I’m closing in on 300 hours and sometimes a Spanish word or short phase just pops out of my mouth. It reminds me of when my children/grandchildren were infants. The brain just playing with sounds? This spontaneous babbling gives me hope I’m acquiring the language in the way a child does-which is what I want to attempt. I’m trying to relax, be patient, keep plugging away and just let the language come. Big thank you to the people ahead of me who are describing the stages they’re going through.
I grew up in a Spanish speaking home with my grandparents, but once they passed we reverted to English. I found my Spanish speaking to be getting worse and worse. I then travelled to a Spanish speaking country for a month and it was like my survival instincts kicked in. I still feel that it's the only way for a learner to gain total confidence speaking.
Thank you for your channel Pablo, the method really seems to work. I went to Spain this summer after around 300 hours of input (for context I speak English and French too plus had done a few months of Spanish class years ago). Although I hadn’t spoken before, I was able to communicate effectively during a physiotherapy appointment I ended up needing, and also had a conversation for over an hour with two Spaniards. Although my grammar wasn’t very good, I had a really wide vocabulary and good comprehension. The two guys were shocked I’d only been learning for less than a year, and I was impressed I could make it through a medical appointment. Looking forward to seeing how I’ll be able to speak later :)
My speaking is the entire reason why I searched for and found Dreaming Spanish. I was on holiday in Spain, I'd just driven over from the UK, and I went to check in at a hotel. I had learned Spanish for 5 years (approx 200 hours a year), so could create a sentence in Spanish in my head. I duly went into the check in, delivered my sentence, and then it all fell apart. The receptionist understood me well, but when she answered I realised that my five years of learning had actually been learning to translate, not learning the language, I didn't catch a word of what she said. Luckily she rescued me and said in English, "I'm sorry, I though that you were fluent", which is nice in a way, when I spoke she understood, but only a very well prepared sentence from me. So I started at superbeginner with DS, and now six months later I'm approaching 400 hours, and it's getting easier and easier every day to understand spoken Spanish. I'm back in Spain in six months, I'll keep not talking until then, but hope to be at 700 hours before I arrive.
Exactly this happened to me, after spending two years with a popular language app. I could understand and I could reply back - but it was not a conversation. There was a lot of mental translation, which is when I realized that all my effort has been wasted. Came back and started DS at the beginner level.
@@Jimpansee Thanks for asking. I had 790 hours of CI when I arrived in Spain, which was more than planned but less than the hours needed for a conversation. In the very same hotel, but with a different recepionist, I introduced myself in Spanish, but then asked if she spoke English, she said only a little. Then it dawned on me that I understood a lot more Spanish than I could speak, and that it would probably be the same for her in English, so I suggested that she spoke Spanish, and that I spoke English. It worked perfectly, I could understand her 100%, she could understand me 100% and we both came away very happy. I'm back again in September, target 1200 hours of CI.
i’m just over 200 hours of comprehensible input and i was able to understand about 95% of this video (no spanish subtitles). i’m a native english speaker and spoke no other languages before learning spanish. just figured i’d share in case others are wondering what to expect.
Brilliant! I have followed your method for 6 months and 800 hours of input. Everything that you predicted is being realized. I now speak with native speakers. I understand them very well. Series, podcasts and TH-cams are very understandable. This has been an excellent adventure and it continues. Thank you.
Man Pablo, thank you so much for all you've done for people like me. I want to share a little speaking story that just happened to me this week and ask you a question. My family and I traveled to Miami to visit some family. When we landed, it became VERY clear very fast that most everyone around me speaks Spanish. Now, I'm at around 840 hours of input at this point, for context. The woman that was helping us with our car rental clearly didn't know that much English so I decided that now was my chance lol. I spoke because I didn't want her to feel embarrassed about her English so I just went with it. The first thing I said to her was "no lo necesito, gracias" The thing that was most interesting was that I guess my accent sounded natural because she looked at me and just went off speaking Spanish. Then she made sure to check if everything was ok with our car and told me everything she checked on the rental. I listened, understood, and said "vale, gracias". She gave me the paper and I said "que tenga un buen día" and she said "igual usted" with a big smile. That was just one of many times I decided to use my Spanish while on vacation. For those reading this for inspiration, it truly felt amazing. It was very emotional for me personally because my maternal side is from Panama but my mother never forced us to learn Spanish growing up. So here I am learning through Pablo's method and also with my mom's help when we speak together. As others have mentioned before, you have to build confidence and this was definitely a booster for me. You have to tune into your childlike brain and just go for it without thinking or worrying. My question for you, Pablo, is although I didn't necessarily NEED to speak while here, the small phrases and small conversations I had with 840 hours of input, do you think that would "damage" my chances of having my accent sound as close to native as I'm able to get? Obviously it will never be 100% but I want it to be darn close.
This is so inspirational. My dad's side of the family is from Mexico so I completely understand it being emotional. I am so proud of you! I hope one day I can find the confidence to try.
I don't know if I heard this from Pablo or not in another video, but from how I see it, there's a difference between forcing yourself to speak and letting words come out naturally. If you only let yourself speak phrases that already is natural to you and you don't have to think about it, then I doubt it's damaging. That's a sign of your brain acquiring the language, not the same as memorization. But, if you're "forcing" yourself, like struggling to express ideas and trying to consciously translate then that could be damaging.
Speaking Spanish from day 1 does not harm your accent. In fact I think it helps you acquire a good accent. I started speaking Spanish from day 1 about 40 years ago, as an adult, because I was surrounded by Spanish speakers. You pick up the accent of the people around you.
@@juliaareyess thank you! It was very emotional. Even being able to send voice notes back and forth to my cousins and understand almost everything they say is wild. I never ever thought this would happen
@@ChilaquilesDF Because second language acquisition is my hobby, and Pablo makes very thoughtful and interesting videos. I watch all of Pablo’s videos, in fact, because we share the same interest in language learning.
This all makes so much sense!! Since comprehensible input isn't the norm where I live (in the US), it's driven into us that when learning a language, we practice speaking right away. My in-laws are Spanish speaking only, so I wanted to communicate with them, which is why I started learning. But I found I was sooooo timid and scared to talk to people, and I thought that was a bad thing that I should try to overcome. But now it makes so much sense. Of course I'm scared because I can't understand what people say to me!!! It really hurt my confidence to start speaking so early on. I don't see my in-laws often though since they live a plane ride away, so I really do focus more on comprehensible input. I prefer to just listen to others speaking Spanish to see what I understand. I accept that I can't contribute to the conversation because it would take me too long to express myself and they won't have the patience. I'm okay with this. I'll get there soon!
