Hold a relaxed 15-minute Spanish conversation about daily life without switching back to English.
Define the conversation outcome
Describe the topics, pace, and mistakes that are acceptable in the final conversation.
Choose one course and one tutor
Remove competing resources and book the first four weekly speaking sessions.
Build a 100-phrase retrieval deck
Collect phrases for introductions, daily routines, opinions, clarification, and follow-up questions.
Record the first five-minute conversation
Speak without a script, listen back once, and choose only three corrections to practice.
Complete four weeks of speaking drills
Run four short retrieval sessions and one live conversation each week.
Tell one story in past tense
Prepare a real two-minute story, then retell it until the sequence feels natural.
Hold the 15-minute conversation
Record the final session and note what made the conversation continue when a word was missing.