Foundations 2 · Part 2 of the Foundations series
For when you’ve tried everything else, and are ready to actually progress in your Spanish…!
Ready to finally break out of your Spanish rut?
Truly understand native speakers, and get those tricky areas of Spanish to finally click… Introducing Foundations 2, with our DRIP™ methodology. Reach new heights in just 4 weeks.
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“I’ve been learning years, but still can’t actually speak”
It’s frustrating to study Spanish for years, and yet still not be able to express yourself fluently, understand fast spoken Spanish, or simply get your ideas across.
Maybe you’ve spent years, and perhaps thousands of dollars on College courses, private tuition, textbooks, apps, and everything else in-between.
But then, when you visit a Spanish-speaking country and try and order a coffee (or maybe una cerveza)… …You can’t even understand the waiter’s response!
You start to wonder what your problem is: Maybe you’re just not “wired” for learning languages. Or perhaps you feel like you’re too old to learn Spanish, and your memory isn’t what it used to be.
And, after all these years, you’re ready to call it quits. Or simply settle for where you’ve landed.
Sound familiar? Here’s how learners described it to us:
- I’m good at the basics but struggle to understand when people speak fast.
- Always trip up with using pretérito or imperfect.
- Learning all of the verb tenses, it’s fine when I’m writing stuff out but I forget them as I’m trying to hold a conversation.
- I feel I’ve hit a roadblock and have not really progressed in the past few years.
From our 2026 learner survey
Foundations 2 helps learners just like you: people who’ve tried everything and are ready to call it quits on their Spanish.
What will you be able to do after Foundations 2?
Speak about the present, past and future
Experience authentic expression as hesitation melts away, allowing you to navigate daily conversations using present, past, and future tenses with confidence.
Say what you mean, the way you mean it
Transform from forming basic sentences to crafting meaningful interactions that feel natural and spontaneous as you master intentions, commands, and comparisons.
Tell your own stories
Feel the satisfaction of genuine connection as you learn to tell rich, detailed stories about your experiences with proper context and expressive time phrases.
Understand real, native Spanish
Every lesson is built on real, “unfiltered” Spanish from native speakers in 5 different Spanish-speaking countries, so you get used to how people actually talk.
What is Foundations 2?
We created our Foundations series to guide learners through Spanish in a series of structured courses.
It’s built for people who’ve tried other methods: apps, college classes, 1-1 classes, courses, and everything else in between, but still find that it won’t stick.
With our DRIP method (more about that below), learning Spanish isn’t a slog. It becomes intuitive, concepts “click” into place, seem obvious, and can even be fun. A bold claim…
To understand why Foundations works where others have failed, let’s talk about the problem.
The “Textbook Trap”
If you have an academic background, or studied Spanish at High School, you might be struggling from the “textbook trap”. It’s when we treat Spanish like a subject to be studied, like Geography or Physics. We imagine it needs “hard study”. Like burying your face in a book, or learning lists of vocabulary. Studying rules. Cramming like it’s an exam…
The thing is, Spanish isn’t one of those subjects. Learning lists of rules, vocabulary items, and cramming won’t help you with what actually matters: speaking and communication. And doing this makes understanding native speakers impossible, as we simply don’t get any exposure to them.
Learning Spanish becomes like wading through treacle, and we can even start to resent the whole learning process.
Foundations 2 takes a radically different approach. Here’s how:
Natural Language Acquisition: The DRIP™ Method Explained
Discover, Recognise, Intuition, and Practice. The 4 pillars to effective, natural, immersive Spanish learning. DRIP™ is our unique methodology we follow in Foundations 2. It’s a four stage process which you’ll follow in each lesson:
Discover
We learn from native, authentic language from 5 different Spanish-speaking countries, which we use as “source material”. This means you get real, “unfiltered” Spanish – perfect if you’ve been struggling to understand native speakers.
Recognise
You spot grammar points and target language for yourself through exploring the language, rather than than learning lists of rules.
Intuition
You uncover rules and patterns using what you already know about the language (and simple guesswork), so they “click” and make sense immediately.
Practice
Turns your knowledge into ability, and ensures you won’t forget what you learn.
“The ‘DRIP’ method is an inspirational, very effective method of learning.”Sharon, Pre-intermediate
Put together, DRIP is a powerful framework for gaining exposure to real Spanish, and learning intuitively and naturally. It’s as far from the “textbook trap” as you can get…!
To learn more about DRIP™, click here.
See inside Foundations 2
These are real lessons from the course, exactly as you’ll see them once you’re in.