Desearía que hubiera un método Mágico que me hiciera hablar otro idioma... para mí aprender en español es muy divertido por mi experiencia. Puedo decir que antes de comenzar a hablar escuché alrededor de 300 horas de historias y luego resultó que estaba empezando a entender. Hablo mucho con el espejo porque mis compañeros y personas que conozco no hablan español. También escribo un diario y llevo unos meses hablando con la aplicación Bing y déjame decirte que puedo hablar con él. como una persona real normal. Es increíble cuánto progreso he hecho. Muchas gracias Pablo...
Outanding video Pablo. I also watched the beginning video you made about not translating in your head a few weeks ago. I am pretty certain that having a difficult time NOT translating in my head slowed my acquiring down. I have about 1300 hours of input in right now. I probably had about 800 or more hours when I had acquired enough Spanish to easily listen without translating. This is only my personal experience, but suspect that many people that knew a little bit of Spanish before discovering Comprehensible Input method have experienced this same problem. This is why I decided to share my personal experience. I am able to have conversations at this point with my Spanish speaking friends where they speak in Spanish and I reply in English. But, I am more aware of what is acquired subconsciously and not acquired subconsciously. So, I continue to listen to my friends from Mexico and Colombia. Not everyone has this opportunity, but many in the U.S. do. Take advantage of your good Hispanoblante amigos!!. Ja Ja Ja
??? not sure why you would reply this way. My experience and journey using Comprehensible Input has been amazing. I am very grateful for finding Pablo's Dreaming Spanish site!! gracias, Pablo... muchisimo!
Thank you very much for this talk Pablo. Now that I am approaching my 70s, I have become very impatient. I need more self discipline! Apparently my written Spanish is rather good, but comprehension is another thing; although it is getting better. This is the reason why I subscribed to Dreaming Spanish. I should say that my focus is not good these days. But, I will continue with Dreaming Spanish and actually listen. I do not believe that ones ability to learn a language diminishes with age. For me though, focus is another thing. In my late 30s I learnt Welsh using the Ulpan method. Within 3 months I was communicating on rather a high level. On my 45th birthday in July 1995, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Welsh, five and a half years after starting to learn Welsh. I'll come back to this TH-cam channel with a different story in six months time with the news that I actually knuckled down and focused on this course better than I have been. This lesson has encouraged me to do so! Muchas gracias profe. Saludos.
I'm not sure if anyone on the Dreaming Spanish team has experience with this, but if so, it would be great to get a video on language anxiety and how to overcome it. I'm not at the stage yet where I want to start speaking, but I'm afraid when I get there language anxiety will prevent me from progressing. There are important people in my life I need to communicate with in Spanish, so it's very important to me to speak. I previously learned Japanese, and while I'm pretty good at listening and reading, and even writing to some extent, I completely freeze while speaking. I've had many embarrassing moments due to this problem (I lived in Japan for a year), and it's caused me to abandon speaking Japanese at all. I actively avoid it, even though I have occassional situations where I could speak it if I wanted to. I don't want this problem to hold me back with Spanish.
I embarrass myself daily, i kind of just accepted it. Luckily I’m with native speaker friends when it happens, so if i say something really dumb they can clarify
You just have to be able to give yourself grace and make mistakes. Mistakes are great because they show that you are trying and they help you learn. You just have to go for it. Try to say something and then let the person correct you. Find someone whose willing to help you learn. Make it as low stakes as possible. This is the only way I know to get comfortable speaking.
You have given really good advice about how to feel comfortable speaking, and for us to realize that the person selling you a coffee or a shirt is there to do their job, not help you learn Spanish. Just like most people at work, they want to do their job and go home. Thanks for the tips.
I arrived at the conclusion that listening was crucial 6 months ago. I listened for up to 5 hours a day. I used VLC to slow down the speed. This was particularly critical for difficult accents and/or fast Spanish. Now it's much easier at full speed but it is a process. I'm getting about 95-100% now. I figure I have a few more months at a more relaxed pace for total comprehension. I could not have made the progress I did without saturating my mind with the language. To me, speaking is a natural output which I don't worry about at all. I took the time to listen and now I know.
This is how my journey is going: have reached 694 hours. I can say a lot of things easily, but cannot have a conversation without problems. I have to translate in my head still, and search for the words that I have in my head (somewhere). So, the roadmap says that I will feel like a child when trying to speak, and that it will feel frustrating, and it is true. Will continue listening, and wait with speaking until 1000... perhaps 1200 hours.
¿Cómo estás ahora? Recomendación: Deberías escribir y practicar hablando con tuyo solo. Compra un cuaderno, y escribe las palabras y las oraciones no entiende en el cuaderno y lo repita otro y otro y cuando piensa por la palabra (por ejemplo) "dog", no piensa por la palabra "dog" pero piensa por la palabra "perro" y no te traducirlo en tu idioma nativo.
I feel really lucky that I live in nyc and regularly visit restaurants where people primarily speak spanish and have friends with spanish as a first language. It's made the journey so much more motivating and practical so just to say, you don't always need to travel far to get some of the expiriences discussed.
Soy maestra de español y me encanta mostrar sus videos a mis estudiantes, y también disfruto de verlos. Me puede recomendar un canal para aprender el inglés? Conozco a unas personas que necesitan aprender este idioma y no tengo tantos recursos. Gracias por su tiempo y sus videos fenomenales!
Tienes razón. Es mejor esperar lo más posible para evitar cometer errores. el método de dreaming Spanish funciona. Tenemos la suscripción premium, mi hija y yo- he notado sus habilidades mejorar muy rápido!
Gracias Pablo for answering this question. I believe I was able to understand 80-90% of what you said. We spend part of the year in Costa Rica in small towns and most people do not speak any English. So this is the problem I have, when I need to do something, but just don't have the vocabulary to explain what I need or being able to understand the response. For example when I bought a mountain bike with which I'm very experienced in English, but could not even find the vocabulary for many terms in Spanish (I found a few words but many they didn't understand), and my Tico friend tried to help, but she didn't know what I needed due to the specialized vocabulary (in English). I think all of your advice is very good and I'm going to look for a partner online now and when I go back to Costa Rica this year. I have taught English as a second language to children to adults, so think I can help on that side. I think I also need to find a language partner that shares some of my interests as well for that special vocabulary. The other issue I have is when I try to speak, I often default without realizing it, to Mandarin words in place of Spanish words (my second language), not sure how to avoid this one. I have definitely improved over the last couple of years partly thanks to your channel, many thanks!
Bueno! He aprendido español desde hace 5 meses, he terminado Rosetta Stone en 3 meses y ahora usando la curso “Pimsleur” es muy bien para hablando y escuchar. Ahora mismo puedo entender mucho en tu vídeo y también acuerdo contigo sobre la inmersión. Es necesario y puede ayudarte mucho. Cambiar todo a español amigos, confía en mí.
