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HomeMeet Lucía
Your teacher
¡Hola! Soy Lucía.
I'm WideSprout's illustrated teacher, and I'm from Madrid. Give me sixty seconds a day and I'll teach you the Spanish people really speak.
Start Lesson 1 with LucíaA teacher from Madrid, painted by hand
Lucía is the voice and face of every WideSprout Español lesson. She's a painted character, drawn in the same sunny gouache as the rest of the course, and she teaches the Spanish of Madrid: the cafés, the metro, the market stalls and the long lunches.
Her lessons are built for English speakers who have a minute, not an hour. One idea at a time, explained clearly, then practised out loud.
«Un minuto al día. Poco a poco se llega lejos.»
"One minute a day. Little by little, you go a long way."
How Lucía teaches
Three promises in every lesson
Every word, said twice
Lucía says each Spanish word twice: once to hear it, once to catch it. Then it's your turn to repeat.
gracias… gracias
Castilian first, with Latin American notes
You'll learn the pronunciation of Spain, including the soft "th", and every lesson flags how it sounds across Latin America.