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Spanish for travel: Test your skills

Updated Thursday, 6 September 2018

Test your Spanish language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Spain.

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Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink, focuses on buying and ordering food and drink at a restaurant or bar. You will be able to use some basic vocabulary relating to food, drinks, meals, quantities and measures. In this OpenLearn ...

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Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around, concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. This OpenLearn course...

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Spanish for travel: Test your skills

Learn more Spanish:

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

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French for travel: Test your skills

Italian for travel: Test your skills