I’ve found most Spanish speakers In my area to be pretty patient, especially those who have tried or are trying to learn English. A lot of times it only takes me speaking a little bit of Spanish for them to default to Spanish so I get lots of opportunity for CI and also relationship building =)
It’s really hard to not speak Spanish some of the time. Fortunately people have been very patient with me thus far. It’s funny how English words will just pop out in a conversation though!
Muy interesante. Y absolutamente correcto de el idea que no deberías corregir todos los errores de las otras personas. No funciona en absoluto. Gracias por esta información.
Como maestro de español en los EEUU tengo que decir que estoy de acuerdo - que no vale la pena tanto enfatizar el habla durante las fases iniciales del aprendizaje - pero es algo que tiene que ser presente porque es nuestra única forma de mostrar una forma de competencia o resultado para la administración/los padres. Es un poco difícil convencerles que el método es efectivo si el estudiante puede leer/escuchar bastante bien pero todavía habla con gramática incorrecta/pocas palabras. En mi experiencia personal, pienso que la confianza es súper importante - y no importa cuándo decides empezar. No me molesta tanto si la primera lengua interfiera con mi habla en español/tailandés o las otras lenguas que estudio. Y puedo decir que...a lo largo del tiempo...la lengua meta se vuelve más y más natural. La influencia/"el daño" de la primera lengua no es permanente.
Me encanta Dreaming Spanish - gracias Pablo! He aprendido por casi un año y ahora yo puedo entender mucho. De verdad, estoy hablando un poco mas temprano que tu recomiendas, pero input comprensible aqui con ustedes es absolutamente la cosa que mejorar mi español mucho. También te acuerdo que la habilidad a entender y escuchar es muy importante para hablar, porque para charlar con otras personas tu tienes que entender que ellos estan diciendo. Nos vemos en la próxima!
Hello Pablo, Thank you for teaching me to understand Spanish from your channel. I have watched almost every video of yours on youtube (Liked them all to contribute a small amount) and will sub to your website soon. Not at comfortable speaking level yet, but can understand almost all the Spanish i hear. I have noticed its getting easier to just say a sentence of what im thinking out loud, without thinking as much, the more i listen to.
Muchas gracias por todo Pablo. He probado aprender Español muchas veces en el pasado y el miedo de hablar el idioma me paré, todas las veces. Pero, porque de Dreaming Spanish, estoy segura de podré hablar en el futuro, seguro. Tengo el nivel 3 ahora y este es la primera vez cuando realmente lo estoy disfrutando. En este momento, tengo vergüenza hablar pero yo sé eso cambiará. Apologies if my writing is not perfect 🙃
Pablo, concerning speaking, I'm at 785 hours of input and understand the intermediate videos quite well and understand some of the advanced videos well and some not so well. I've been waiting until level 6 before seriously attempting to speak as per your recommendation. I am skeptical that 200 more hours of input will magically result in knowing how to speak with proper grammar. Is this something we should just not worry about when we start talking even though we are "butchering" the language and potentially solidifying bad habits? As an aside, Dreaming Spanish is a wonderful resource. Many thanks for all the effort that you and the other professors put into it. However, while I'm sure you've done demographic studies of your potential customers, there may be more of us than you realize who are interested in more newer content from Spaniards and more variety with respect to professors who are a bit older and mature. Thanks !
True. I listen to mostly Spain content since that's what I'm learning. As well as more male teachers perhaps. Pablo is great but more variety in male teachers with relatable topics would be cool too
Definitley need more Men teachers that talk about things that men are interested in unlike the females who talk a lot about makeup and girly stuff which is hard and boring to watch for me . Pablo is by far the best teacher .
I'm up there with you. I'm going to hit 1000 hours of input very soon, mostly reading in my case. Now I can understand Spanish quite well - I listen to native content and understand it 98% of the time, except unfamiliar accents or academic topics. But I still can't make sentences on my own with ease, or with proper grammar or expressions. I am quite sure I will have to do some active study to get it right and I know I need more structure than just "speak with people" or "listen more"
Who are "their videos " ? I 've watched almost all videos from superbeginner through beginner and much of intermediate . I guess you just missed my point that it would be nice for content that isn't geared towards young women and more towards mature adult males .@@dannyw836
If you're practicing Spanish with a native the best way to hook them in is by helping them with English pronunciation. All of the words in Spanish that are spelled the same sound the same. However in English words like rough, cough, tough, bough, etc are all spelled the same but pronounced differently.
Pablo, for those of us who learned Spanish in school (and therefore had to start speaking from the very beginning), do you think the "damage" can be repaired in terms of accent? I don't have much to add for the prompt at the end since I've only ever spoken Spanish with people who are patient. I haven't had any bad experiences yet, but I also avoid talking as much as possible since I'm not even at level 5 yet (almost there though). Waiting for level 6 ideally, but I'll still have to take Spanish classes for my degree so of course I'll need to speak it in class.
I’d definitely say that through gaining input, you shouldn’t be too concerned about whatever “damage” you had or are having... A funny experience for me was when I noticed that I’d picked up on the /th/ sound and “vale” after listening to Pablo’s videos xD Though, I have my gripes with the language courses that I’ve taken so far, especially when it comes to output and translation xP
Thank you Pablo. I have some doubts about achieving good pronunciation: - Is there any evidence behind the reasoning that waiting until level 5/6 to speak will result in a more native-like pronunciation? - What do you do if you have a good "mental image" of Spanish sounds in your head, but you struggle to move your mouth in the correct way to match your speech with the mental image, and thus end up with a strong accent? - What do you do if you THINK you have a good mental image of Spanish sounds in your head, and your speech matches your mental image, but in reality your mental image and speech are far off from native pronunciation?
Hola! Muchas gracias por el buen contenido como siempre. Soy maestro de japonés para los estudiantes extranjeros en una universidad en Japón. Me interesa mucho lo que dijiste. Te pido que nos informes de algunos de esos artículos científicos que mencionas sobre la futilidad de tratar de corregir errores. Me gustaría muchísimo leerlos 😊
Recomiendo "The Case Against Grammar Correction in L2 Writing Classes" por J. Truscott para correciones de escritura y "What's Wrong With Oral Grammar Correction" y "The Continuing Problems of Oral Grammar Correcting" del mismo autor para correcciones al hablar.
It's hard to practice speaking when I am a quiet person and don't really talk to people...😅 but I like listening to dreaming spainish videos. I live in CDMX... I need to learn this language.
