Gracias por compartir tu experiencia. Puede ayudar a muchos más a comenzar la aventura de aprender el idioma y de mejorar lo aprendido. Sigue adelante!
The words popping into your head thing is exactly how it happens, and it's a sign that you're learning "right." I find they just come to me as I'm talking; when I need the word it just appears (for the most part), like magic. I was talking the other day and I wanted to say 'celery', and it suddenly just came to me out of nowhere. I don't ever recall seeing that word, much less learning it, but I guess I read or heard it somewhere and it got into my subconscious; I'd certainly never used it before. This happens quite often but that one really took me aback because usually, I have a feeling of having encountered the word before. Good work on your consistency. 👍
Kudos to you! Keep it up! It's great how you are sticking to your method. I like the idea of comprehensible input but for me it's just one method of many that I am applying for my own language journey. But as you say in your video you have other methods as well that you are applying at the same time. Many greetings from Switzerland, Daniel.
Congratulations!!! Great job!!! That's a huge milestone! I'm coming up on 900 hours and I definitely feel like I'm behind the roadmap, but I think that's my fault for using subtitles more than I should have earlier on. I couldn't stand the whole "ambiguity" thing! I'm learning to now. Better late than never. Oh, and thanks for the tip about the UA-cam speed update. I can't believe I didn't notice. I just thought hmmmm...looks different and off I went. 😂 Looking forward to your next update!
I still use subtitles a lot. My interpretation is that they are bad in the beginning before your brain knows what Spanish really sounds like. Once you acquire an ear for Spanish sounds, I think subtitles are ok.
Hello. Well done. I learned (acquired) French using CI. Later, as I was trying to acquire Spanish, I found Dreaming Spanish on UA-cam and I have used their videos as part of my Spanish journey. I think the roadmap's 1500 hours is an underestimate (at least, for first time adult acquirers, see below*). I also think speaking is, or should be, above and beyond this i.e. additional time, either in parallel as you progress, and / or after you have made some significant CI progress. For my part, I found that I needed around 500 hours of conversation (French) following on from about 2-3 years of CI (UA-cam, Netflix etc.) to be able to converse freely... fluently, if you prefer. I'm now doing the same thing with my Spanish, which is progressing* at about 1.5 - 2x the rate that my French did. Well done. Keep going 👍
Well done. Great update as always, honest, succinct and with advice. I continue with my journey and have recently reached 600 hours, I did this in 6 months but as I said in a previous reply, I live in Spain( 3 years next month and have been learning for 2 1/2 years, all at home) and I do 3 hours every day. My biggest problem was understanding/ comprehending nearly anything that was said to me by locals. The DS and other comprehensible input has helped me significantly with this; I have to agree with you about the roadmap, I’m meant to be able to understand a native speaker speaking normal to me, sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t and they have to adapt their speaking for me. I realise that the roadmap is just a guide and everyone is different, but with CI I have improved my comprehension massively. One question to you and to anyone else reading this, when do you stop translating in your head? I still do this lots and I can’t seem to stop, I watch all levels of videos to try and help with this. In fact sometimes I think, have I translated that or did I just understand. Perhaps I’m sweating too much about this as they would say in the States.. I’d welcome any advice about this. Once again, well done, a massive achievement to comprehend TV shows etc.
Thank you for your comments. I think the translating in my head became less and less at around 1,000 to 1,200 hours. Pablo said in one video that if you are still translating in your head, it means you still do not know that vocabulary well enough. You know the meaning of the word but it has not been sufficiently internalized yet. My advice is not to worry about the translating. It will eventually go away. Don't sweat it! You will do great living in Spain.
Thanks for the video, when you are listening to easy audio, try speeding it up! This has helped me get better at understanding faster speakers. Will you upload some of your crosstalk? I am interested to see how your speaking is ? Do you ever practice writing? Thanks again, congrats on 1500 hoursn
I bet at this point if you put in an hour a day (or most days) in conversation practice (not crosstalk) on italki, you'd be killing it inside of a couple hundred hours.
Are you understanding 80% to 90% on regular UA-cam videos or are they non Dreaming Spanish videos but still geared toward beginning language learners? You sir are making a great story.
Thanks for the comment. Most are non DS videos geared toward beginning learners. The important thing is the videos have to catch my attention and I have to be interested in the subject matter. I will watch advanced videos and turn on the subtitles if the subjects interest me.
