Spanish Fast-Track: Real-World Survival Conversations A1–A2

What you'll be able to do

• Hold a full real-time conversation in a Spanish market, including asking prices, haggling, and declining politely without freezing up
• Handle a delayed or rescheduled train situation entirely in Spanish, including asking for refunds, alternatives, and timings
• Order food and resolve a mistake or complaint at a restaurant or airport food counter in Spanish
• Explain symptoms, ask for medication, and understand basic instructions at a pharmacy in Spanish
• De-escalate or hold your ground in a tense back-and-forth (a 'fight' or disagreement) using assertive but polite Spanish phrasing
• Combine the 8 core scenario skill-sets into one continuous simulated 'day abroad' conversation without switching to English

What's inside

8 modules, in order, from the first step to the finished result.

• 01

  Unit 1: Survival Foundations Before the Scenarios

  Builds the grammar and phrase scaffolding (key verbs, question words, numbers) that every later scenario dialogue depends on, so units 2-8 aren't starting from zero.

  Conjugating ser/estar/tener/querer/poder in present tense for daily requestsForming questions with qué, cuánto, dónde, cuándoNumbers for prices, times, and quantitiesPolite request structures (¿Podría...? / ¿Me puede...?)
• 02

  Unit 2: Market & Shopping Spanish

  Based on the market-haggling and shopping-list lesson content, covers negotiating prices, sticking to a list, and avoiding getting overcharged.

  Asking and countering prices (¿Cuánto cuesta? / Es muy caro)Quantity and unit vocabulary (kilo, docena, paquete)Polite refusal and walking-away phrasesSpotting common tourist overcharge tactics
• 03

  Unit 3: Train & Transit Spanish

  Covers the delayed-train and transit-panic scenarios, focused on handling schedule changes, refunds, and asking for help under time pressure.

  Asking about delays and schedule changesRequesting refunds or alternate connectionsReading and confirming platform/track announcementsTime expressions under pressure (en cuánto, a qué hora)
• 04

  Unit 4: Airport & Travel Spanish

  Pulls from the airport food and duty-free lessons to prepare learners for navigating purchases, questions, and confusion at airports.

  Ordering and clarifying food orders quicklyQuestioning suspicious pricing or rip-offs politelyDuty-free specific vocabulary and phrasingAsking for gate, boarding, and baggage help
• 05

  Unit 5: Pharmacy & Health Spanish

  Based on the pharmacy-fear lesson, teaches how to describe symptoms, ask about medication, and understand basic instructions confidently.

  Describing symptoms (me duele, tengo fiebre, me siento mal)Asking for specific medication types and dosagesUnderstanding pharmacist instructions and warningsClarifying when you don't understand a term
• 06

  Unit 6: Kitchen & Restaurant Spanish

  Covers the kitchen-conflict and dining lesson content, focused on real back-and-forth exchanges around food, orders, and mistakes.

  Ordering with substitutions and allergiesPolitely correcting a wrong orderKitchen/restaurant-specific verbs and commandsHandling a disagreement about a bill or order
• 07

  Unit 7: Handling Conflict ('Fights') in Spanish

  Draws directly from the real-fights lesson, teaching assertive but controlled language for disagreements that come up while traveling (bikes, rentals, money, service issues).

  Assertive sentence structures without sounding rudeDe-escalation phrases (vamos a calmarnos, a ver)Standing firm on a price, fee, or fault disputeReading tone and intensity in fast spoken Spanish
• 08

  Unit 8: Capstone — Full Day Abroad Simulation

  Combines all seven scenario types into one continuous simulated day (market, train, pharmacy, restaurant, and a conflict) to prove learners can switch contexts without reverting to English, ending in the course completion certificate.

  Switching contexts and vocabulary sets mid-conversationRecognizing which phrase bank applies in a new situationSelf-correcting in real time without translating from EnglishReviewing weak-scenario areas using the checklist