I've seen recommendations that you can start practicing speaking by narrating your daily life as well as reading out loud. Do you recommend these methods?
Para mí es muy difícil hallar alguien con quien puedo practicar español. Nadie que yo conozco tiene suficiente paciencia conmigo. Lo aprecio mucho tus surgencias y tu aviso acerca este asunto. Yo sé que es muy importante practicar conversación si voy a alcanzar un nivel suficiente mis metas. No aprecio mucho tu canal.
Hi Pablo! Is there a chance you will create something similar to dreaming spanish but with another language? I find your website the best way to learn a language:)
Yo esperé un año y medio después de empezar a aprender Español antes de intentar para conversar en ello. Es imposible para un principiante hablar un lenguaje nuevo. Su meta principal debe ser entenderlo en el principio.
What do I do if I've already been practicing speaking for a few years? My listening comprehension is not very good, but I'm getting ready to listen several hours a week and try to be able to chat in Spanish and even watch movies in Spanish by the end of the year. I talk a little online with Spanish speakers and do quizzes on CDs where I speak to translate into Spanish. Should I stop all that and just listen for a few months? I can see that I have the problems that another video of yours (Why Grammar Hurts) mentioned because I started trying to speak Spanish early.
Hi Pablo, should we wait until the ability to speak starts to happen naturally, or instead once we reach a certain level of listening comprehension just try to force it by consciously trying to build sentences in our head? For example, in my own case, I haven't started trying to speak yet (I don't have any circumstances which force me into needing to speak), but I feel that on the DS scale I'm level 5/6 for listening but my ability to speak would be level 3 at best.
I'm a native English speaker et je parle français au niveau b2. I learned a little bit of spanish as a child in school but haven't touched it since primary school. I'm SHOCKED that I have no trouble understanding what he is saying. Anybody else experience this?
I'm at just over 1000 hours and I;m just starting to understand the intermediate videos at about 50% . I'm not giving up but the 1000 hours to be advanced hasn't worked for me . I do at least one hour a day now and have been at it for 4 years this month. It certainly hasn't been quick but I'm kind of doing a experiment and using Dreaming Spanish almost exclusively . I would say I'm at between level 3 and 4 and will continue until I'm fluent . At this rate I will be fluent in about 3 more years ?😐🤷♂ We shall see . Dreaming Spanish is still the best out there !!!
I find that so crazy. You've been doing an hour of Dreaming Spanish for 4 years?! I feel like I understand like 50% and I've only been looking since maybe March. Although I try to do like 10 hours on the weekends.
There is much better content on Dreaming Spanish than there was 4 years ago and way more content to choose from to keep you interested . Did you have any Spanish lessons prior to you using Dreaming Spanish ? And if so how much ? @@quirkyturtle4896
I work in a school, and some of our students are port-of-entry, straight from another country. I know a kid name Bryan from Honduras. He knew zero English when he arrived. And in about a year, he can understand me easily, and can respond back no problem. Yet, here we are with thousands of hours on Dreaming Spanish, and still have trouble speaking. I'm not complaining, just trying to understand this gap of learning that I'm missing. In short, I want to be like Bryan, and not take years to be fluent in Spanish.
@@izzythomas848 there's a video titled "How to actually learn a language in a month" by "Days and Words" which basically boils down to if you immerse yourself for 15 hours a day for like 40 days you'll have the required hours for b2 in any language like Spanish. Your boy Bryan needs to understand and speak English to live his daily life, he's probably doing 10 hours a day. It would be strange if he couldn't talk after half a year.
Thanks for helping me understand this. Basically, he's almost forced to adapt because he needs to learn the elements of English to get through the day. Guess it's the same process of people saying that if you want to learn and language, then go to that country for a while, and you'll become fluent. @@quirkyturtle4896
Tengo unas 500 horas y mi esposo también. Es beneficioso practicar a hablar español entre nosotros, o nos estaríamos dando “input” incorrecta? Es importante sobre todo a hablar español con alguien que es nativo?
@@Muppetkeeper No need to. I found a better solution. I learned more in 2 days watching videos from Spanish with Qroo Paul than I did in 2 weeks watching this channel.
I respectfully disagree with this method, I have learned arabic by starting to speak from the get go, my accent is really good. I am doing the same with Spanish now, if you are an American, then I guess the method will work better for you, but it doesn't for me. I can't imagine just watching and not speaking, I'm not saying the method does not work, but I think it's a bit much to not try to speak for such a long time. my accent in Spanish is very good. good luck to all and thank you for all your hard work. I love DS
Guess what, Trumptard? 75%-85% (highest estimate) of Earth's humans do not speak English AT ALL. Or is English what you call "American", because you're from Texas? Go back to your trailer park, continue being ignorant, monolingual, and afraid of "scary foreign languages". Cook yourself some barbecue ribs and pray your "Leader" doesn't go to prison soon for Jan. 6th.
Learning a language is so good for your brain that studies show it is significantly protective against cognitive decline in old age. Even if you’re not interested in communicating with others who don’t know English, learning other languages opens up the world to you. I don’t understand why English speakers think everyone has to be smart and learn English and they don’t need to learn anything. If we don’t learn other languages, the joke’s really on us my friend. I speak English, French, and now I’m doing a deep dive into Spanish. It’s so enriching for reading, traveling and just being in my community. I feel sad for my brother living in Italy who thinks the way you do. He doesn’t know what he’s missing.
The rest of the word ? 😁Back to work Grasshopper . Even the English language speakers have trouble mastering the spelling of the word "world" , apparently ?
I’m closing in on 300 hours and sometimes a Spanish word or short phase just pops out of my mouth. It reminds me of when my children/grandchildren were infants. The brain just playing with sounds? This spontaneous babbling gives me hope I’m acquiring the language in the way a child does-which is what I want to attempt. I’m trying to relax, be patient, keep plugging away and just let the language come. Big thank you to the people ahead of me who are describing the stages they’re going through.
I grew up in a Spanish speaking home with my grandparents, but once they passed we reverted to English. I found my Spanish speaking to be getting worse and worse. I then travelled to a Spanish speaking country for a month and it was like my survival instincts kicked in. I still feel that it's the only way for a learner to gain total confidence speaking.
Thank you for your channel Pablo, the method really seems to work. I went to Spain this summer after around 300 hours of input (for context I speak English and French too plus had done a few months of Spanish class years ago). Although I hadn’t spoken before, I was able to communicate effectively during a physiotherapy appointment I ended up needing, and also had a conversation for over an hour with two Spaniards. Although my grammar wasn’t very good, I had a really wide vocabulary and good comprehension. The two guys were shocked I’d only been learning for less than a year, and I was impressed I could make it through a medical appointment. Looking forward to seeing how I’ll be able to speak later :)
My speaking is the entire reason why I searched for and found Dreaming Spanish. I was on holiday in Spain, I'd just driven over from the UK, and I went to check in at a hotel. I had learned Spanish for 5 years (approx 200 hours a year), so could create a sentence in Spanish in my head.
