About Functionally Fluent! Language Learning Courses
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Want to connect with more people?
Want to have more fun while traveling, or even in your town?
Want to become fluent in another language?
Get fluent - Functionally Fluent!
The Functionally Fluent! online language learning series consists of three levels -
Beginner Language Courses, Intermediate Language Courses,
and Advanced Language Courses.
At each level, you'll learn to do 50 things in a language. At the end of three levels,
you'll know how to do 150 things in another language, making you "functionally fluent!"
Our language learning courses are engaging, easy-to-use, non-intimidating, and fun!
They include a wide range of exercises, from fun dialogs to funny excerpts and engaging photos. The approach is organized and empowering - at the end of each chapter and level, check off the things you've learned to do in another language - introduce yourself, order a meal, tell a story, make future plans, and much more!
Levels are sold separately or discounted as a bundle, so buy all three to start from scratch and become "functionally fluent," or start at Intermediate or Advanced if you have previous knowledge. Each course also includes bonus sections such as an English-friendly glossary, vocabulary "cheat-sheets", progress checks, and much more!
Check out sample pages and start your language learning today!
Other Languages
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a new language!
Functionally Fluent! currently exists in Spanish. Soon, we'll be expanding the series to include other languages, including French language courses, Italian language courses, Portuguese language courses, German language courses, English language courses, and more.
Find out more about the best way to learn a new language!
Check out Functionally Fluent!'s upcoming language learning courses!
They include a wide range of exercises, from fun dialogs to funny excerpts and engaging photos. The approach is organized and empowering - at the end of each chapter and level, check off the things you've learned to do in another language - introduce yourself, order a meal, tell a story, make future plans, and much more!
Levels are sold separately or discounted as a bundle, so buy all three to start from scratch and become "functionally fluent," or start at Intermediate or Advanced if you have previous knowledge. Each course also includes bonus sections such as an English-friendly glossary, vocabulary "cheat-sheets", progress checks, and much more!
Check out sample pages and start your language learning today!
Other Languages
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a new language!
Functionally Fluent! currently exists in Spanish. Soon, we'll be expanding the series to include other languages, including French language courses, Italian language courses, Portuguese language courses, German language courses, English language courses, and more.
Find out more about the best way to learn a new language!
Check out Functionally Fluent!'s upcoming language learning courses!
How to Use Functionally Fluent!
Language Learning Courses
Functionally Fluent! can be used for self-study,
as well as with classes, groups, and language learning tutors.
Functionally Fluent! on Your Own
Self-Study
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a language on your own - precisely because we encourage you not to learn on your own! Learning a language is a social endeavor - if you want to learn how to be fluent, you need to do more than sit in front of a computer and "listen and repeat" into a microphone.
Language-learning software, apps, and other online methods are fine as "extras," but feedback shows these tools are not usually successful at making learners fluent. At best, they help build vocabulary and encourage a passive understanding, but few users learn how to be fluent sitting in front of a computer or thumbing through their phone.
Functionally Fluent! language learning is different.
We guarantee you'll be "functionally fluent" - in real life!
Even if you're learning a language on your own, you can use our program's built-in features to practice speaking Spanish and other languages in real-life scenarios. You won't just listen and repeat into a microphone - you'll be guided through truly interactive exercises to help you engage with the people in your life!
When using our program for self-study, you'll see we have the best content and structure of any program on the market, and unlike many competitors, we offer you guidance in English, so there's no frustration or guesswork. We enable you to become fluent in Spanish or another language at your pace, and give you with tools to help you connect with others!
Get started now using Functionally Fluent! for self-study!
Functionally Fluent! with Language Classes
Public and Private Schools, Tutors, Language Teachers
Language teachers, tutors, and groups of learners can purchase our materials for use anywhere in the world. Public school educators can purchase them to use alongside their school's core curriculum. Many students report the fastest way to learn a language for them was with Functionally Fluent! than with any other course, and part of our mission is to help improve language learning in public schools. Functionally Fluent! courses and materials are also perfect for for private language schools, community colleges, adult education programs, foreign language meetups, and other initiatives.
If you live in Houston, consider signing up for one of Functionally Fluent!'s in-house, in-person Spanish classes. If you live in another city and are interested in having us offer a Functionally Fluent! seminar in your town, contact us -
we're happy to travel to teach your group!
Purchase Functionally Fluent! language learning for use with your class or group,
or
contact us to learn more about in-person classes!
Functionally Fluent! with Friends
Study Groups, Bilingual Households, Language Partners, Skype Buddies
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a language because it is highly social!
Put together a group of friends and learn Spanish offline - or learn another language - with Functionally Fluent!
Grab a co-worker and "buddy up" to practice speaking Spanish or another language over lunch. Ask your husband, wife, partner, or kids to practice with you. Recruit a Spanish-speaking friend or neighbor to help you. Or, buy our system and have a language teacher or tutor guide you in person or via Skype - the possibilities for connection are endless! Your "language buddy" doesn't even need to be a native speaker - you can practice with a friend learning the same language!