@@tinynhhouse5467 After how many hours do you feel the biggest "jump"? Do you notice a big difference every 300 hours? Is it a subtle difference every 100 hours?
Thanks for the report, and well done! When you watch your content do you stop and look up words and read all the subtitles, or are you just kicking it and watching with a more "passive" approach? I'm talking about the comprehensible input time itself.
I watch videos with an active approach. If I have Spanish subtitles turned on, I just read and listen as if I was reading an audio book. I rarely stop and look up words unless the word appears frequently.
Congratulations, dude. Don't lose the motivation to learn; that's the main key. especially if you feel like you are having a hard time understanding Spanish from certain people or country. spanish from Spain can be a bit different from Mexican or any other Hispanic country.
No, I cannot roll my r's and at this stage I am not worried about it. If I need to say perro out loud, I just make the r sound longer and most listeners will understand. Eventually I will spend some time practicing how to roll r's but it is just a mechanical thing using my breath and mouth, so I know I will eventually get the hang of it. Don't sweat the small stuff!
Try to keep in mind that apps, companies, and influencers tend to overpromise results and over-estimate their own abilities. Think about it- how many UA-camrs who claim to speak x, y, and z languages could do an unscripted 10 minute video in the languages they claim to be fluent in? As someone who was monolingual and has learned another language to a moderate/high level of proficiency (very hesitant to use fluency), I can assure you that anyone who claims they’re B1/B2 after 3-6 months is full of shit. Also, it should be noted that attaining a B1 certificate only requires getting something like 60% in 2 out of 4 categories (reading, writing, speaking, listening). You’re doing great. Keep pushing forward and you’ll get there. I’m sure that your Spanish ability is great!
Dave, I just signed up for dreaming spanish and had two quick questions. (sorry if you have answered these before) [1] Do you watch videos with the subtitles on or off? [2] Have you done anything in addition to dreaming spanish to supplement your spanish learning over the course of 1500 hours?
Thanks for watching. For the first 300 to 400 hours, watch the DS videos with the subtitles off. You are learning what the language sounds like and just trying to get a general understanding of what is going on in the videos. If you watch the videos with Spanish subtitles, your brain will be reading the words internally the way they would sound in English. After you really know what the language sounds like, maybe around 500 hours, you can turn on the subtitles in Spanish. I did this because I was confused if I was hearing a "s" or a "c", in some words - stuff like that. At this point, your brain will be reading the letters as they sound in Spanish so it won't be a problem. Although it is best to watch videos that are interesting and easy for you to understand, if I am watching a more difficult video, I will turn on subtitles in English. Around 500 or 600 hours I started watching other, easy non DS videos. Some example YT channels are: Spanish with Danielle, Spanish Gitana, Spanishacks, Pro Español, and Lyke Español. There are a lot of channels out there. Make sure to watch Pablo's "Start Here - How to learn a language" videos. He explains how to best use DS. Turn on the subtitles in English when watching this playlist. This is the link to his playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLlpPf-YgbU7GrtxQ9yde-J2tfxJDvReNf.html I tried several courses before I discovered DS and none of them worked for me. One free course I did find useful was Language Transfer - The Thinking Method. It is a series of 90 audio lessons, each about 10 minutes long, where he teaches Spanish in a back and forth way with a student. When he asks his student how to say something, you stop the tape and try to say it yourself.
@@tinynhhouse5467 You have no idea how helpful your answer was, thank you for taking the time. Wow, 500 hours seems so far away -- time to get truckin'
Hi. Firstly, i would like to congratulate you on your journey in spanish thus far. I have a few questions... Did u ever write any spanish in a note book outside of CI videos with dreaming spanish (or anything else) and do u think we shouldn't look at grammar or do any writing till a certain amount of time from just focusing only on CI? I began my spanish learning journey last year March trying to learn with grammar and videos on youtube etc until i came across DS on youtube around Nov 2024... i have been watching it since but i also tend to stop the videos on occasions to write down the odd word or two that sounds new to me or i didn't understand and look it up. I know Pablo (from DS) says to not do that but i was doing that alot in the first month.. i still do it now and again and find it helpful... I am 3 month's in and have almost racked up 25 hours as the first month on DS i only was watching a couple vids a day compared to spending an hour and half a day since Jan 2025 begun.