I duly went into the check in, delivered my sentence, and then it all fell apart. The receptionist understood me well, but when she answered I realised that my five years of learning had actually been learning to translate, not learning the language, I didn't catch a word of what she said. Luckily she rescued me and said in English, "I'm sorry, I though that you were fluent", which is nice in a way, when I spoke she understood, but only a very well prepared sentence from me.
So I started at superbeginner with DS, and now six months later I'm approaching 400 hours, and it's getting easier and easier every day to understand spoken Spanish.
I'm back in Spain in six months, I'll keep not talking until then, but hope to be at 700 hours before I arrive.
Exactly this happened to me, after spending two years with a popular language app. I could understand and I could reply back - but it was not a conversation. There was a lot of mental translation, which is when I realized that all my effort has been wasted. Came back and started DS at the beginner level.
And how did it go?
@@Jimpansee Thanks for asking. I had 790 hours of CI when I arrived in Spain, which was more than planned but less than the hours needed for a conversation.
In the very same hotel, but with a different recepionist, I introduced myself in Spanish, but then asked if she spoke English, she said only a little. Then it dawned on me that I understood a lot more Spanish than I could speak, and that it would probably be the same for her in English, so I suggested that she spoke Spanish, and that I spoke English.
It worked perfectly, I could understand her 100%, she could understand me 100% and we both came away very happy. I'm back again in September, target 1200 hours of CI.
CrossTalk with the receptionist 🗣️🗣️🔥@@Muppetkeeper
@@Muppetkeeper we're past September. Can we have another update?
i’m just over 200 hours of comprehensible input and i was able to understand about 95% of this video (no spanish subtitles). i’m a native english speaker and spoke no other languages before learning spanish.
just figured i’d share in case others are wondering what to expect.
If you were able to follow this after just 200 hours of input then you are indeed on the way to fluency. Congratulations. Keep it up!
Brilliant! I have followed your method for 6 months and 800 hours of input. Everything that you predicted is being realized. I now speak with native speakers. I understand them very well. Series, podcasts and TH-cams are very understandable. This has been an excellent adventure and it continues. Thank you.
solo lárgate de aquí, no eres más que un odioso - got it? специально для тебя на трех языках@@elenagarrison3701
Did you just use dreaming in spanish content or did you also use other comprehensive input?
Man Pablo, thank you so much for all you've done for people like me. I want to share a little speaking story that just happened to me this week and ask you a question.
My family and I traveled to Miami to visit some family. When we landed, it became VERY clear very fast that most everyone around me speaks Spanish. Now, I'm at around 840 hours of input at this point, for context. The woman that was helping us with our car rental clearly didn't know that much English so I decided that now was my chance lol. I spoke because I didn't want her to feel embarrassed about her English so I just went with it. The first thing I said to her was "no lo necesito, gracias" The thing that was most interesting was that I guess my accent sounded natural because she looked at me and just went off speaking Spanish. Then she made sure to check if everything was ok with our car and told me everything she checked on the rental. I listened, understood, and said "vale, gracias". She gave me the paper and I said "que tenga un buen día" and she said "igual usted" with a big smile.
That was just one of many times I decided to use my Spanish while on vacation. For those reading this for inspiration, it truly felt amazing. It was very emotional for me personally because my maternal side is from Panama but my mother never forced us to learn Spanish growing up. So here I am learning through Pablo's method and also with my mom's help when we speak together.
As others have mentioned before, you have to build confidence and this was definitely a booster for me. You have to tune into your childlike brain and just go for it without thinking or worrying.
My question for you, Pablo, is although I didn't necessarily NEED to speak while here, the small phrases and small conversations I had with 840 hours of input, do you think that would "damage" my chances of having my accent sound as close to native as I'm able to get? Obviously it will never be 100% but I want it to be darn close.
This is so inspirational. My dad's side of the family is from Mexico so I completely understand it being emotional. I am so proud of you! I hope one day I can find the confidence to try.
I don't know if I heard this from Pablo or not in another video, but from how I see it, there's a difference between forcing yourself to speak and letting words come out naturally. If you only let yourself speak phrases that already is natural to you and you don't have to think about it, then I doubt it's damaging. That's a sign of your brain acquiring the language, not the same as memorization. But, if you're "forcing" yourself, like struggling to express ideas and trying to consciously translate then that could be damaging.
Speaking Spanish from day 1 does not harm your accent. In fact I think it helps you acquire a good accent. I started speaking Spanish from day 1 about 40 years ago, as an adult, because I was surrounded by Spanish speakers. You pick up the accent of the people around you.
@@juliaareyess thank you! It was very emotional. Even being able to send voice notes back and forth to my cousins and understand almost everything they say is wild. I never ever thought this would happen
@@ChilaquilesDF Because second language acquisition is my hobby, and Pablo makes very thoughtful and interesting videos. I watch all of Pablo’s videos, in fact, because we share the same interest in language learning.
This all makes so much sense!! Since comprehensible input isn't the norm where I live (in the US), it's driven into us that when learning a language, we practice speaking right away. My in-laws are Spanish speaking only, so I wanted to communicate with them, which is why I started learning. But I found I was sooooo timid and scared to talk to people, and I thought that was a bad thing that I should try to overcome. But now it makes so much sense. Of course I'm scared because I can't understand what people say to me!!! It really hurt my confidence to start speaking so early on. I don't see my in-laws often though since they live a plane ride away, so I really do focus more on comprehensible input. I prefer to just listen to others speaking Spanish to see what I understand. I accept that I can't contribute to the conversation because it would take me too long to express myself and they won't have the patience. I'm okay with this. I'll get there soon!
Desearía que hubiera un método Mágico que me hiciera hablar otro idioma... para mí aprender en español es muy divertido por mi experiencia. Puedo decir que antes de comenzar a hablar escuché alrededor de 300 horas de historias y luego resultó que estaba empezando a entender. Hablo mucho con el espejo porque mis compañeros y personas que conozco no hablan español. También escribo un diario y llevo unos meses hablando con la aplicación Bing y déjame decirte que puedo hablar con él. como una persona real normal. Es increíble cuánto progreso he hecho. Muchas gracias Pablo...
Nunca e escuchado de Bing, acabo de descargarla. Gracias!
