You have a real-time voice conversation with an AI Spanish tutor available through Yapr, but you are not sure how to prepare. You want to practise greetings, introductions, or making plans, but you need a clear plan so the session is useful. This page helps you write a short brief, choose a goal, set difficulty, request a role-play, and review what you struggled to express. You will work with the Spanish phrases from the Yapr lessons on greetings, introductions, and making plans, but all instructions here are in English. The native examples appear automatically in separate audio cards, so you can hear them without this page giving you new language rules.
Specific useful preparation
Before you start, write a short session brief in English. Include four things: your goal, the situation, your role, and the tutor's role. For example, if your goal is to practise greetings and introductions, write: 'Goal: practise saying hello, giving my name and origin, and asking the same of someone new. Situation: I am at a language exchange event in Madrid. My role: a visitor from Canada. Tutor's role: a local person named Lucía.' This brief tells the tutor exactly what to do. You can also set difficulty by saying, 'Please speak slowly and use only the phrases from the beginner lessons on greetings and introductions.' If you want a challenge, say, 'Please speak at a natural speed and sometimes ask a follow-up question.' Keep your brief short so you can read it aloud at the start of the session. You can say, 'Today I want to practise greetings and introductions. Please be Lucía, a local person I meet at an event. Start by greeting me.' This is a prompt you say, not a setting you click. The tutor will then begin the role-play. After the session, note down any phrase you could not remember or say. For example, if you struggled to ask 'Where are you from?' or to say 'Nice to meet you,' write that down. Then review the audio cards for those phrases before your next session. This cycle of brief, practice, and review makes each conversation more useful.
A specific way to handle the harder turn
The hardest part of a role-play is when the tutor asks a question you did not prepare for. For example, you practised introducing yourself, but then the tutor asks, 'And what do you do for work?' or 'How about we meet at six?' You may freeze because you did not plan that turn. Here is a way to handle it. First, buy time with a simple phrase you already know from the greetings lesson, such as the phrase for 'One moment, please' or the phrase for 'I don't understand. Can you repeat?' These are not new grammar; they are survival phrases from the lessons. Second, if you still cannot answer, say in English, 'I don't know how to say that yet. Can you help me?' The tutor can then respond in the conversation. Third, after the session, write down the question that tripped you up and find the audio card that covers it. For example, if the tutor asked about work and you did not know how to answer, review the lesson on introductions, which includes a phrase for saying you are a student. If the tutor suggested a time and you could not respond, review the lesson on making plans, which has phrases for accepting, declining, and suggesting another time. This turns a moment of struggle into a specific review target. You can also say at the start of a later session, 'Please repeat a similar role-play and add one new question,' so you gradually expand what you can handle. The goal is not to avoid hard turns but to notice them and practise them until they become easier.
Listen once, then say the phrase yourself. Slow playback keeps the original pitch.
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¡Hola!
Hello!
OH-lah
Buenos días
Good morning
BWEH-nos DEE-as
Buenas tardes
Good afternoon
BWEH-nas TAR-des
Buenas noches
Good evening / Good night
BWEH-nas NO-ches
Me llamo Ana.
My name is Ana.
meh YAH-moh AH-nah
Soy de México.
I am from Mexico.
soy deh MEH-hee-koh
¿Cómo te llamas?
What is your name?
KOH-moh teh YAH-mahs
¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from?
deh DOHN-deh EH-rehs
Read one side aloud, then answer in your own words. The goal is to make the exchange yours.
¡Buenos días, señora García! ¿Cómo está?
Good morning, Mrs. García! How are you?Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?
Very well, thank you. And you?Bien, gracias. Me voy, que tenga buen día.
Good, thank you. I'm leaving, have a good day.Adiós, hasta luego.
Goodbye, see you later.Your turn
Try each prompt out loud. Choose a guided start, the full sequence, or a challenge pass after your first attempt.
First meeting at a coffee shop
You are at a coffee shop in Mexico City. You see a person named Mateo reading a book. You want to introduce yourself, say where you are from, and ask his name and origin. You have a real-time voice session with an AI tutor who will play Mateo.
Your task: Say aloud your session brief: 'Goal: practise greetings and introductions. Situation: coffee shop in Mexico City. My role: a visitor from Canada. Tutor's role: Mateo, a local person. Please start by greeting me.' Then have the conversation. Use the phrases from the greetings and introductions lessons. Greet him, say your name, say where you are from, ask his name, ask where he is from, and use the source phrase for 'Nice to meet you.'
Making plans with a friend
You are chatting with a friend named Sofía. You want to invite her to have a coffee and suggest a time. She may accept or decline. You have a real-time voice session with an AI tutor who will play Sofía.
Your task: Say aloud your session brief: 'Goal: practise making plans. Situation: inviting a friend to coffee. My role: a friend. Tutor's role: Sofía, a friend who is sometimes busy. Please start by asking me how I am.' Then have the conversation. Invite her using a polite phrase, suggest a time, ask 'At what time?' if needed, and confirm the plan. If she declines, respond politely and suggest another time.
Meeting a professor formally
You are at a university event in Buenos Aires. You meet a professor named Dr. Ramírez. You want to introduce yourself formally, using 'usted' where appropriate, and ask about her work. You have a real-time voice session with an AI tutor who will play Dr. Ramírez.
Your task: Say aloud your session brief: 'Goal: practise formal introductions. Situation: university event in Buenos Aires. My role: a student from the United States. Tutor's role: Dr. Ramírez, a professor. Please speak formally and start by greeting me.' Then have the conversation. Greet her formally, say your name and origin, ask her name and origin formally, and ask what she does. Use the formal question forms from the introductions lesson.
Common questions
Can I ask the AI tutor to correct my mistakes during the conversation?
Yes, you can say at the start, 'Please correct me if I make a mistake.' The tutor can then offer corrections. However, Yapr does not claim automatic scoring or accent detection, so corrections depend on the conversation. You can also ask for corrections at the end by saying, 'Please tell me three things I can improve.'
How do I review what I struggled to express after the session?
Right after the session, write down any phrase you could not remember or any question you could not answer. Then find the matching audio card from the Yapr lessons. For example, if you struggled with making plans, review the lesson on making plans. Practise saying the phrase aloud before your next session.
Sources and further reading
- spanish: hello and goodbyeChecked September 2026
- spanish: introduce yourselfChecked September 2026
- spanish: make plansChecked September 2026
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