Practise
The exercises are inside the video
Each lesson is an interactive video. Straight after a point is explained, an exercise pops up: fill in the gaps, drag the words into place, pick the right answer. You check it, and the video carries on.
It’s the Practice in DRIP, built into every lesson, so nothing you learn stays as theory.
Progress
Always know what comes next
Your course page shows how far you’ve come, unit by unit, and takes you straight to your next lesson. Every lesson comes with PDF notes as well, so you can review it later.
No deciding what to study today, and no wondering if you’ve missed something.
Anywhere
Learn on your phone too
Every lesson works on your phone or tablet: the video, the exercises and the full list of lessons, one tap away. Fit a lesson in wherever you are, and pick up on your laptop where you left off.
Introducing…
Foundations 2
The second course of the Foundations series. Takes you from A1 towards A2: Pre-intermediate.
Starting from an A1 (Beginner level), Foundations 2 will take you towards A2 (Pre-intermediate), over a series of interactive video lessons, exercises, and comprehensive notes.
This course is available as a one-off purchase. You’ll have indefinite, permanent access, and will be free to take as long as you need to complete it.
Everything above, one payment of $149
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Where Foundations 2 fits in your Spanish journey
Language levels are measured on the CEFR scale (the Common European Framework of Reference), which runs from A1 for beginners up to C2 for near-native mastery.
Beginner
Everyday phrases, introducing yourself, simple questions and answers
- Foundations 2
Elementary
Your routine, your past, and simple conversations about familiar things
Intermediate
Most travel situations, your experiences, plans and opinions
Upper intermediate
Talking with native speakers on a wide range of topics, without strain on either side
Advanced
Expressing yourself fluently and spontaneously, and following long, demanding speech
Foundations 2 picks up where A1 leaves off: the present tense in full, the gerund, commands, comparisons, the future, and the two past tenses that let you tell a story. Foundations 3 then completes A2.
Course Content
Here’s exactly what you’ll cover in Foundations 2
Part 1 · 4 lessons
Master the present tense
Build your foundation
- Present Tense 1: Vowel Changes
- Present Tense 2: Irregular -go Verbs
- Muy and Mucho
- Mucho and Muchos
Part 2 · 4 lessons
Express ongoing actions
Speak naturally, in the moment
- Gerund: Introduction
- Gerund 2: Estar + Gerund
- Gerund 3: Llevar + Gerund
- Gerund 4: Seguir / Continuar + Gerund
Part 3 · 3 lessons
Leverage infinitive phrases
Communicate your intentions
- Infinitive Phrases 1: Intentions (Pensar + Infinitive)
- Infinitive Phrases 2: Dejar de + Infinitive
- Infinitive Phrases 3: Volver a + Infinitive
Part 4 · 2 lessons
Enhance your vocabulary
Distinguish similar verbs
- Verb Contrast: Saber and Conocer
- Verb Contrast: Llevar vs Traer
Part 5 · 3 lessons
Give commands and instructions
Interact with confidence
- Imperative: Orders and Advice
- Direct Object Pronouns
- Impersonal Expressions: The Impersonal ‘Se’
Part 6 · 3 lessons
Compare and emphasise
Add nuance to your expression
- Comparisons 1
- Comparisons 2
- The Superlative
Part 7 · 3 lessons
Discuss the future
Talk about what’s ahead
- The Future Tense (1)
- The Future Tense (2)
- If Clauses
Part 8 · 2 lessons
Refine your grammar
Use precise structures
- Pronouns
- Preposition ‘Para’
Part 9 · 7 lessons
Tell stories in the past
Bring your experiences to life
- Indefinite Tense 1: Introduction to the Indefinite
- Indefinite Tense: Introduction Part 2
- Indefinite Tense: Irregular Verbs Part 1
- Indefinite Tense: Irregular Verbs Part 2
- Indefinite Tense: What Does It Mean?
- Indefinite Tense: Telling a Biography
- Indefinite Tense: Time Phrases
Part 10 · 5 lessons
Describe the past
Create rich context for your stories
- Introduction to the Imperfect Tense
- Imperfect Tense: Habitual Past Actions
- Frequency Adverbs
- The Imperfect Tense with Descriptions
- Preterite / Imperfect: Hubo vs Había
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Here’s What Foundations 2 Students Say
“This course was exactly what I needed. Things were explained in a way that I was finally able to understand – everyday I was really excited to learn something new. I definitely recommend this course for anyone learning Spanish.”
