High school Spanish I, by conversation

Can a homeschool high schooler learn Spanish I with no Spanish at home?

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A language class that produces students who can conjugate but cannot speak has a structural problem: one teacher and thirty kids. Spanish I gives your teen one-to-one conversation with Clara, about 25 minutes a day over five units and 15+ hours. She starts at about 10% Spanish and works up.

The five units

Meeting People, six weeks. My People and My Life, six weeks. Getting Through a Day, eight weeks. Before and After Now, eight weeks. Real Conversation, eight weeks.

Lost is the first skill

Unit 1 covers hello, names, where you are from, how old you are and counting to 100. Its most useful week is saying 'I don't understand' and asking someone to slow down, and it ends with your teen introducing themselves completely, unprompted.

Your teen's own life

Unit 2 names family, describes people, says likes and dislikes and talks about fun, days and times. It ends by describing a week to someone who has never met them. The guide says Clara keeps asking about real life, so the risk of boredom is small.

Past and future, where phrases become talk

Unit 4 has your teen say what they did yesterday, tell a short story, say what they are going to do, make a plan, explain a small problem, compare two things and give an opinion with a reason. It finishes by telling the story of their week in the past.

Real conversation at the end

Unit 5 teaches keeping a conversation going when you do not know a word, a phone call or message, describing a place, saying what you would do, summarizing, and disagreeing politely. The last week is a long conversation about anything.

A dated list instead of a letter grade

The progress page shows a level, how much of the conversation is now in Spanish, and a dated list of what your teen actually demonstrated in conversation. The guide says that list is what goes on a transcript.

What this is not

It is not a grammar course. Clara never teaches grammar. When your teen says it wrong she says it back correctly and keeps talking.
It is not graded by quizzes. An independent check counts only what your teen did in conversation, so a child who will not speak up will not move.
It is not a course to skip around in. You can slow down anywhere, but the guide says not to skip unit 1, because everything after it assumes those words are automatic.

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We collect only what it takes to teach your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers and progress, and their chat with Clara (written by Anthropic's AI, read aloud by OpenAI). Nobody trains AI on it or sells it, and you can see or delete it any time. You create your child's account yourself. Ticking the box below is how you, as the parent, give consent.

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What we collect from your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers, time on lessons and progress, and their chat with Clara. Used to run the lessons, build their transcript and show you how they are doing.
Who else handles it: Anthropic writes Clara's replies from the chat, the lesson and your child's first name. OpenAI turns lesson text and Clara's replies into the read-aloud voice. Spoken answers are turned into text on our own server and never sent anywhere. Our email provider sends you reports. Nobody sells your child's data or uses it for anything else.
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Questions parents ask

Does my teen need any Spanish first?

No. Everyone starts at A1 until an independent check says otherwise. The real prerequisite, the guide says, is being willing to say things wrong out loud.

What equipment do I need?

A device with a microphone in Chrome or Edge, which uses the browser's own speech recognition. In other browsers your teen can type, and everything else works.

What comes next?

Spanish II, a five-unit 18+ hour course that pushes for longer turns, storytelling and arguing a position.

What does it cost?

$29 a month or $290 a year for every child. The first 30 days are free with no card.

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