Learning Spanish - 1,100 hours with Comprehensible Input
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- I started acquiring Spanish in January 2022 using a method called Comprehensible Input. The idea is that you listen and watch simple videos in Spanish. The videos should be basic enough so that you understand most of what is happening even though you don't understand the words. Over time, the brain makes sense of the words and grammar. I plan to make a video every 100 hours to show my progress.
I am watching videos on Dreaming Spanish. There are playlists for beginner, intermediate and advanced.
/ dreamingspanish
Dreaming Spanish Language Learning Roadmap:
dreaming-spani...
This is a link to a summary of scholarly research on Compressible Input. I would suggest those who make comments that I need to start speaking Spanish, first review the research. -
www.brycehedst...
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners - Claudia Orea and Abel Franco
Link to the Commonlit site with graded short stories:
www.commonlit....
Parallel text Bible - www.bible.com/...
CNN in Spanish - cnnespanol.cnn...
News from Spain - www.elespanol....
Wikipedia Spanish version - es.wikipedia.o...
Cuéntame podcasts:
www.listennote...
Español con Juan:
/ 1001reasonstolearnspan...
Juan's books:
1001reasonstol...
Ideas for using ChatGPT to learn Spanish:
• 11 Ways to Boost Your ...
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I'm not a spanish speaker or learner, I'm learning french. But I would suggest learning the phoenetics of the alphabet. I'm using a similar method but as I hear things I repeat them and I talk to myself throughout the day in my target language. Good luck and congrats on the progress
Congratulations on 1,100 hours! I agree with you about the Olly Richards books. They're labeled "for beginners," but I think they're more suitable for a high A2 to B1 level.
I'm trying to remember how long did it take me to learn spanish. Something around 360 hours of lessons at least the same amount of homework one hour per day of conversation with my future to be wife at that time. So it's something around 2000 hours. So your estimation of 2000 hours looks realistic to me. Thanks for the video and sharing your experience.
Congratulations! I'm about to cross 700 hours. A long way to go and I enjoy videos like this of people further along. You're very inspiring!
This guy is the greatest. I tend to agree with the 2400 hour mark for fluency---maybe even 3000 would be accurate. Keep up the amazing attitude and of course I already can't wait for your 1200 hour mark.
Congratulations just one friendly hint or suggestion if I may… Work on your accent when people learn new languages they tend to learn grammar, vocabulary through whatever means but they seem to continue using the same mouth and tongue muscles and movements they use in their native language, which is a huge mistake.... Any accent can be mastered when you are aware of how to do it :))
I've been studying two other languages and enthusiastically bought Ollie Richards books. A total waste, they're ridiculously difficult and I'm 4 years into those other languages and easily read all other easy readers and some of the newspaper.
Ridiculously difficult? They’re A2, early B1 level at best. Definitely not designed for total beginners, but if you have some basic knowledge of grammar they shouldn’t be that difficult.
Mucho ánimo y que sigas adelante!
Work on your accent it’ll be easier to understand you but good job
Yes this is literally speaking Spanish with a complete American accent with zero effort on the accent, this is something that can be improved and even mastered.... if one is aware of it. It's crazy to me that people think they can speak another language but not use, or even attempt another accent, it's just as important as the grammar and the vocabulary.
@@tombernard4612 I’m high intermediate in Spanish so hearing this I could tell right away n your right it’s very important to get the accent down especially rolling the r’s as best you can
I´m a spanish native speaker and I understood him perfectly. It´s obvious he has an accent, but it doesn´t really matter.
@@tombernard4612 There are tons of accents in Spain, multiply that for every country that has spanish as its official language. Mastering the accent is not important at his stage right now. And, in my opinion, it´s not as important as understanding the language or the use of the language. In fact, I consider it the least important part of it.
