I have tried other methods and they have all left me feeling "inadequate" about speaking in fluency. I am excited about starting this journey and conquering the mountain that has always seemed too incredibly high. Thank you for giving me hope!!
I have been trying for years now to learn Spanish. Yes I keep learning a little more with time but still struggle with basic conservation and understanding videos and movies, etc. I am open to a new road.
“lo” (#10 on the list) is so common because it has different meanings in different phrases. For example, It can be a direct object pronoun, a neuter pronoun or used with “que.” For this reason, I don’t think it’s so useful to just say “you have to learn “lo” “ because it’s on this list. I think the more useful frequency list, if it exists, would be a list of the top 1000 chunks (not sure of correct term) of words. For example, “lo + adjective” (i.e., lo bueno) would be counted separately from all the “lo”s as direct object. I could make a similar pont for "que" (#1 on the list). Such a list would be a phenomenal resource. Do you know of one?
We are building it : ) Our database catalogues every use of the top 1000 words, individually, and we're building up a collection of thousands of sentence examples (written by native speakers) so that you can choose one chunk and drill that specifically.
I'm very excited about your 2025 Challenge, Timothy! I can't thank you enough for making this available to everyone to reach their individual highest goals!
To get better at learning you need to hone your basic language skills. His courses made me go back to the basics of speech and grammar. I would suggest you do the same. 😊
Hola Timothy , Yo tengo mucho algeria que encontre tu proceso de aprender y estudiar mi mejor espanol. Si se Puede! Gracias para todo tu apoyar y tambien tu equipo🎉!
Timothy, does this make your books obsolete? I have the physical books and the books digitally on Amazon. Not to say that they can't be useful, but should they be put away while following what you and your team have established now? And thank you for providing this and the upcoming videos. And you had already convinced me before that this can AND WILL be done.👊
Hey! Thanks for watching. Accelerated Spanish is our original course, while LearnCraft Spanish is the updated version. The original course uses a lot of memory palaces (hello, Joel!) while the new course has just a few, different palaces with a stronger focus on grammar. The core material is the same between both courses, but it is presented using different mnemonics / palaces and in a different order, so we do not recommend using both. If you are happy with the AS method, then please stick with that. After listening to a few LCS episodes, if you feel that resonates better, then please focus only on the LCS course and disregard the AS course.
@lexxussmooth322 I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I bought Timothy’s textbooks about 7 years ago and it expanded my Spanish learning quickly. I, personally, don’t think that these books will ever be obsolete and I plan to give them to my grandchildren.
Only 1000 words? Are they all or are they mostly verbs?? Spanish to me is made of a focus on the verbs within sentences! That could be explained but it might take too much time and space! ❤ More than a thousand words. 😱
Hey, thanks for watching! These are the 1000 most used words in Spanish, so by knowing them, you will know most of the language. Plus, we teach Spanish grammar right from the get go, so you can use the words in the way native Spanish speakers use them.
I truly don't understand how this page doesn't have more subscribers. I love the podcast and the unconventional approach, and like Language Transfer, is a free fantastic learning tool for everyone. (big respect for both) but the MAIN reason why I respect LearnCraft Spanish is that you don't pretend you can learn quickly, one year of regular practise is achievable to have decent comprehension. I HATE the TH-camrs, language "experts" trying to flog off click bait titles like "Speak fluent Spanish like a native in 3 months!" it's such bullshit and ends up being very disheartening, when surprise surprise, they don't speak like a native for after 3 months. So thank you Learn Craft Spanish for holding a more reasonable standard for someone who has a full time job and other commitments (and that you don't claim that you will speak like a native after just one year ;) haha)
Not convinced. The speed at which Latins speak (not so much the Spanish speakers of Spain) and the way they drop loads of letters makes Spanish most difficult for me. The method you describe would not help me with comprehension of spoken Spanish. I can understand/translate about 90% of what I read in Spanish but comprehension of the spoken word is much lower, 20% maybe.
This is a great point. Typically, if you have trouble with comprehension, it's not because of words you don't know; it's because you need more practice comprehending the words you do know - especially the highest-frequency words, which native speakers run over the fastest. That's why we recommend practicing comprehension specifically within what you are able to read. For example, listen to lots of native-spoken Spanish that only uses the top 100, 200, ... 1000 words. That's what Alicia did, and it got her from 20% comprehension to 85% comprehension (see what she said at 12:01 in the video).
This is an additional tool for learning how to comfortably speak and for me it has been about breaking what I call my bad grammar habits, without some additional comprehensible input of course you won't be able to understand much. There is no one and done approach to language learning in my opinion. It's amazing that you can read it, so watching movies in Spanish with the Spanish subtitles could be a good place to start if you feel your reading is good enough to do so? Also, I have particularly been focusing on ONE accent, Argentinian, so I can understand them quite well now, but watching Mexican movies I still struggle a little. But with time I know this will get easier.
I have tried other methods and they have all left me feeling "inadequate" about speaking in fluency. I am excited about starting this journey and conquering the mountain that has always seemed too incredibly high. Thank you for giving me hope!!
You can do it!!
I have been trying for years now to learn Spanish. Yes I keep learning a little more with time but still struggle with basic conservation and understanding videos and movies, etc. I am open to a new road.
