Learn a language in 15 minutes a day
A 4-week, 15-minute daily plan with exact tasks, phrases to learn and weekly speaking checks. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
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- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
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Prompt
Create a 4-week plan to learn Spanish in 15 minutes a day. My level now: Complete beginner Why I'm learning: A two-week holiday in Spain next spring Rules: - Each day = exactly 15 minutes, split into timed blocks (e.g. 5 min listening, 5 min new phrases, 5 min speaking aloud). - Focus on phrases I will use for my goal, not grammar lists. Introduce 5–8 new phrases a day, with pronunciation help in simple English spelling. - Day 7 of each week is review + a 2-minute self-recorded speaking check. - Suggest free resource types (podcasts, graded readers, apps) without naming paid products as required. Output: Week 1 in full detail (day by day with the actual phrases), then Weeks 2–4 as a short table of themes. Finish with how to measure progress. Offer to write Week 2 in full when I'm ready. The review day is also exactly 15 minutes, including the two-minute recording. Reduce new phrases when the learner’s level or pronunciation needs make the target impractical. Label English-spelling pronunciation as approximate; suggest checking audio from a source the learner can access rather than claiming native pronunciation accuracy.
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Four-week Spanish plan for a complete beginner. Goal: phrases for a two-week holiday in Spain next spring. Each day is exactly 15 minutes. English spellings are approximate. Check them against audio you can access. They are not claimed as native pronunciation. Paid products are not required. Use a free podcast, a free beginner graded reader, or a free app lesson if you want audio. Daily split on days 1-6: 5 minutes listening to the day's phrases, 5 minutes reading the new phrases, 5 minutes saying them aloud. Five new phrases a day, not eight, because a complete beginner needs the time for pronunciation. Day 1, greetings Hola. Approximate: OH-lah. Hello. Buenos días. Approximate: BWEH-nohs DEE-ahs. Good morning. Buenas tardes. Approximate: BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs. Good afternoon. Por favor. Approximate: por fah-VOR. Please. Gracias. Approximate: GRAH-see-ahs. Thank you. Speaking line to practice: Hola, buenas tardes. Day 2, a cafe Quiero. Approximate: kee-EH-roh. I want. Un café. Approximate: oon kah-FEH. A coffee. Agua. Approximate: AH-gwah. Water. La cuenta. Approximate: lah KWEN-tah. The bill. Sin hielo. Approximate: seen YEH-loh. Without ice. Speaking line: Quiero un café, por favor. Day 3, food words you can point with Esto. Approximate: EHS-toh. This. ¿Cuánto es? Approximate: KWAN-toh es. How much is it? Está muy rico. Approximate: es-TAH mwee REE-koh. It is very tasty. Tengo hambre. Approximate: TEN-goh AHM-breh. I am hungry. Para llevar. Approximate: PAH-rah yeh-VAR. To take away. Speaking line: Esto, para llevar, por favor. Day 4, directions ¿Dónde está? Approximate: DON-deh es-TAH. Where is it? A la derecha. Approximate: ah lah deh-REH-chah. To the right. A la izquierda. Approximate: ah lah ees-kee-EHR-dah. To the left. Todo recto. Approximate: TOH-doh REK-toh. Straight ahead. Cerca. Approximate: SEHR-kah. Near. Speaking line: ¿Dónde está, por favor? Day 5, getting around El baño. Approximate: el BAH-nyoh. The bathroom. La estación. Approximate: lah es-tah-see-OHN. The station. Un billete. Approximate: oon bee-YEH-teh. A ticket. Ayuda. Approximate: ah-YOO-dah. Help. No entiendo. Approximate: noh en-tee-EN-doh. I do not understand. Speaking line: Un billete, por favor. Day 6, room and polite fixes Una habitación. Approximate: OO-nah ah-bee-tah-see-OHN. A room. Mi reserva. Approximate: mee reh-SEHR-bah. My reservation. ¿Puedo? Approximate: PWEH-doh. May I? Lo siento. Approximate: loh see-EN-toh. I am sorry. Hasta luego. Approximate: AHS-tah LWEH-goh. See you later. Speaking line: Hola, mi reserva, por favor. Day 7, review. Exactly 15 minutes. No new phrases. 6 minutes: reread the week's 30 phrases silently. 7 minutes: say aloud a holiday chain: greeting, one cafe line, one direction, one ticket line, one sorry line. 2 minutes: record yourself saying that chain. Listen only if time remains inside the 2 minutes; do not add a 16th minute. The recording is inside the 15 minutes, not after it. Weeks 2-4, themes only Week | Theme | Holiday use | New phrases 2 | Cafe and simple meals | Order, ask the price, say please and thank you | 5 a day, days 1-6; day 7 review and 2-minute recording 3 | Streets and stations | Ask where, left, right, straight, ticket, bathroom | 5 a day, days 1-6; day 7 review and 2-minute recording 4 | Room, problems, and a full trip replay | Reservation, sorry, I do not understand, then mix weeks 1-3 | 5 a day, days 1-6; day 7 review and 2-minute recording How to measure progress Each day 7, count how many of that week's phrases you can say without looking. Keep the 2-minute recording and listen the next week only as part of a later 15-minute block, not as extra time. Before the trip, you should be able to greet, order one drink, ask the price, ask where something is, and say you do not understand. That is the progress check. It is not a fluency score. I can write Week 2 in full, with the actual phrases, when you are ready.
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