@@jackbombay1423 idk bro in my own native language when ppl have a very heavy accent from a different language I find it hard at times to understand them. It’s still important but of course language acquisition is most important
As a Spanish teacher it's great to see all the motivation with learning Spanish. I do also teach with Comprehensible Input and found out to be the best method for my students. Now I decided to start a TH-cam channel to help even more people, and all I can say is that it's not about the amount of hours, but the motivation, and having the right resources to work at your level. If there is anything I can help you with I'm more than happy to do so! Un saludo :)
it's really a wonderful method learning languages through comprehensible input
Great video!! Your doing amazing 👍👍👍👍
I think adding in speaking practice with a tutor is helpful adding in output
Way to go, Dave!! I’m at 332 hrs. I can’t wait to read more. I have Olly Richards books in audible and downloaded in kindle and I’ve dabbled in listening and reading at the same time. I’m trying to hold off a bit longer before I do any “actual” reading. Have you tried audio books at all?
Thanks! I have not tried audiobooks yet. But I have listened to podcasts while reading the transcript. I also watch more difficult Spanish videos using Spanish subtitles. In the beginning, Pablo doesn't want us to use subtitles because we don't have the correct sounds of the words in our heads yet, so we may be pronouncing the words internally like in English. Does that make sense? Once we have hundreds of hours of listening, we know what the words are supposed to sound like and I think it is then ok to use subtitles.
We got this! 😄
Busca algo que te guste y hazlo en español, por ejemplo, si te gusta ver videos de gatos, búscalos en español.
I thought you would also pick up the correct pronunciation by this many hours. Am I wrong about that?
I have not started speaking practice yet, only comprehensible input. For more information see www.dreamingspanish.com/method
i use to live in NH for 35 years and also learning Spanish for the past 3 years good video
Mucho ánimo y sigue con esa disciplina.
Hola amigo, bien por tí, ¡ánimo!
What do you do with the unknown words, you look them up or not, do you try to guess the meaning from the context only?
Normally I try to guess the meaning from the context. If a word is used a lot and I cannot understand the story without knowing what that word means, then I will look it up.
I guess I have heard people say all sorts of different percentages for what you should be able to understand in content you review, but 98% seems pretty high to me. Maybe you shouldn't worry if you don't understand 98%
I appreciate your dedication. How long did it take you to reach 1100 hours? Using an hour-per-day method would have taken around three years. Did you do it in less or more than three years?
It took me about 27 months to reach 1100 hours. I am averaging just under 90 minutes each day.
@@tinynhhouse5467 Thank you. Many polyglots say that 90 minutes per day is a good goal. Again, thank you for your updates.
Hi, Well done with all your work. After hearing you today, I want and listened to your video of 400 hours and your pronunciation has improved. Keep doing what you are doing DS is a great resource.
Sounds like he speaks Spanish with an American accent… good going….organic Spanish is awesome
Juan Fernandez is hilarious. No hay tos is another excellent podcast from Mexico I recommend.
BUEN TRABAJO AMIGO, SOY DE MEXICO.. SI ALGUMA VEZ QUIERES CLARIFICAR ALGUNA DUDA EN TUS LECTIRAS Y CHATGPT SE CONFUNDE O SE EQUIVOCA YO CON GUSTO PODRIA AYUDARTE. HE CORREGIDO ALGUNOS ERRORES DE CHAT GPT , LO BUENP ES QUE APRENDE RAPIDO! Saludos !
Hey Dave! I agree with you about the Olly books. The first chapter was comprehensible but the 2nd was a challenge. Of the two other books you recommended, if I can only get one, which one should I get?
Hi Lisa and Greg, "Hola Lola" is Juan's first book in the series. I think it would be too easy for you guys. I would recommend his second book "Un Hombre Fascinante" for you. It is also slightly longer at 250 pages.
Sorry I have not been commenting on your videos; I do watch them. We are busy here with our daughter getting married and being new grandparents! Enjoy your adventure in Spain! - Dave
Im currently learning English and I'd recommend pick Harry Potter series books. The story is interesting and familiar
Great job! Keep going!
Inspirational!
Good job!
Me alegra mucho que estés estudiando español y que estés avanzando. Yo también estoy estudiando idiomas, actualmente inglés, portugués e italiano. Estoy utilizando la plataforma Duolingo que es gratuita y a mi juicio, te puede ayudar mucho ya que tienes una buena base en español. También escucho muchas clases y videos de TH-cam con algunos profesores. Ya tengo casi 10 meses estudiando y voy a terminar B1 de inglés. Si gustas me puedes escribir, te puedo ayudar con tu pronunciación en español, de pronto tu me ayudas con tu inglés... Saludos desde Venezuela