I have a complicated history learning Spanish, having used many methods (Anki flashcards, Babbel, Spanish with Paul) prior to finding CI. I spent one year doing Spanish with Paul, writing down all the exercises. I was learning grammar but if I did not review it, I would forget what I learned. Then I found DS and CI. No more studying, just trying to understand what was going on in the videos. And what I learned with CI, sticks with me, I don't forget it. Not to mention the only way to understand someone speaking to you is through CI. I highly recommend Language Transfer, The Thinking Method. It teaches you vocabulary and grammar with audio files, using a unique question and answer method. Thanks for the comments.
@@tinynhhouse5467 Sounds similar to how i was learning before DS/CI, which like u, i find it sticks way better, as its more natural to the human mind and brain, as is the way we learn as children with any language, so it only makes sense. Oh ok. Is that an app (thinking method)??
@Calafiori24 The Thinking Method is a series of 90 audio files, approximately 8 to 10 minutes in length. You can download the files to your cell phone and listen to them any time. www.languagetransfer.org/complete-spanish
@@tinynhhouse5467 Hi. I am almost at 50 hours.. I wanted to ask u if u ever rewatched any videos once u finished them because u didnt get what they said and so u restarted it, or did u just let it be and continue with the next one?
You are correct sir . I'm at over 1300 hours of almost exclusively Dreaming Spanish and I'm no where near being fluent . Probably barely intermediate . It still is for me the best way , but Pablo's road map is way way off . A friend of mine also uses Dreaming Spanish and is over 1500 hours and is not even close to fluent . Intermediate at best .
I'm studing hebrew reading English and listening hebrew. Este método me ayuda mucho. Leo la biblia y escucho el lenguaje que deseo aprender. Funciona bien!
Aprender el idioma no es nunca lineal. Yo tengo una experiencia similar. Este será mi tercer año aprendiendo ruso y francés. Si echo la vista dos años atrás, puedo ver un progreso enorme en ambos idiomas (de los que empecé desde cero). Sin embargo, aún estoy lejos de poder hablar ninguno de los idiomas. Yo también me centro únicamente en entender el idioma hablado, por lo que el resto de áreas están muy por debajo de mi nivel de compresión oral, aunque, sorprendentemente para mí, no tan bajas como esperaría. Puedo leer tanto ruso como francés a nivel principiante alto-intermedio. Aunque lo que peor llevo es hablar cualquiera de los idiomas, pero eso no me preocupa porque sé que incluso sin hablar el idioma, esa parte también se trabaja. Mucho ánimo, estoy convencido de que lograrás tu objetivo de aprender español. PD: Hace unos días me preguntaba por ti y tu progreso, cuando yo estuve analizando el mío mentalmente me viniste a la mente. Así que ha sido una grata sorpresa ver que estás contento con el progreso y que tú método elegido te está dando resultados donde otros fallaron.
Comprehensible input is a bit of a nonsensical term. It’s not only just a more complex sounding term for oral and written comprehension. But it’s missing production and it doesn’t help much at all with that. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. You can’t learn without grammar, speaking with natives, and writing. The glut of polyglots is a well-documented scam.
Ah so you are not doing pure CI. I think thats very sensible. One might say you could just disregard the concept of CI altogether and just work with input and a dictionary, notepad. And use a little grammar reference. Have you tried shadowing, chorusing, mirroring? That took my speaking to a whole new level in weeks.
I will not disregard the concept of CI. That is what brought me to this point. I would never have been able to understand someone speaking in Spanish without training my ears and brain with CI.
Creo que no te daría el nivel de español que realmente tiene porque ha destinado la inmensa mayoría de sus horas a entender el idioma hablado que, por otro lado, es la tarea más difícil y la clave para hablar un idioma con fluidez. Si te hablase, pensarías que ha perdido 3 años. El edificio se construye a partir de la comprensión oral, sin ella no podrías decir que hablas un idioma y es el principal fallo del sistema educativo a la hora de enseñar cualquier idioma. Los estudiantes saben saliendo gramática y escribirlo o leerlo (si son muy aplicados), pero no entienden nada de lo que le diga un hablante nativo y, por lo tanto, le es completamente inútil en la vida real.
