I’m 3 weeks into learning Spanish, through (mostly) dreaming Spanish, and even though I’m only 45 hours in I already see so much improvement. AND the best thing is it’s fun! I already watch a lot of TH-cam. I’ve now just changed the content I’m watching. Nothing else. I don’t really put much effort into learning the language. But I AM learning it. I also love to read, so I am also rereading my favorite book in Spanish. I really didn’t know learning a language could be “easy”. I have not added alot of new things to my daily routine. I just changed the habits I already have into the same thing, but in Spanish. I studied Spanish for three years in school and I failed that course so hard it’s embarrassing lmao. And I don’t remember ANYTHING. Now after only 3 weeks of comprehensible input and surrounding myself with the language, I know sooooo much more than I did back then.
And again, here I am, about to start my day with my family, minding my own business. Then Matt drops a new video. The kids can make their own breakfast…right? 😅 Glad to see you back, Matt! Quality of these essays is off the charts and getting better all the time. Couldn’t agree more about those habits, either. Nesting those activities is the only way to make it through this process. Hoping more people who need your insights find this video!
Dear Jeff's family, I would like to pass on my apologies. Please send me your breakfast schedule so that I can make sure your children don't go hungry. 🤣 Thanks as ever Jeff!
I will say that less similar languages than the native one, like Japanese compared to English, will take more study than going from English to Spanish or Dutch. Character based languages like Japanese or Mandarin have to be studied quite a bit more as they have a very high barrier to entry for reading especially.
I agree. Not just for the characters, also the grammar is very different from ours (while Germanic and Romance languages share a lot). I've heard that speakers of Turkish have an easier time with Japanese grammar, as both Turkish and Japanese are agglutinative languages.
I love your English accent! In school we learned "British English" but because of an unfathomable amount of American input growing up I now have trouble breaking away from that American vocab and pronunciation. Trying to change it now as an adult by consuming as much as I can from the UK😅 Great video as always!
Being surrounded by content does make a difference! I'm from the UK and have lived in England my entire life, but there are some words that I only know in American English or will accidently pronounce/spell the American way simply because of the amount of media I watch in American English. The worst part is that people will laugh at me and call me out for it, which is why I'm trying to ensure I remember the British English way to say things. Good luck on your journey! I may be -very- slightly biased, but in my opinion, British English is the best to learn!
@johnluke9895 That does depend on the area, though! Within British English, there are so many different accents depending on the area! You could drive for half an hour and experience an entire new way of speaking! Although, when people say British English, they typically mean BBC English/The Queen's English, in which case I agree! In comparison to most types of American English, it sounds very 'proper'!
@@je.ne.parle.pas.francaisBro why are you acting like there isn’t different accents in America as well?? We have different slangs, different accents, different styles, and etc in different cities and states. What, did you think we all had the same accent?🤔
I think it's great that you keep your videos relatively short but still just as informative as others. I feel like that's because you stick to the point and don't ramble. I mainly learn input based, but I also start with a guided course as I find it too bothersome to start with just input and I think that it tends to slow the progress extremely. Once I know the most common about 1000 or so words and have a basic understanding on how the language works, I learn almost exclusively with input.
I’ve been doing duolingo for the past two months. I’m not doing so much time but 5 lessons per day is around 15 minutes. I’ll do 5-15 lessons per day and the repetition has made me speak the language way better. I’m only A2 right now so I think the repetition apps do help a lot but this will not make one fluent. I listen to Spanish music and watch a Spanish show daily. I’m trying to incorporate more daily into my life but I will say I think I can be fluent in about a year now. I never thought I could do it but now it’s possible. Thanks for the tips though!
Thanks Matt, great advice as always. On Pimsleur, I really like the idea behind it (especially as I have a half hour walk to my office, so I can do two classes a day), but I did find with French that I had misheard words. I worry that it can lead to bad pronunciation in the long term. I'm using it now for Japanese, but I think its more useful as a launchpad to talking (i.e. after you've done a few hundred hours of other input), rather than for beginners. I'm inclined to think that early on, techniques like shadowing/chorusing are the best for ensuring you really 'hear' (and in the long run 'speak) with a correct accent. For French, I found the Speakly app to give a great launch to the language - its really interesting to use, with good tapes and input material.
Thanks Phil. That's interesting. I don't know if I would actually speak out loud tbh but as a way to make it comprehensible short term it's not a bad idea. I know many purists would avoid it but it's as good a place to start as any
Hi Matt. I'm about 230 hours into Premium Dreaming Spanish at the moment. I've watching the videos by difficulty so I'm roughly at 50 now but it's been a real struggle for the last 50/60 hours, doubt my comprehension is 30%. I'm really finding the transition from Beginner to intermediate videos so difficult
Thanks for the question. So for it to work well you need to have decent comprehension. Obviously some videos are going to be way harder than others. What I did was listen to all the videos from one speaker at that level. They will repeat the same vocabulary or ways of describing things like we all do out of habit. Then do the same for another speaker. I would avoid jumping between different types of Spanish just because the turns of phrase or vocabulary varies. You can even watch all the videos by one speaker on one topic if they still have that filter. Once you are more accustomed to the language you’ll find it easier to listen to different types of Spanish. If motivation is the issue then something like Luisito Comunica on TH-cam is fun even if your comprehension isn’t quite as high. Generally the easier the content the more you’ll be able to pick the new stuff up from context. Hope that helps
I’m 3 weeks into learning Spanish, through (mostly) dreaming Spanish, and even though I’m only 45 hours in I already see so much improvement. AND the best thing is it’s fun! I already watch a lot of TH-cam. I’ve now just changed the content I’m watching. Nothing else. I don’t really put much effort into learning the language. But I AM learning it. I also love to read, so I am also rereading my favorite book in Spanish. I really didn’t know learning a language could be “easy”. I have not added alot of new things to my daily routine. I just changed the habits I already have into the same thing, but in Spanish.
