Utah Community Learning
Writing & Languages

Beginner Spanish Conversation

Meets Mondays 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM · Fall 2026 · registration open
This class runs in the Fall 2026 session. Registration is open now; lessons, materials, and the class discussion board are posted before it begins.

this class is for adults who've never spoken a word of spanish and want to change that. no vocab lists to memorize alone at home. we talk, out loud, from minute one.

you'll pair up with the person next to you and practice the stuff you'll actually use — greetings, ordering, asking for help, getting out of a conversation when you're lost. i teach the phrases that get you out of trouble first. "i don't understand," "slower please," "how do you say." those buy you time for everything else.

you don't need a trip to spain. you need the checkout line at macey's. by the end you'll hold a real back-and-forth and be understood. good enough talks. ✨

Lessons

  1. talking on day one

    we skip the history lecture and get you saying real words to the person next to you before your coat's off.

  2. say it out loud (sounds and vowels)

    spanish vowels are steady where english ones wander, and you can't sluff them.

  3. the grocery store

    utah county's got more spanish than people think, so we practice the checkout line you'll actually stand in.

  4. food and ordering

    pointing at the menu works, but saying it works better, and you're less likely to end up with tongue.

  5. on a trip

    the scenarios you hit traveling, and the phrases that buy you time when you're lost.

  6. putting it together

    a full back-and-forth, start to finish, with the person across the table.

Class discussion

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