@ No estoy de acuerdo. We all expect hesitant Spanish, searching for words, saying things wrong, mispronounced words. It's good to say a few things extemporaneously just to gauge your level. Good Luck.
@ Sí, no creo que nadie esperaría que él hablase como un señor de Salamanca a estas alturas. Solo digo que es como si le pides a un atleta que entrena correr 100 m lisos que haga salto de altura para ver cómo está su nivel. Él ha puesto su esfuerzo y tiempo en comprender el idioma, no en hablarlo. No te daría el nivel real del método porque te estarías fijando en algo secundario a su entrenamiento. Sería quizás interesante verle leer una historia o un video al azar y que los tradujera para ver cuánto puede comprender. Eso sí te daría una mejor aproximación.
UA-cam me recomendó tu vídeo, me encanta!!!!! Sigue así Dave ✨✨✨
Thanks for sharing your experience and your tips. Best wishes 🤩🤩
Great update! It's very inspiring to see you improve in Spanish at your age!
Who you calling old? 🤣
@@tinynhhouse5467 60 years young
Gracias por compartir tu experiencia. Puede ayudar a muchos más a comenzar la aventura de aprender el idioma y de mejorar lo aprendido. Sigue adelante!
I am so impressed by how constant you have been, well done for reaching 1500. I would love to hear a speaking sample.
You will have to wait for another 200 or 300 hours! 😀
Nice. I always regret not learning German from my Dad when I had the chance.
Yeah man, I know what you mean. We can't go back but we can keep pushing forward in all things. Have a good week!
Keep it up! I got a long way to go before 1500 hrs. These videos really help motivate me, thanks.
Thanks, I am glad my videos are helpful.
The words popping into your head thing is exactly how it happens, and it's a sign that you're learning "right." I find they just come to me as I'm talking; when I need the word it just appears (for the most part), like magic. I was talking the other day and I wanted to say 'celery', and it suddenly just came to me out of nowhere. I don't ever recall seeing that word, much less learning it, but I guess I read or heard it somewhere and it got into my subconscious; I'd certainly never used it before. This happens quite often but that one really took me aback because usually, I have a feeling of having encountered the word before. Good work on your consistency. 👍
Congratulations on your progress! 🥳
Kudos to you! Keep it up! It's great how you are sticking to your method. I like the idea of comprehensible input but for me it's just one method of many that I am applying for my own language journey. But as you say in your video you have other methods as well that you are applying at the same time.
Many greetings from Switzerland, Daniel.
I agree, the Dreaming Spanish roadmap is grossly over exaggerated.
You’re supposed to supplement it with talking, you’re own vocabulary, and reading. Don’t be dense.
Congratulations!!! Great job!!! That's a huge milestone! I'm coming up on 900 hours and I definitely feel like I'm behind the roadmap, but I think that's my fault for using subtitles more than I should have earlier on. I couldn't stand the whole "ambiguity" thing! I'm learning to now. Better late than never. Oh, and thanks for the tip about the UA-cam speed update. I can't believe I didn't notice. I just thought hmmmm...looks different and off I went. 😂 Looking forward to your next update!
I still use subtitles a lot. My interpretation is that they are bad in the beginning before your brain knows what Spanish really sounds like. Once you acquire an ear for Spanish sounds, I think subtitles are ok.
Hello. Well done. I learned (acquired) French using CI. Later, as I was trying to acquire Spanish, I found Dreaming Spanish on UA-cam and I have used their videos as part of my Spanish journey. I think the roadmap's 1500 hours is an underestimate (at least, for first time adult acquirers, see below*). I also think speaking is, or should be, above and beyond this i.e. additional time, either in parallel as you progress, and / or after you have made some significant CI progress. For my part, I found that I needed around 500 hours of conversation (French) following on from about 2-3 years of CI (UA-cam, Netflix etc.) to be able to converse freely... fluently, if you prefer. I'm now doing the same thing with my Spanish, which is progressing* at about 1.5 - 2x the rate that my French did. Well done. Keep going 👍
Thanks for the moral support and encouragement!
Do you have any channel recommendations for French? 🤓
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Tony Marsh has a very interesting approach to language learning.
Yes, I am just starting to explore his method.
Keep up the good work my friend!
Thanks Tony. I have made a number of question and answer Anki flashcards following your method.
Lo primordial es practicar y perfeccionar constantemente. Cada uno mejora a su paso.