Setting this up will be surprisingly easy. It won't be "the blind leading the blind," because you are being guided - by Functionally Fluent! Our books have step-by-step instructions for assimilating, repeating, practicing and reviewing specific language structures. Our books are the best Spanish textbooks on the market. Our language learning system "takes you by the hand" and "feeds" you exactly the language you need to succeed.
We'll provide the structure and the content, if you provide the interactive context - it's a win-win!
Get started now using Functionally Fluent! and learn Spanish offline with friends, colleagues and family!
No matter how you use Functionally Fluent!, we're confident you'll become fluent in Spanish or another language
and learn more with our language learning system than any tool you've used before!
Our students and language learning community love us, and you will too
- or your money back!
Start your language learning today with Functionally Fluent!
Self-Study
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a language on your own - precisely because we encourage you not to learn on your own! Learning a language is a social endeavor - if you want to learn how to be fluent, you need to do more than sit in front of a computer and "listen and repeat" into a microphone.
Language-learning software, apps, and other online methods are fine as "extras," but feedback shows these tools are not usually successful at making learners fluent. At best, they help build vocabulary and encourage a passive understanding, but few users learn how to be fluent sitting in front of a computer or thumbing through their phone.
Functionally Fluent! language learning is different.
We guarantee you'll be "functionally fluent" - in real life!
Even if you're learning a language on your own, you can use our program's built-in features to practice speaking Spanish and other languages in real-life scenarios. You won't just listen and repeat into a microphone - you'll be guided through truly interactive exercises to help you engage with the people in your life!
When using our program for self-study, you'll see we have the best content and structure of any program on the market, and unlike many competitors, we offer you guidance in English, so there's no frustration or guesswork. We enable you to become fluent in Spanish or another language at your pace, and give you with tools to help you connect with others!
Get started now using Functionally Fluent! for self-study!
Functionally Fluent! with Language Classes
Public and Private Schools, Tutors, Language Teachers
Language teachers, tutors, and groups of learners can purchase our materials for use anywhere in the world. Public school educators can purchase them to use alongside their school's core curriculum. Many students report the fastest way to learn a language for them was with Functionally Fluent! than with any other course, and part of our mission is to help improve language learning in public schools. Functionally Fluent! courses and materials are also perfect for for private language schools, community colleges, adult education programs, foreign language meetups, and other initiatives.
If you live in Houston, consider signing up for one of Functionally Fluent!'s in-house, in-person Spanish classes. If you live in another city and are interested in having us offer a Functionally Fluent! seminar in your town, contact us -
we're happy to travel to teach your group!
Purchase Functionally Fluent! language learning for use with your class or group,
or
contact us to learn more about in-person classes!
Functionally Fluent! with Friends
Study Groups, Bilingual Households, Language Partners, Skype Buddies
Functionally Fluent! is the best way to learn a language because it is highly social!
Put together a group of friends and learn Spanish offline - or learn another language - with Functionally Fluent!
Grab a co-worker and "buddy up" to practice speaking Spanish or another language over lunch. Ask your husband, wife, partner, or kids to practice with you. Recruit a Spanish-speaking friend or neighbor to help you. Or, buy our system and have a language teacher or tutor guide you in person or via Skype - the possibilities for connection are endless! Your "language buddy" doesn't even need to be a native speaker - you can practice with a friend learning the same language!
Setting this up will be surprisingly easy. It won't be "the blind leading the blind," because you are being guided - by Functionally Fluent! Our books have step-by-step instructions for assimilating, repeating, practicing and reviewing specific language structures. Our books are the best Spanish textbooks on the market. Our language learning system "takes you by the hand" and "feeds" you exactly the language you need to succeed.
We'll provide the structure and the content, if you provide the interactive context - it's a win-win!
Get started now using Functionally Fluent! and learn Spanish offline with friends, colleagues and family!
No matter how you use Functionally Fluent!, we're confident you'll become fluent in Spanish or another language
and learn more with our language learning system than any tool you've used before!
Our students and language learning community love us, and you will too
- or your money back!
Start your language learning today with Functionally Fluent!
About Functionally Fluent!'s Creator - Diana María Gruber
Watch this video to hear language expert Diana Gruber speak six languages fluently!
There’s only one thing Diana loves more than learning languages, and that’s teaching them! One of the nation's foremost polyglots, Diana is proficient - yes, truly proficient, at a native or near-native level - in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and German. She's excited to share that talent, to help you become fluent, too! This is why she created Functionally Fluent! - to offer effective, efficient methodology to students beyond her classroom, and across the globe.
Diana has made thousands of people fluent in another language, using the methods in this course as a cornerstone of her teaching – and her students’ success! She trains students worldwide, including in her own Houston-based school – www.hablahouston.com. Her vision is that Functionally Fluent! will be of immense value to you and everyone you communicate with - making the world a more interconnected place.
Here's a video of Diana speaking six languages.
Diana has made thousands of people fluent in another language, using the methods in this course as a cornerstone of her teaching – and her students’ success! She trains students worldwide, including in her own Houston-based school – www.hablahouston.com. Her vision is that Functionally Fluent! will be of immense value to you and everyone you communicate with - making the world a more interconnected place.
Here's a video of Diana speaking six languages.