MelissaPre-intermediate“I love this course! I have tried to learn Spanish multiple times in the past but each time my learning would plateau and I would give up. The course structure has helped me stay motivated by testing my skill level more organically as well as provided me with a clear view of the journey to fluency.”
RayFoundations 2 student“Your method worked for me, and now I am finally clear on those concepts! The best part is that a couple of concepts that you unlocked for me, allowed me to have revelations in other areas of my Spanish. I feel like I took a big leap forward with Foundations 2. Now I’m really looking forward to Foundations 3.”
Bruce BowmanFoundations 2 student“Foundations 2 reinforced things I had learned before, but I never felt completely sure I knew them. Now I can talk about past events with more confidence, and I no longer have to avoid the past in my conversations. I want to do Foundations 3 as soon as possible.”
MartyFoundations 2 student“I had been studying Spanish on and off for years. I’m somewhere between A2-B1 and Foundations2 has helped with my comprehension as it uses various native speakers for our practice. It has also refreshed some tenses for me and inspired me to take my Spanish to the next level. Well worth it”
Spencer BungardFoundations 2 student“The teaching was clear and well planned and contained a lot of useful grammar , enjoyable exercises, interesting videos with varied spanish accents. The explanations were easy to follow and the quizzes and practice exercises were very practical and made studying a pleasure . There is a lot of great content to re visit and I have learned and understood much more than I have from books and other sources in the past. I look forward to Foundations 3 !!”
Philip CraigFoundations 2 student“Taking Foundations will be one of your best decisions ever and will speed up your Spanish acquisition.”
Dan ForbesBeginner
Is Foundations 2 for you?
Who Foundations 2 is for (and who SHOULDN’T take it!)
Here’s who Foundations 2 is for:
- Post Beginner Spanish Learners. You’re beyond the basics, and aren’t completely new to Spanish.
- Pre-intermediate learners. You haven’t cracked into that Intermediate stage just yet, and everything feels like a struggle.
- You might have been learning a long time, and feel that you should be further along than you are
- You’re serious about your Spanish, and recognise that it takes an investment in your time and energy. No silver bullets here!
And, here’s who Foundations 2 is NOT for!
- You’re a complete beginner. If you’re new to Spanish, try Foundations 1
- You are comfortably beyond intermediate Spanish, and can speak with relative ease
- You cannot commit more than 30 minutes per week (minimum)
30 day guarantee – no questions asked
If you find you don’t love Foundations 2, for whatever reason, just let us know within 30 days, and we’ll refund 100% of your payment. No questions asked. That makes this a risk-free investment in your Spanish.
FAQs
Got questions about Foundations 2? Take a look below…
What’s in the course, and how does it work?
Starting from an A1 (Beginner level), Foundations 2 will take you towards A2 (Pre-intermediate), over a series of interactive video lessons, exercises, and comprehensive notes.
What are the options for buying Foundations 2?
This course is available as a one-off purchase.
You’ll have indefinite, permanent access, and will be free to take as long as you need to complete it.
How long will it take to complete Foundations 2?
For people who are serious about making progress in their Spanish, we recommend building up to around one hour per day.
At this cadence, you’ll be able to complete the course in around 4 – 6 weeks.
Do I need to have done Foundations 1 first?
No. If you already know the basics (introducing yourself, the present tense of common verbs, ser and estar, gustar), you can start with Foundations 2. If those still feel shaky, Foundations 1 is the place to start.
Do you offer trial lessons? I don’t know if it’s for me…
While we don’t have trial lessons, we do offer a cast-iron 30-day guarantee.
Try the course out, and if you don’t like it, you’ll get all of your money back within 30 days of purchase.
Everything above, one payment of $149
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Hi, I’m Rob
I’m British, and I learned Spanish as an adult, so I know what it’s like to start from the very beginning, usually with Lis, who is from Colombia and speaks the real thing. Since then, over 50,000 learners have gone through our courses, and more than a million have listened to our podcast, which is probably where you found us.
I teach every lesson in Foundations 2 myself, with real Spanish from native speakers from 5 different countries. Finish it, and you’ll be telling stories in the past and talking about your plans, ready for Foundations 3.
Here’s Everything You’re Getting With Foundations 2
Foundations 2 includes:
- Interactive video lessons – every grammar point explained, with exercises inside the video
- Real Spanish from 5 countries – native speakers as your “source material”, so you get used to real speech
- Comprehensive PDF notes – for every lesson, to review whenever you need
- Present, past and future – the gerund, commands, comparisons, the future and both past tenses
Plus:
- Lifetime access – take as long as you need
- Works on any device – laptop, tablet or phone
All backed by a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
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