Outanding video Pablo. I also watched the beginning video you made about not translating in your head a few weeks ago. I am pretty certain that having a difficult time NOT translating in my head slowed my acquiring down. I have about 1300 hours of input in right now. I probably had about 800 or more hours when I had acquired enough Spanish to easily listen without translating. This is only my personal experience, but suspect that many people that knew a little bit of Spanish before discovering Comprehensible Input method have experienced this same problem. This is why I decided to share my personal experience. I am able to have conversations at this point with my Spanish speaking friends where they speak in Spanish and I reply in English. But, I am more aware of what is acquired subconsciously and not acquired subconsciously. So, I continue to listen to my friends from Mexico and Colombia. Not everyone has this opportunity, but many in the U.S. do. Take advantage of your good Hispanoblante amigos!!. Ja Ja Ja
??? not sure why you would reply this way. My experience and journey using Comprehensible Input has been amazing. I am very grateful for finding Pablo's Dreaming Spanish site!! gracias, Pablo... muchisimo!
Thank you very much for this talk Pablo. Now that I am approaching my 70s, I have become very impatient. I need more self discipline! Apparently my written Spanish is rather good, but comprehension is another thing; although it is getting better. This is the reason why I subscribed to Dreaming Spanish. I should say that my focus is not good these days. But, I will continue with Dreaming Spanish and actually listen. I do not believe that ones ability to learn a language diminishes with age. For me though, focus is another thing. In my late 30s I learnt Welsh using the Ulpan method. Within 3 months I was communicating on rather a high level. On my 45th birthday in July 1995, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Welsh, five and a half years after starting to learn Welsh. I'll come back to this TH-cam channel with a different story in six months time with the news that I actually knuckled down and focused on this course better than I have been. This lesson has encouraged me to do so! Muchas gracias profe. Saludos.
I'm not sure if anyone on the Dreaming Spanish team has experience with this, but if so, it would be great to get a video on language anxiety and how to overcome it. I'm not at the stage yet where I want to start speaking, but I'm afraid when I get there language anxiety will prevent me from progressing. There are important people in my life I need to communicate with in Spanish, so it's very important to me to speak. I previously learned Japanese, and while I'm pretty good at listening and reading, and even writing to some extent, I completely freeze while speaking. I've had many embarrassing moments due to this problem (I lived in Japan for a year), and it's caused me to abandon speaking Japanese at all. I actively avoid it, even though I have occassional situations where I could speak it if I wanted to. I don't want this problem to hold me back with Spanish.
I embarrass myself daily, i kind of just accepted it. Luckily I’m with native speaker friends when it happens, so if i say something really dumb they can clarify
You just have to be able to give yourself grace and make mistakes. Mistakes are great because they show that you are trying and they help you learn. You just have to go for it. Try to say something and then let the person correct you. Find someone whose willing to help you learn. Make it as low stakes as possible. This is the only way I know to get comfortable speaking.
You have given really good advice about how to feel comfortable speaking, and for us to realize that the person selling you a coffee or a shirt is there to do their job, not help you learn Spanish. Just like most people at work, they want to do their job and go home. Thanks for the tips.
I arrived at the conclusion that listening was crucial 6 months ago. I listened for up to 5 hours a day. I used VLC to slow down the speed. This was particularly critical for difficult accents and/or fast Spanish. Now it's much easier at full speed but it is a process. I'm getting about 95-100% now. I figure I have a few more months at a more relaxed pace for total comprehension. I could not have made the progress I did without saturating my mind with the language. To me, speaking is a natural output which I don't worry about at all. I took the time to listen and now I know.
This is how my journey is going: have reached 694 hours. I can say a lot of things easily, but cannot have a conversation without problems. I have to translate in my head still, and search for the words that I have in my head (somewhere). So, the roadmap says that I will feel like a child when trying to speak, and that it will feel frustrating, and it is true. Will continue listening, and wait with speaking until 1000... perhaps 1200 hours.
¿Cómo estás ahora? Recomendación: Deberías escribir y practicar hablando con tuyo solo. Compra un cuaderno, y escribe las palabras y las oraciones no entiende en el cuaderno y lo repita otro y otro y cuando piensa por la palabra (por ejemplo) "dog", no piensa por la palabra "dog" pero piensa por la palabra "perro" y no te traducirlo en tu idioma nativo.
I feel really lucky that I live in nyc and regularly visit restaurants where people primarily speak spanish and have friends with spanish as a first language. It's made the journey so much more motivating and practical so just to say, you don't always need to travel far to get some of the expiriences discussed.
Hell yeah Pablo, just noticed the silver play button!! Thanks for all you do, next stop 1 million
Soy maestra de español y me encanta mostrar sus videos a mis estudiantes, y también disfruto de verlos. Me puede recomendar un canal para aprender el inglés? Conozco a unas personas que necesitan aprender este idioma y no tengo tantos recursos. Gracias por su tiempo y sus videos fenomenales!
Tienes razón. Es mejor esperar lo más posible para evitar cometer errores. el método de dreaming Spanish funciona. Tenemos la suscripción premium, mi hija y yo- he notado sus habilidades mejorar muy rápido!
Gracias Pablo for answering this question. I believe I was able to understand 80-90% of what you said. We spend part of the year in Costa Rica in small towns and most people do not speak any English. So this is the problem I have, when I need to do something, but just don't have the vocabulary to explain what I need or being able to understand the response. For example when I bought a mountain bike with which I'm very experienced in English, but could not even find the vocabulary for many terms in Spanish (I found a few words but many they didn't understand), and my Tico friend tried to help, but she didn't know what I needed due to the specialized vocabulary (in English). I think all of your advice is very good and I'm going to look for a partner online now and when I go back to Costa Rica this year. I have taught English as a second language to children to adults, so think I can help on that side. I think I also need to find a language partner that shares some of my interests as well for that special vocabulary. The other issue I have is when I try to speak, I often default without realizing it, to Mandarin words in place of Spanish words (my second language), not sure how to avoid this one. I have definitely improved over the last couple of years partly thanks to your channel, many thanks!
Bueno! He aprendido español desde hace 5 meses, he terminado Rosetta Stone en 3 meses y ahora usando la curso “Pimsleur” es muy bien para hablando y escuchar. Ahora mismo puedo entender mucho en tu vídeo y también acuerdo contigo sobre la inmersión. Es necesario y puede ayudarte mucho. Cambiar todo a español amigos, confía en mí.
Love these videos Pablo!! Thank you for the continuing motivation!
I’ve found most Spanish speakers In my area to be pretty patient, especially those who have tried or are trying to learn English. A lot of times it only takes me speaking a little bit of Spanish for them to default to Spanish so I get lots of opportunity for CI and also relationship building =)
It’s really hard to not speak Spanish some of the time. Fortunately people have been very patient with me thus far. It’s funny how English words will just pop out in a conversation though!