I studied Spanish for three years in school and I failed that course so hard it’s embarrassing lmao. And I don’t remember ANYTHING. Now after only 3 weeks of comprehensible input and surrounding myself with the language, I know sooooo much more than I did back then.
That's so cool. Stick with it and you'll see some serious results. Crosstalk is always a great option to add on top of that
And again, here I am, about to start my day with my family, minding my own business. Then Matt drops a new video. The kids can make their own breakfast…right? 😅
Glad to see you back, Matt! Quality of these essays is off the charts and getting better all the time.
Couldn’t agree more about those habits, either. Nesting those activities is the only way to make it through this process. Hoping more people who need your insights find this video!
Dear Jeff's family,
I would like to pass on my apologies. Please send me your breakfast schedule so that I can make sure your children don't go hungry.
🤣 Thanks as ever Jeff!
I will say that less similar languages than the native one, like Japanese compared to English, will take more study than going from English to Spanish or Dutch. Character based languages like Japanese or Mandarin have to be studied quite a bit more as they have a very high barrier to entry for reading especially.
I agree. Not just for the characters, also the grammar is very different from ours (while Germanic and Romance languages share a lot). I've heard that speakers of Turkish have an easier time with Japanese grammar, as both Turkish and Japanese are agglutinative languages.
I love your English accent!
In school we learned "British English" but because of an unfathomable amount of American input growing up I now have trouble breaking away from that American vocab and pronunciation.
Trying to change it now as an adult by consuming as much as I can from the UK😅
Great video as always!
Being surrounded by content does make a difference! I'm from the UK and have lived in England my entire life, but there are some words that I only know in American English or will accidently pronounce/spell the American way simply because of the amount of media I watch in American English. The worst part is that people will laugh at me and call me out for it, which is why I'm trying to ensure I remember the British English way to say things. Good luck on your journey! I may be -very- slightly biased, but in my opinion, British English is the best to learn!
@@je.ne.parle.pas.francais Completely agree. "Proper English" sounds more educated and well mannered. If I may be so bold 😌👌
@johnluke9895 That does depend on the area, though! Within British English, there are so many different accents depending on the area! You could drive for half an hour and experience an entire new way of speaking! Although, when people say British English, they typically mean BBC English/The Queen's English, in which case I agree! In comparison to most types of American English, it sounds very 'proper'!
@@je.ne.parle.pas.francaisBro why are you acting like there isn’t different accents in America as well?? We have different slangs, different accents, different styles, and etc in different cities and states. What, did you think we all had the same accent?🤔
I think it's great that you keep your videos relatively short but still just as informative as others. I feel like that's because you stick to the point and don't ramble. I mainly learn input based, but I also start with a guided course as I find it too bothersome to start with just input and I think that it tends to slow the progress extremely. Once I know the most common about 1000 or so words and have a basic understanding on how the language works, I learn almost exclusively with input.
I’ve been doing duolingo for the past two months. I’m not doing so much time but 5 lessons per day is around 15 minutes. I’ll do 5-15 lessons per day and the repetition has made me speak the language way better. I’m only A2 right now so I think the repetition apps do help a lot but this will not make one fluent. I listen to Spanish music and watch a Spanish show daily. I’m trying to incorporate more daily into my life but I will say I think I can be fluent in about a year now. I never thought I could do it but now it’s possible. Thanks for the tips though!
Thanks Matt, great advice as always. On Pimsleur, I really like the idea behind it (especially as I have a half hour walk to my office, so I can do two classes a day), but I did find with French that I had misheard words. I worry that it can lead to bad pronunciation in the long term. I'm using it now for Japanese, but I think its more useful as a launchpad to talking (i.e. after you've done a few hundred hours of other input), rather than for beginners. I'm inclined to think that early on, techniques like shadowing/chorusing are the best for ensuring you really 'hear' (and in the long run 'speak) with a correct accent. For French, I found the Speakly app to give a great launch to the language - its really interesting to use, with good tapes and input material.
Thanks Phil. That's interesting. I don't know if I would actually speak out loud tbh but as a way to make it comprehensible short term it's not a bad idea. I know many purists would avoid it but it's as good a place to start as any
Hi Matt. I'm about 230 hours into Premium Dreaming Spanish at the moment. I've watching the videos by difficulty so I'm roughly at 50 now but it's been a real struggle for the last 50/60 hours, doubt my comprehension is 30%. I'm really finding the transition from Beginner to intermediate videos so difficult
Thanks for the question. So for it to work well you need to have decent comprehension. Obviously some videos are going to be way harder than others. What I did was listen to all the videos from one speaker at that level. They will repeat the same vocabulary or ways of describing things like we all do out of habit. Then do the same for another speaker. I would avoid jumping between different types of Spanish just because the turns of phrase or vocabulary varies. You can even watch all the videos by one speaker on one topic if they still have that filter. Once you are more accustomed to the language you’ll find it easier to listen to different types of Spanish. If motivation is the issue then something like Luisito Comunica on TH-cam is fun even if your comprehension isn’t quite as high. Generally the easier the content the more you’ll be able to pick the new stuff up from context. Hope that helps
How many time do you watch a single video do I wait until I understand the whole story or just a certain amount of vocabulary?
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