Before your first live session, you'll record yourself reading a short passage aloud.

This isn't a test or some deep analysis. This is simply your own personal "before" snapshot of your accent before you begin the course so we can compare it against your second recording when the programme ends. This is how we track your progress.

English doesn't give equal weight to every syllable the way Spanish does. Some words in a sentence are stressed and stand out more, while others are said quickly and with weaker sounds. This is what gives English that distinct rhythm that's different to Spanish's.

You'll learn to hear which words in a sentence should be stressed, and practise the distinct rising and falling intonation native English speakers use on them.

You'll also get an early introduction to the schwa (the short "uh" sound in words like "computer" and "above"), as it's the foundation for nailing correct stress and intonation in English.

Many Spanish speakers pronounce every word with equal time, stress, and strong vowel sounds, which is one of the biggest reasons you sound robotic.

In natural spoken English, words don't stay separate. They link together, change completely, and sometimes almost disappear into each other (just like in spoken Spanish).

You'll read and analyse a text with your coach, Lautaro, and learn the core rules for how English connects in real spoken English. This is often the biggest reason why you sound robotic, unnatural, and "textbook" in English, so we're going to transform that so you begin to sound fluent and impressive!

This lesson returns to the schwa sound that you covered in Lesson 1. This is because it's the most important sound in British English — and most likely a sound that your teacher in your home country never taught you before!

Now you'll practise pronouncing it accurately yourself, especially in short words like "a", "the", "of" and "to" so you can continue to imitate perfect English stress and rhythm.

You'll also work on the long British vowel sound /ɜː/ as in "bird", and three centring vowel sounds (/ɪə/, /ʊə/, /eə/) found in words like "near", "tour", and "hair".

All these vowels don't exist in Spanish, so they're commonly replaced with sounds that are close, but not quite correct.

This lesson tackles two of the most common vowel mix-ups for Spanish speakers:

1) the difference between a short /ɪ/ sound (ship) and a long /iː/ sound (sheep)

2) and the difference between the vowels in "wet" /e/ and "wait" /eɪ/.

Using pairs like these, you'll train your ear to hear the difference and your mouth to correctly pronounce them, so you can ensure you're understood the first time. 

Spanish speakers often merge several different English vowel sounds into just one, which means words like "cat", "cut" and "cart" can all become mixed up when said by a Spanish speaker.

You'll work through pairs like mat/met and cat/cut/cart to build a clear, reliable distinction, so other people always hear the exact word you want to say.

This lesson focuses on three vowel sounds that are easy to confuse:

1) the short "o" /ɒ/ in "bot"

2) the long "or" /ɔː/ sound in "bought"

3) and the "ow" /əʊ/ diphthong in "boat"

It's a small distinction, but one that makes a noticeable difference to how easily you're understood.

Most Spanish accents don't have the two "th" sounds present in English (the soft one in "think" and the voiced one in "this"), so these are usually completely new sounds for Spanish speakers which are often replaced with "t", "d", "s", "f", or "v" instead.

So you'll learn to produce both TH sounds correctly to avoid making this typical mistake.

You'll also work on tongue placement for "t" and "d". In Spanish these sounds are made by the tongue touching the teeth, while in English the tongue should sit just behind the teeth (with no dental contact); it's a small shift that instantly makes your /t/ and /d/ sound more English.

In Spanish, "b" and "v" are often pronounced almost identically. However, in English, they're two completely different sounds, and mixing them up can genuinely change the word you're saying ("berry" instead of "very", or "boat" instead of "vote").

This lesson trains your mouth to keep these two sounds clearly separate and also covers keeping "b", "d" and "g" properly voiced at the start and end of words. After correcting these small transfers from Spanish, your accent will instantly sound softer and more British.

This lesson tackles three sounds that Spanish speakers often confuse: /j/, /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ (the difference between "yet", "jet", and "chip").

The good news is that the /tʃ/ sound already exists in Spanish (think "chico"), so that part should feel familiar and create the foundation for you to correctly pronounce the rest of the sounds.

You'll also cover two sounds that many Spanish speakers struggle with: /ʃ/ and /ʒ/. We'll introduce and compare these 5 sounds directly against the sounds you already know.

Standard Spanish uses a clear L sound in every position it's written; however, English has two L sounds — the light L and the dark L. The dark L is in words like "milk" and "feel" and isn't present in Spanish. You'll learn to produce it naturally, giving your pronunciation a final polish and a more British-like quality.

You'll also tackle a very common habit: in Spanish, a small vowel sound often gets added before words that start with "s" plus a consonant, turning "study" into "estudy" or "school" into "eschool". This lesson removes that extra vowel for good, so these words come out sounding properly English and less Spanish.

In your final lesson, you'll learn the three ways to correctly pronounce the regular past tense "-ed" endings, so you use them correctly without having to think about the rules.

You'll also nail the difference between plural and third-person "-s" endings that end in a /s/ sound (cats), a /z/ sound (dogs), and an /ɪz/ sound (churches) — small details that make a big difference to how polished your English sounds.

At the end of the 12 weeks, you'll record yourself reading the exact same passage from the very start of the course.

Before your coach, Lautaro, gives you any feedback, you'll compare the two recordings yourself and identify your own improvements. Then, Lautaro will give you his professional analysis to show you what you've improved and what you need to focus on next to keep progressing beyond the course.