Well done. Great update as always, honest, succinct and with advice. I continue with my journey and have recently reached 600 hours, I did this in 6 months but as I said in a previous reply, I live in Spain( 3 years next month and have been learning for 2 1/2 years, all at home) and I do 3 hours every day. My biggest problem was understanding/ comprehending nearly anything that was said to me by locals. The DS and other comprehensible input has helped me significantly with this; I have to agree with you about the roadmap, I’m meant to be able to understand a native speaker speaking normal to me, sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t and they have to adapt their speaking for me. I realise that the roadmap is just a guide and everyone is different, but with CI I have improved my comprehension massively. One question to you and to anyone else reading this, when do you stop translating in your head? I still do this lots and I can’t seem to stop, I watch all levels of videos to try and help with this. In fact sometimes I think, have I translated that or did I just understand. Perhaps I’m sweating too much about this as they would say in the States.. I’d welcome any advice about this. Once again, well done, a massive achievement to comprehend TV shows etc.
Thank you for your comments.
I think the translating in my head became less and less at around 1,000 to 1,200 hours. Pablo said in one video that if you are still translating in your head, it means you still do not know that vocabulary well enough. You know the meaning of the word but it has not been sufficiently internalized yet. My advice is not to worry about the translating. It will eventually go away. Don't sweat it! You will do great living in Spain.
Thanks for the advice because I’ve started to stress about this a lot lately.
Thanks for the video, when you are listening to easy audio, try speeding it up! This has helped me get better at understanding faster speakers. Will you upload some of your crosstalk? I am interested to see how your speaking is ? Do you ever practice writing? Thanks again, congrats on 1500 hoursn
That’s incredible ! 🎉 congratulations. I’m at 1050 hours now and have cut back to 90 min / day.
You might want to check out the TPRS method. Their "circling" drill is very similar to Tony Marsh's Language Matrix.
How to get this programme, gracias
Are you asking about Dreaming Spanish or about Language Transfer - The Thinking Method?
I bet at this point if you put in an hour a day (or most days) in conversation practice (not crosstalk) on italki, you'd be killing it inside of a couple hundred hours.
Are you understanding 80% to 90% on regular UA-cam videos or are they non Dreaming Spanish videos but still geared toward beginning language learners? You sir are making a great story.
Thanks for the comment.
Most are non DS videos geared toward beginning learners. The important thing is the videos have to catch my attention and I have to be interested in the subject matter. I will watch advanced videos and turn on the subtitles if the subjects interest me.
@@tinynhhouse5467 After how many hours do you feel the biggest "jump"? Do you notice a big difference every 300 hours? Is it a subtle difference every 100 hours?
Thanks for the report, and well done!
When you watch your content do you stop and look up words and read all the subtitles, or are you just kicking it and watching with a more "passive" approach? I'm talking about the comprehensible input time itself.
I watch videos with an active approach. If I have Spanish subtitles turned on, I just read and listen as if I was reading an audio book. I rarely stop and look up words unless the word appears frequently.
Congratulations, dude. Don't lose the motivation to learn; that's the main key. especially if you feel like you are having a hard time understanding Spanish from certain people or country. spanish from Spain can be a bit different from Mexican or any other Hispanic country.
Can you effectively roll your r’s? I cannot 😅 and it’s put me off from getting back into the language…
No, I cannot roll my r's and at this stage I am not worried about it. If I need to say perro out loud, I just make the r sound longer and most listeners will understand. Eventually I will spend some time practicing how to roll r's but it is just a mechanical thing using my breath and mouth, so I know I will eventually get the hang of it. Don't sweat the small stuff!
Try to keep in mind that apps, companies, and influencers tend to overpromise results and over-estimate their own abilities.
Think about it- how many UA-camrs who claim to speak x, y, and z languages could do an unscripted 10 minute video in the languages they claim to be fluent in? As someone who was monolingual and has learned another language to a moderate/high level of proficiency (very hesitant to use fluency), I can assure you that anyone who claims they’re B1/B2 after 3-6 months is full of shit. Also, it should be noted that attaining a B1 certificate only requires getting something like 60% in 2 out of 4 categories (reading, writing, speaking, listening).
You’re doing great. Keep pushing forward and you’ll get there. I’m sure that your Spanish ability is great!
