Spanish Speaking Practice: Busuu Alternative for Introductions

Prepare your introduction in three short moves

Before you speak, decide on three pieces of information: your name, your place of origin, and one work or study detail. Then build your first turn around a simple opening: greet the person, say your name, and ask theirs. A useful sequence is to say your name, ask the other person's name, and then ask where they are from. After they answer, you can state your own origin and add a short work or study line. Keep each piece to one short sentence so you can pause naturally between them. If you are using a course such as Busuu, its official course page describes language courses covering CEFR A1–B2, with English extending to C1 on that page, and its support documentation describes Conversations as generative-AI scenarios attached to the lesson timeline, with vocabulary and grammar feedback after a conversation. That documentation also says Conversations are available in the complete English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian courses and may be limited by attempts or subscription. Those scope statements belong to the cited pages and dates, so treat them as product descriptions rather than universal claims. For your own rehearsal, the practical point is simpler: choose your three details, say them aloud twice, and notice where you hesitate.

Handle the turn when the conversation moves to work

The harder moment in a first introduction is often not the name or origin, but the follow-up question about work or study. In the source lesson dialogue, after the origin exchange, the question turns to what the other person does for work, and the answer is that the person is a student. That shift can catch you off guard because you may have prepared only your name and city. A reliable way to handle it is to have one honest sentence ready about your current situation, whether that is studying, working, or something in between. If you are not sure how to describe your job, keep it general and then return the question. You can also buy yourself a moment by repeating part of the question before answering. The key is to avoid freezing: answer with one clear sentence, then ask the same question back. This keeps the exchange balanced and gives you another turn to listen rather than perform. Practise this transition aloud several times, because the work question is where many beginners lose fluency even when their opening lines are strong.

Listen once, then say the phrase yourself. Slow playback keeps the original pitch.

Checking available voices…

Read one side aloud, then answer in your own words. The goal is to make the exchange yours.

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