Muy interesante. Y absolutamente correcto de el idea que no deberías corregir todos los errores de las otras personas. No funciona en absoluto. Gracias por esta información.
Como maestro de español en los EEUU tengo que decir que estoy de acuerdo - que no vale la pena tanto enfatizar el habla durante las fases iniciales del aprendizaje - pero es algo que tiene que ser presente porque es nuestra única forma de mostrar una forma de competencia o resultado para la administración/los padres. Es un poco difícil convencerles que el método es efectivo si el estudiante puede leer/escuchar bastante bien pero todavía habla con gramática incorrecta/pocas palabras. En mi experiencia personal, pienso que la confianza es súper importante - y no importa cuándo decides empezar. No me molesta tanto si la primera lengua interfiera con mi habla en español/tailandés o las otras lenguas que estudio. Y puedo decir que...a lo largo del tiempo...la lengua meta se vuelve más y más natural. La influencia/"el daño" de la primera lengua no es permanente.
Me encanta Dreaming Spanish - gracias Pablo! He aprendido por casi un año y ahora yo puedo entender mucho. De verdad, estoy hablando un poco mas temprano que tu recomiendas, pero input comprensible aqui con ustedes es absolutamente la cosa que mejorar mi español mucho. También te acuerdo que la habilidad a entender y escuchar es muy importante para hablar, porque para charlar con otras personas tu tienes que entender que ellos estan diciendo. Nos vemos en la próxima!
Hello Pablo,
Thank you for teaching me to understand Spanish from your channel.
I have watched almost every video of yours on youtube (Liked them all to contribute a small amount) and will sub to your website soon.
Not at comfortable speaking level yet, but can understand almost all the Spanish i hear. I have noticed its getting easier to just say a sentence of what im thinking out loud, without thinking as much, the more i listen to.
Tú eres chingon!! gracias para la ayuda! 😀
Muchas gracias por todo Pablo. He probado aprender Español muchas veces en el pasado y el miedo de hablar el idioma me paré, todas las veces. Pero, porque de Dreaming Spanish, estoy segura de podré hablar en el futuro, seguro. Tengo el nivel 3 ahora y este es la primera vez cuando realmente lo estoy disfrutando. En este momento, tengo vergüenza hablar pero yo sé eso cambiará. Apologies if my writing is not perfect 🙃
Pablo, concerning speaking, I'm at 785 hours of input and understand the intermediate videos quite well and understand some of the advanced videos well and some not so well. I've been waiting until level 6 before seriously attempting to speak as per your recommendation. I am skeptical that 200 more hours of input will magically result in knowing how to speak with proper grammar. Is this something we should just not worry about when we start talking even though we are "butchering" the language and potentially solidifying bad habits?
As an aside, Dreaming Spanish is a wonderful resource. Many thanks for all the effort that you and the other professors put into it. However, while I'm sure you've done demographic studies of your potential customers, there may be more of us than you realize who are interested in more newer content from Spaniards and more variety with respect to professors who are a bit older and mature. Thanks !
True. I listen to mostly Spain content since that's what I'm learning. As well as more male teachers perhaps. Pablo is great but more variety in male teachers with relatable topics would be cool too
Definitley need more Men teachers that talk about things that men are interested in unlike the females who talk a lot about makeup and girly stuff which is hard and boring to watch for me . Pablo is by far the best teacher .
@@toocat2000000 you've missed most of their videos then
I'm up there with you. I'm going to hit 1000 hours of input very soon, mostly reading in my case. Now I can understand Spanish quite well - I listen to native content and understand it 98% of the time, except unfamiliar accents or academic topics. But I still can't make sentences on my own with ease, or with proper grammar or expressions. I am quite sure I will have to do some active study to get it right and I know I need more structure than just "speak with people" or "listen more"
Who are "their videos " ? I 've watched almost all videos from superbeginner through beginner and much of intermediate . I guess you just missed my point that it would be nice for content that isn't geared towards young women and more towards mature adult males .@@dannyw836
If you're practicing Spanish with a native the best way to hook them in is by helping them with English pronunciation. All of the words in Spanish that are spelled the same sound the same. However in English words like rough, cough, tough, bough, etc are all spelled the same but pronounced differently.
Love the video. Very helpful.
Pablo, for those of us who learned Spanish in school (and therefore had to start speaking from the very beginning), do you think the "damage" can be repaired in terms of accent?
I don't have much to add for the prompt at the end since I've only ever spoken Spanish with people who are patient. I haven't had any bad experiences yet, but I also avoid talking as much as possible since I'm not even at level 5 yet (almost there though). Waiting for level 6 ideally, but I'll still have to take Spanish classes for my degree so of course I'll need to speak it in class.
That is a great question! Would love to know this as well...
I’d definitely say that through gaining input, you shouldn’t be too concerned about whatever “damage” you had or are having... A funny experience for me was when I noticed that I’d picked up on the /th/ sound and “vale” after listening to Pablo’s videos xD Though, I have my gripes with the language courses that I’ve taken so far, especially when it comes to output and translation xP
Check out our FAQ! www.dreamingspanish.com/faq#what-if-ive-damaged-myself-already-can-i-fix-it-now
Siento que mi acento cuando hablo espanol es una mezcla de Agustina, Andrea, y Michele jajajaja
Thank you Pablo. I have some doubts about achieving good pronunciation:
- Is there any evidence behind the reasoning that waiting until level 5/6 to speak will result in a more native-like pronunciation?
- What do you do if you have a good "mental image" of Spanish sounds in your head, but you struggle to move your mouth in the correct way to match your speech with the mental image, and thus end up with a strong accent?
- What do you do if you THINK you have a good mental image of Spanish sounds in your head, and your speech matches your mental image, but in reality your mental image and speech are far off from native pronunciation?
Hola!
Muchas gracias por el buen contenido como siempre. Soy maestro de japonés para los estudiantes extranjeros en una universidad en Japón. Me interesa mucho lo que dijiste. Te pido que nos informes de algunos de esos artículos científicos que mencionas sobre la futilidad de tratar de corregir errores. Me gustaría muchísimo leerlos 😊
Recomiendo "The Case Against Grammar Correction in L2 Writing Classes" por J. Truscott para correciones de escritura y "What's Wrong With Oral Grammar Correction" y "The Continuing Problems of Oral Grammar Correcting" del mismo autor para correcciones al hablar.
Muchísimas gracias por responderme! Estaré leyéndolos inmediatamente ^^@@DreamingSpanish
It's hard to practice speaking when I am a quiet person and don't really talk to people...😅 but I like listening to dreaming spainish videos. I live in CDMX... I need to learn this language.
