Introduction

Spanish is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas. It is the world’s second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese, and the world’s fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi.

Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages of the Indo-European language family, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century,  and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century. Modern Spanish was then taken to the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire beginning in 1492, most notably to the Americas, as well as territories in Africa and the Philippines.

Are you planning to travel to a Spanish-speaking country? Or, are you looking to learn Spanish to help with your professional career? Whatever the reason, there are many options that can help you learn the language.

You can opt for the more traditional approaches of using a Spanish book, hiring a Spanish tutor, or even using an app designed to learn Spanish. Another popular option is to take online Spanish lessons. In this article, we have compiled a list of some of the best options for online Spanish classes. While certain offerings are live classes with a Spanish teacher, others consist of self-paced, pre-recorded lessons. Whatever your learning style, one of these options is sure to help you on your journey to becoming fluent in Spanish.

Multibhashi:  

The Bangalore based educational platforms offer a wide range of language learning opportunities at your convenience where all are where the choice is yours. The platform is exclusively online. You can get a classroom-like atmosphere from here with lively interaction from the language expert and your classmates. The classes  are of two types, Group webinar class and one to one class. The duration of the courses is 30 min per class. The minimum number of classes that you can take is 30 classes. It can be increased according to your preference.  You can take the group class provided by Multibhashi or, if you prefer learning alone then you can take one class also. The fee structure of both classes is different. The timings of the classes are also flexible and is up to you to decide. Plus point here in Multibhashi is that you can take a free demo class before deciding where to join.The result will be satisfactory! 

Rocket Spanish

Rocket Spanish is perfectly suited to the structured learner type – those looking for a straight progression from the basics right through to the advanced level material. It’s always been the top of my recommendations for Spanish learners.

Rosetta Stone Spanish

Rosetta Stone is the biggest household name in language learning and one of the most popular courses for learning Spanish.

The strength of Rosetta lies in its unique immersion process. Since there is no translation or explicit grammar, you must learn vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills through intuition. The course intuitively promotes learning Spanish through simple language patterns for a low subscription cost.

Coursera online Spanish courses

Coursera courses are for those who have a passion for learning Spanish and need a little help for staying on track. These online Spanish courses are offered by UC Davis University of California.

The courses offer a variety of lessons involving learners from various parts of the world. This online Spanish course teaches basic Spanish with a specialization in vocabulary.

Additionally, learners can enroll in Coursera for college credit. There’s even financial aid for those who can’t afford to pay for it.

Mondly

Mondly offers courses for loads of different languages and is similar in style to Busuu, Duolingo, and Babbel. 

It’s a beautifully-designed web app and a pleasure to navigate the course content. Some of the courses aren’t that great (e.g. Arabic) but Spanish and others are done really well.

Language Transfer

This is one of the free online Spanish courses that is a great resource for beginners interested in learning how a language works. Language Transfer has 90 audio lessons that last approximately 10 minutes each.

During the lessons, the hosts acts as a teacher while a student is learning from the host. The language is explained in a way that makes sense and provides lots of explanations. This course does not follow a traditional method but does go into a lot of depth. Best of all, it’s completely free.

Duolingo Spanish

Duolingo is now a household name, and is being used as a supplemental program by school in their language courses. It’s fun and free although it does have a paid subscription upgrade that removes adds and has extra resources for a few bucks a month.

The idea behind Duolingo is that they make learning Spanish fun and keep students coming back every day through gamified learning. Spanish is learned through a variety of exercises and lots of repetition.