Duration
Studying independently: About 24 hours of study. Complete the course at your own pace.
Group classes with a teacher: About three months.
Price
Studying independently: Included with the Toani Membership — $550 MXN per month.
Group classes with a teacher: $2,250 MXN per month, plus an active Toani Membership.
Prerequisite
Level 2 or equivalent.
Studying independently
You can complete the lessons whenever it works best for you. We’re always available if you need occasional private lessons for extra help.
Classes with a teacher
Group classes usually meet twice a week for one hour. Sometimes we may take a little longer than three months if the group needs more practice, or finish a little sooner depending on how the group class goes.
You can check the Class Calendar for upcoming groups or schedule a free interview to explore private or semi-private lessons.
Course content
This level is for students who already feel comfortable talking about everyday life in the present, but avoid telling stories because they are not sure how to use past-tense verbs. Level 3 focuses on preterite. You learn how to recognize past-tense verbs when other people speak and how to use them when talking about your own experiences.
Throughout this level, you will learn:
- How to talk about completed events in the past.
- How to describe personal experiences and tell simple stories about what happened.
- How to conjugate regular verbs and some of the most common irregular verbs in the preterite.
- How to recognize common preterite forms when listening to Spanish.
- How to use time expressions such as ayer, la semana pasada and el mes pasado to place events in the past.
- How to talk about past appointments, trips and other everyday activities.
- How to apply our pronunciation technique while speaking in the preterite.
What happens after Level 3?
Level 3 is an important milestone because you can now communicate about both present and past tense.
At this point, many students are ready to join our weekly Conversation Club on Zoom, where they begin practicing everything they have learned in real conversations with other students.
Level 4 continues building on that foundation. Instead of introducing another major verb tense, it focuses on making your Spanish more natural by learning how object pronouns work in everyday conversations. You’ll also continue strengthening your understanding of past tenses as you use longer and more detailed sentence structures.
Level 4 is already included with your Toani Membership, so you can continue whenever you’re ready.
Continue with Level 3.
Join the Toani Membership to access Level 3 and the complete Levels 1–5 program.