Where You'll Be at Each Stage
The Cohort builds logically where the Challenge leaves off. Here's what each stage looks like.
You’ll have covered roughly 60% of the Spanish language. Verbs like querer, hacer, and poder will be part of how you think — not something you have to look up before you can use them.
You’ll be at about 70% of the language, able to hold real conversations across a wide range of topics. You’ll still reach for words here and there, but you’ll use what you know with real confidence and flexibility.
You’ll be at around 80% of Spanish. Nuanced conversations on almost any topic. The ability to say what you actually mean — with the people you’ve been learning for — not just follow along, but actually join in.
“When I compare my Spanish today from where it was a year ago, it’s much easier for me to have a conversation with one of my Mexican neighbors. I feel much more confident.”
“I no longer have to translate everything back and forth between Spanish and English in my head.”
Here's What You Get
A live session every week focused entirely on where you are — your specific place in the curriculum, your sentences, the skills you need to work on to move forward. Your coach knows the method and knows exactly where you are in it.
Questions that come up between sessions don’t have to wait. Your coach is available throughout the week to keep you on track.
Students who pass the qualifying exam are placed in the cohort track, which includes group workshops alongside the weekly 1:1 sessions. You’ll work in small groups with students at your exact level, drilling specific skills with a coach: verb conjugations, difficult tenses, listening comprehension. Genuine face-to-face practice time beyond your 1:1 sessions.
The quizzing app and audio drills you’ve been using throughout the Challenge don’t stop. They continue and grow with you for the full six months. Every lesson you complete adds more cards and audio resources calibrated to your current level. The daily practice habit you’ve built this month keeps building.
Short stories and audio content matched to where you are each week. You’ll always be hearing Spanish that stretches you just a bit — without overwhelming you.
One of the most requested features we offer. We’ll build custom flashcard sets around the Spanish you actually want to use. Talking with your in-laws? Visiting family? Your practice will be built around the specific conversations that matter most to you.
“I can now hold full conversations completely in Spanish. Even if I don’t know every word, I know how to express myself and navigate the conversation using what I do know.”
Your Coaches
Every coach in this program is a trained language professional from the Spanish-speaking world. Gabriela Caldarone, our Director of Coaching, leads a team of specialists with backgrounds in linguistics, pedagogy, and applied language instruction — from Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Spain, and beyond.
“Now I am much more likely to strike up a conversation with a native Spanish speaker — I can actually say what I’m thinking, and my comprehension has improved so much that I can understand the response.”