Hello Pablo. Can we expect soon podcast with story on Spanish just for listning without neccesay watching?
Holaa pabloo , puedes recomendar una historia para leer por beginners
I've seen recommendations that you can start practicing speaking by narrating your daily life as well as reading out loud. Do you recommend these methods?
Para mí es muy difícil hallar alguien con quien puedo practicar español. Nadie que yo conozco tiene suficiente paciencia conmigo. Lo aprecio mucho tus surgencias y tu aviso acerca este asunto. Yo sé que es muy importante practicar conversación si voy a alcanzar un nivel suficiente mis metas. No aprecio mucho tu canal.
Hi Pablo! Is there a chance you will create something similar to dreaming spanish but with another language? I find your website the best way to learn a language:)
Yo esperé un año y medio después de empezar a aprender Español antes de intentar para conversar en ello. Es imposible para un principiante hablar un lenguaje nuevo. Su meta principal debe ser entenderlo en el principio.
Is level 6 "C2"? How do you become an advanced Spanish speaker without speaking?
What do I do if I've already been practicing speaking for a few years? My listening comprehension is not very good, but I'm getting ready to listen several hours a week and try to be able to chat in Spanish and even watch movies in Spanish by the end of the year. I talk a little online with Spanish speakers and do quizzes on CDs where I speak to translate into Spanish. Should I stop all that and just listen for a few months? I can see that I have the problems that another video of yours (Why Grammar Hurts) mentioned because I started trying to speak Spanish early.
90 more hours and I'll be at level 6. Little scares to start speaking. Any suggestions to build confidence prior to starting?
soy de india pero solo hablo un poco de español muy hermosa toma
Hi Pablo, should we wait until the ability to speak starts to happen naturally, or instead once we reach a certain level of listening comprehension just try to force it by consciously trying to build sentences in our head? For example, in my own case, I haven't started trying to speak yet (I don't have any circumstances which force me into needing to speak), but I feel that on the DS scale I'm level 5/6 for listening but my ability to speak would be level 3 at best.
I'm a native English speaker et je parle français au niveau b2. I learned a little bit of spanish as a child in school but haven't touched it since primary school. I'm SHOCKED that I have no trouble understanding what he is saying. Anybody else experience this?
I comprehend at B2. If I begin speaking will it take 50 hours of speaking before I speak at B2?
I'm at just over 1000 hours and I;m just starting to understand the intermediate videos at about 50% . I'm not giving up but the 1000 hours to be advanced hasn't worked for me . I do at least one hour a day now and have been at it for 4 years this month. It certainly hasn't been quick but I'm kind of doing a experiment and using Dreaming Spanish almost exclusively . I would say I'm at between level 3 and 4 and will continue until I'm fluent . At this rate I will be fluent in about 3 more years ?😐🤷♂ We shall see . Dreaming Spanish is still the best out there !!!
I find that so crazy. You've been doing an hour of Dreaming Spanish for 4 years?! I feel like I understand like 50% and I've only been looking since maybe March. Although I try to do like 10 hours on the weekends.
There is much better content on Dreaming Spanish than there was 4 years ago and way more content to choose from to keep you interested . Did you have any Spanish lessons prior to you using Dreaming Spanish ? And if so how much ? @@quirkyturtle4896
I work in a school, and some of our students are port-of-entry, straight from another country. I know a kid name Bryan from Honduras. He knew zero English when he arrived. And in about a year, he can understand me easily, and can respond back no problem. Yet, here we are with thousands of hours on Dreaming Spanish, and still have trouble speaking. I'm not complaining, just trying to understand this gap of learning that I'm missing. In short, I want to be like Bryan, and not take years to be fluent in Spanish.
@@izzythomas848 there's a video titled "How to actually learn a language in a month" by "Days and Words" which basically boils down to if you immerse yourself for 15 hours a day for like 40 days you'll have the required hours for b2 in any language like Spanish.
Your boy Bryan needs to understand and speak English to live his daily life, he's probably doing 10 hours a day. It would be strange if he couldn't talk after half a year.
Thanks for helping me understand this. Basically, he's almost forced to adapt because he needs to learn the elements of English to get through the day. Guess it's the same process of people saying that if you want to learn and language, then go to that country for a while, and you'll become fluent. @@quirkyturtle4896
Tengo unas 500 horas y mi esposo también. Es beneficioso practicar a hablar español entre nosotros, o nos estaríamos dando “input” incorrecta? Es importante sobre todo a hablar español con alguien que es nativo?
I guessI need to take many, many more Spanish lessons before I try this as I couldn’t understand anything he said.
Or sign up to dreaming Spanish, it’s cheaper and quicker 😜
@@Muppetkeeper No need to. I found a better solution. I learned more in 2 days watching videos from Spanish with Qroo Paul than I did in 2 weeks watching this channel.
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Q) "When should you start to learn Spanish "
A) Yesterday.
El intro es yo, cada vez hablo en español 😅
llevo dos anos mas o menos aprendiendo espanol pero todavia no he hablado con nadie
I respectfully disagree with this method, I have learned arabic by starting to speak from the get go, my accent is really good. I am doing the same with Spanish now, if you are an American, then I guess the method will work better for you, but it doesn't for me. I can't imagine just watching and not speaking, I'm not saying the method does not work, but I think it's a bit much to not try to speak for such a long time. my accent in Spanish is very good. good luck to all and thank you for all your hard work. I love DS
Who tf wants to learn Spanish or any other language? You only need to master one language to understand the rest of the word. That is English.
American?
Guess what, Trumptard? 75%-85% (highest estimate) of Earth's humans do not speak English AT ALL. Or is English what you call "American", because you're from Texas? Go back to your trailer park, continue being ignorant, monolingual, and afraid of "scary foreign languages". Cook yourself some barbecue ribs and pray your "Leader" doesn't go to prison soon for Jan. 6th.
Learning a language is so good for your brain that studies show it is significantly protective against cognitive decline in old age. Even if you’re not interested in communicating with others who don’t know English, learning other languages opens up the world to you. I don’t understand why English speakers think everyone has to be smart and learn English and they don’t need to learn anything. If we don’t learn other languages, the joke’s really on us my friend.
I speak English, French, and now I’m doing a deep dive into Spanish. It’s so enriching for reading, traveling and just being in my community. I feel sad for my brother living in Italy who thinks the way you do. He doesn’t know what he’s missing.
@@alicearmen5601 I’m pleased about this, as I’m an old gimmer
The rest of the word ? 😁Back to work Grasshopper . Even the English language speakers have trouble mastering the spelling of the word "world" , apparently ?