Supplemental Material:  

Web Spanish prepares all of their own materials and they make good use of audios and videos. At the school, they claim to cover topics like current affairs, history, and culture. In addition they cover news articles in the courses.

Audio:  

Web Spanish really appears to be doing a great job in giving students the opportunity to understand spoken Spanish. They use Skype, podcasts, and videos. Students learning with all these additional media will certainly benefit from this approach.

Tutoring:  

The teachers at Web Spanish appear to be very well trained to give the courses. Many of them have studied Education and Linguistics, and Web Spanish has prepared their teachers in the materials they have developed.

For better or worse, it does appear that all of the tutors are from Peru. For students, this can be good since Peru has the reputation for having the least noticeable accent of Latin America. Therefore, it is a good choice of Latin American Spanish to learn. However, many students need to be able to understand Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Spaniards, and Argentinians. We doubt that working strictly with Peruvians will lead students to be conversationally fluent.

Learning Options:  

Since the Web Spanish teachers come from all kinds of different backgrounds, students would definitely be able to learn specialized types of vocabulary. For example, their page of available online teachers boasts of having teachers who have studied Hotel Administration, Education, Translation, Literature, Journalism, and more.

In addition, they offer a forum for the students to collaborate, share experiences, and help each other in their quest to learn Spanish online.

Levels Available/Scope:  

Web Spanish is one of the programs that offers one-on-one tutoring and offers all of the levels from beginning to advanced. Their syllabus was very well laid out and students are able to get the basics of the language from the Web Spanish learning service.

Clearly Web Spanish is a good choice for those desiring to become fluent in Spanish. They have a thorough curriculum, are using technology, and have well-trained teachers.

We do question whether they are offering a sufficient amount of supplemental materials and we do hope they will make more of their proprietary materials available so that we can evaluate them better, but Web Spanish is a pretty good option to learn Spanish online. You may also consider Spanish Pod, NuLengua, and Livemocha.