Thanks for watching, and we're excited you're considering using our method!
“lo” (#10 on the list) is so common because it has different meanings in different phrases. For example, It can be a direct object pronoun, a neuter pronoun or used with “que.” For this reason, I don’t think it’s so useful to just say “you have to learn “lo” “ because it’s on this list. I think the more useful frequency list, if it exists, would be a list of the top 1000 chunks (not sure of correct term) of words. For example, “lo + adjective” (i.e., lo bueno) would be counted separately from all the “lo”s as direct object. I could make a similar pont for "que" (#1 on the list). Such a list would be a phenomenal resource. Do you know of one?
We are building it : ) Our database catalogues every use of the top 1000 words, individually, and we're building up a collection of thousands of sentence examples (written by native speakers) so that you can choose one chunk and drill that specifically.
I'm very excited about your 2025 Challenge, Timothy! I can't thank you enough for making this available to everyone to reach their individual highest goals!
To get better at learning you need to hone your basic language skills. His courses made me go back to the basics of speech and grammar. I would suggest you do the same.
😊
That's a great way to put it! Thanks for your feedback!
AGREED. I needed to unlearn some incorrect grammar habits I'd picked up and this helped immensely
Hola Timothy ,
Yo tengo mucho algeria que encontre tu proceso de aprender y estudiar mi mejor espanol. Si se Puede! Gracias para todo tu apoyar y tambien tu equipo🎉!
Are you a native speaker
Where's the link for this challenge?
Here's a link to the January 2025 Challenge! It covers the top one hundred words in 4 weeks. timothymoser.lpages.co/1-month-challenge/
Timothy, does this make your books obsolete? I have the physical books and the books digitally on Amazon. Not to say that they can't be useful, but should they be put away while following what you and your team have established now? And thank you for providing this and the upcoming videos. And you had already convinced me before that this can AND WILL be done.👊
Hey! Thanks for watching. Accelerated Spanish is our original course, while LearnCraft Spanish is the updated version. The original course uses a lot of memory palaces (hello, Joel!) while the new course has just a few, different palaces with a stronger focus on grammar.
The core material is the same between both courses, but it is presented using different mnemonics / palaces and in a different order, so we do not recommend using both. If you are happy with the AS method, then please stick with that. After listening to a few LCS episodes, if you feel that resonates better, then please focus only on the LCS course and disregard the AS course.
@lexxussmooth322 I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I bought Timothy’s textbooks about 7 years ago and it expanded my Spanish learning quickly. I, personally, don’t think that these books will ever be obsolete and I plan to give them to my grandchildren.
Only 1000 words? Are they all or are they mostly verbs?? Spanish to me is made of a focus on the verbs within sentences! That could be explained but it might take too much time and space! ❤ More than a thousand words. 😱
Hey, thanks for watching! These are the 1000 most used words in Spanish, so by knowing them, you will know most of the language. Plus, we teach Spanish grammar right from the get go, so you can use the words in the way native Spanish speakers use them.
I truly don't understand how this page doesn't have more subscribers. I love the podcast and the unconventional approach, and like Language Transfer, is a free fantastic learning tool for everyone. (big respect for both)
but the MAIN reason why I respect LearnCraft Spanish is that you don't pretend you can learn quickly, one year of regular practise is achievable to have decent comprehension.
I HATE the TH-camrs, language "experts" trying to flog off click bait titles like "Speak fluent Spanish like a native in 3 months!" it's such bullshit and ends up being very disheartening, when surprise surprise, they don't speak like a native for after 3 months.
So thank you Learn Craft Spanish for holding a more reasonable standard for someone who has a full time job and other commitments (and that you don't claim that you will speak like a native after just one year ;) haha)
Hi! Thank you so much for watching and your feedback! Learning a language is not easy, and requires time and commitment!
DO IT, ALICIA!👊 DO IT, LISA!👏
They've done amazing!!
Not convinced. The speed at which Latins speak (not so much the Spanish speakers of Spain) and the way they drop loads of letters makes Spanish most difficult for me. The method you describe would not help me with comprehension of spoken Spanish. I can understand/translate about 90% of what I read in Spanish but comprehension of the spoken word is much lower, 20% maybe.
This is a great point.
Typically, if you have trouble with comprehension, it's not because of words you don't know; it's because you need more practice comprehending the words you do know - especially the highest-frequency words, which native speakers run over the fastest.
That's why we recommend practicing comprehension specifically within what you are able to read. For example, listen to lots of native-spoken Spanish that only uses the top 100, 200, ... 1000 words. That's what Alicia did, and it got her from 20% comprehension to 85% comprehension (see what she said at 12:01 in the video).
This is an additional tool for learning how to comfortably speak and for me it has been about breaking what I call my bad grammar habits, without some additional comprehensible input of course you won't be able to understand much.
There is no one and done approach to language learning in my opinion. It's amazing that you can read it, so watching movies in Spanish with the Spanish subtitles could be a good place to start if you feel your reading is good enough to do so? Also, I have particularly been focusing on ONE accent, Argentinian, so I can understand them quite well now, but watching Mexican movies I still struggle a little. But with time I know this will get easier.
Way too intro and less information
Thanks for watching and for your feedback!