Dave, I just signed up for dreaming spanish and had two quick questions. (sorry if you have answered these before)
[1] Do you watch videos with the subtitles on or off?
[2] Have you done anything in addition to dreaming spanish to supplement your spanish learning over the course of 1500 hours?
Thanks for watching.
For the first 300 to 400 hours, watch the DS videos with the subtitles off. You are learning what the language sounds like and just trying to get a general understanding of what is going on in the videos. If you watch the videos with Spanish subtitles, your brain will be reading the words internally the way they would sound in English. After you really know what the language sounds like, maybe around 500 hours, you can turn on the subtitles in Spanish. I did this because I was confused if I was hearing a "s" or a "c", in some words - stuff like that. At this point, your brain will be reading the letters as they sound in Spanish so it won't be a problem. Although it is best to watch videos that are interesting and easy for you to understand, if I am watching a more difficult video, I will turn on subtitles in English.
Around 500 or 600 hours I started watching other, easy non DS videos. Some example YT channels are: Spanish with Danielle, Spanish Gitana, Spanishacks, Pro Español, and Lyke Español. There are a lot of channels out there.
Make sure to watch Pablo's "Start Here - How to learn a language" videos. He explains how to best use DS. Turn on the subtitles in English when watching this playlist. This is the link to his playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PLlpPf-YgbU7GrtxQ9yde-J2tfxJDvReNf.html
I tried several courses before I discovered DS and none of them worked for me. One free course I did find useful was Language Transfer - The Thinking Method. It is a series of 90 audio lessons, each about 10 minutes long, where he teaches Spanish in a back and forth way with a student. When he asks his student how to say something, you stop the tape and try to say it yourself.
@@tinynhhouse5467 You have no idea how helpful your answer was, thank you for taking the time. Wow, 500 hours seems so far away -- time to get truckin'
Hi. Firstly, i would like to congratulate you on your journey in spanish thus far. I have a few questions... Did u ever write any spanish in a note book outside of CI videos with dreaming spanish (or anything else) and do u think we shouldn't look at grammar or do any writing till a certain amount of time from just focusing only on CI?
I began my spanish learning journey last year March trying to learn with grammar and videos on youtube etc until i came across DS on youtube around Nov 2024... i have been watching it since but i also tend to stop the videos on occasions to write down the odd word or two that sounds new to me or i didn't understand and look it up. I know Pablo (from DS) says to not do that but i was doing that alot in the first month.. i still do it now and again and find it helpful... I am 3 month's in and have almost racked up 25 hours as the first month on DS i only was watching a couple vids a day compared to spending an hour and half a day since Jan 2025 begun.
I have a complicated history learning Spanish, having used many methods (Anki flashcards, Babbel, Spanish with Paul) prior to finding CI. I spent one year doing Spanish with Paul, writing down all the exercises. I was learning grammar but if I did not review it, I would forget what I learned.
Then I found DS and CI. No more studying, just trying to understand what was going on in the videos. And what I learned with CI, sticks with me, I don't forget it. Not to mention the only way to understand someone speaking to you is through CI.
I highly recommend Language Transfer, The Thinking Method. It teaches you vocabulary and grammar with audio files, using a unique question and answer method.
Thanks for the comments.
@@tinynhhouse5467 Sounds similar to how i was learning before DS/CI, which like u, i find it sticks way better, as its more natural to the human mind and brain, as is the way we learn as children with any language, so it only makes sense. Oh ok. Is that an app (thinking method)??
@Calafiori24 The Thinking Method is a series of 90 audio files, approximately 8 to 10 minutes in length. You can download the files to your cell phone and listen to them any time.
www.languagetransfer.org/complete-spanish
@@tinynhhouse5467 Amazing. Thanks🙂
@@tinynhhouse5467 Hi. I am almost at 50 hours.. I wanted to ask u if u ever rewatched any videos once u finished them because u didnt get what they said and so u restarted it, or did u just let it be and continue with the next one?
¿Hay algún acento que te parezca más fácil o más difícil?
I find the Argentinian accent to be more difficult.
@@tinynhhouse5467 thats ok my mother language is spanish and there are some spanish accent that i find harder to understand than english lol
You are correct sir . I'm at over 1300 hours of almost exclusively Dreaming Spanish and I'm no where near being fluent . Probably barely intermediate . It still is for me the best way , but Pablo's road map is way way off . A friend of mine also uses Dreaming Spanish and is over 1500 hours and is not even close to fluent . Intermediate at best .
