written and reviewed.