In June 2015, I learned Spanish in a month – to a functionally conversational level (~B1).
I spent 5 hours a day on average, for a rough total of 150 hours. This included 3 hours a day of one-on-one tutoring, 2 hours a day of pronunciation training for about half the month, and flashcard training with Anki.
And I self-shot and edited a film about it, “Spanish in a Month: A Documentary About Language Learning“. Watch it here:
Update September 2016: This summer I wrote a book about how to learn Spanish fast based on how I did it and everything I’ve learned since. I decided to make it 100% free. You can read it here.
Here are a few shorter posts on how I did it (after you’ve watched the film!):
(Forbes) This 20-Year-Old Teaches Us How To Learn Anything In A Month
(Actual Fluency Podcast) Season 3 Episode 4: Spanish in a Month with Connor Grooms
(Mezzoguild) Spanish in a Month: A Documentary About Language Learning
(Medellin Living) How I Learned Spanish in a Month in Medellín
(Actual Fluency Blog) Movie Review: Spanish in One Month Documentary by Connor Grooms
And if you’re looking to learn Spanish yourself, and align with how I approached it – check out my company BaseLang.com – Unlimited Spanish Tutoring. It follows all of the principles I used to learn it so quickly, for a fraction of the price.