READ the BIBLE in spanish. Después ESCUCHA la Biblia en Español y léela en Inglés. Funciona bien!!!!
1:34 40000 to 50000 hours would be more realistic.
Add roughly 1000 hours for every year of age beyond 12 years old.
This is such a fake figure lol.
Felicidades con tu viaje de aprendiendo español.
I'm studing hebrew reading English and listening hebrew. Este método me ayuda mucho. Leo la biblia y escucho el lenguaje que deseo aprender. Funciona bien!
CI is great but to get good at speaking you’ve got to speak and speak
Aprender el idioma no es nunca lineal. Yo tengo una experiencia similar. Este será mi tercer año aprendiendo ruso y francés. Si echo la vista dos años atrás, puedo ver un progreso enorme en ambos idiomas (de los que empecé desde cero). Sin embargo, aún estoy lejos de poder hablar ninguno de los idiomas. Yo también me centro únicamente en entender el idioma hablado, por lo que el resto de áreas están muy por debajo de mi nivel de compresión oral, aunque, sorprendentemente para mí, no tan bajas como esperaría. Puedo leer tanto ruso como francés a nivel principiante alto-intermedio. Aunque lo que peor llevo es hablar cualquiera de los idiomas, pero eso no me preocupa porque sé que incluso sin hablar el idioma, esa parte también se trabaja.
Mucho ánimo, estoy convencido de que lograrás tu objetivo de aprender español.
PD: Hace unos días me preguntaba por ti y tu progreso, cuando yo estuve analizando el mío mentalmente me viniste a la mente. Así que ha sido una grata sorpresa ver que estás contento con el progreso y que tú método elegido te está dando resultados donde otros fallaron.
Не сдавайся 💪🏻
Gracias.
@@denisgalkin9924 Не переживай, я ведь уже почти всё выучил... осталось только всё остальное!
Comprehensible input is a bit of a nonsensical term. It’s not only just a more complex sounding term for oral and written comprehension. But it’s missing production and it doesn’t help much at all with that. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. You can’t learn without grammar, speaking with natives, and writing. The glut of polyglots is a well-documented scam.
Ah so you are not doing pure CI. I think thats very sensible. One might say you could just disregard the concept of CI altogether and just work with input and a dictionary, notepad. And use a little grammar reference.
Have you tried shadowing, chorusing, mirroring? That took my speaking to a whole new level in weeks.
I will not disregard the concept of CI. That is what brought me to this point. I would never have been able to understand someone speaking in Spanish without training my ears and brain with CI.
@tinynhhouse5467 sounds like a mental hangup rather than objective reality.
Necesitas hablar un poquito en espanol para darnos una idea de tu nivel de espanol.
Creo que no te daría el nivel de español que realmente tiene porque ha destinado la inmensa mayoría de sus horas a entender el idioma hablado que, por otro lado, es la tarea más difícil y la clave para hablar un idioma con fluidez. Si te hablase, pensarías que ha perdido 3 años. El edificio se construye a partir de la comprensión oral, sin ella no podrías decir que hablas un idioma y es el principal fallo del sistema educativo a la hora de enseñar cualquier idioma. Los estudiantes saben saliendo gramática y escribirlo o leerlo (si son muy aplicados), pero no entienden nada de lo que le diga un hablante nativo y, por lo tanto, le es completamente inútil en la vida real.
Sí, necesito unos cientos de horas de práctica oral antes de poder hablar español en mis vídeos.
@ No estoy de acuerdo. We all expect hesitant Spanish, searching for words, saying things wrong, mispronounced words. It's good to say a few things extemporaneously just to gauge your level. Good Luck.
@ Sí, no creo que nadie esperaría que él hablase como un señor de Salamanca a estas alturas. Solo digo que es como si le pides a un atleta que entrena correr 100 m lisos que haga salto de altura para ver cómo está su nivel. Él ha puesto su esfuerzo y tiempo en comprender el idioma, no en hablarlo. No te daría el nivel real del método porque te estarías fijando en algo secundario a su entrenamiento. Sería quizás interesante verle leer una historia o un video al azar y que los tradujera para ver cuánto puede comprender. Eso sí te daría una mejor aproximación.