Spanish is the third most common language after English and Chinese and so your chances of encountering it are high. Originating as a dialect of Latin, the expansion of the Spanish Empire in the 15th century introduced it to the Caribbean, South America and Mexico, as well as countries like the Philippines in the east.

Your first decision when learning a foreign language are whether you follow a home study course or attend classes. The former has the advantage of allowing you to work at your own speed and at times that suit you, whereas good classes will force you to speak the language, correcting language mistakes and pronunciation and solidifying the learning process.

While offering the better learning option, language schools are currently outside of the scope of this website; we want to focus on the time-pressured student of Spanish who can’t allocate the time to attend regular classes, but wants to learn Spanish effectivly and as fast as possible.

So follow the links to the left and follow our advice and reviews to help you achieve your goal of learning to speak Spanish.