it was cool finally hearing it from a Spanish speakers perspective and only Spanish growing up. That's actually quite interesting she's in the UK now where their most studied language is you guessed it. Spanish! But hearing her take was incredible as it was insightful. I've actually fallen from the top of the Spanish class and am down to only completing one lesson a day to keep the streak going. it's sensationally hard when you don't have Spanish speaking friends to help on the journey and am only just now seeing the importance of that. and you can study your ass off but unless you know people who can speak it it'll be very hard .. yeah. am still studying it occasionally but unless you have speakers along for the ride (you have to start speaking it eventually), trying to learn it just feels obsolete. not trying to sound discouraged or be discouraging but it's vital to have Spanish speaking friends. yeah there's still ways you can learn it through apps podcasts and all sorts of other tools but how frequent does someone learn anything using only tools? and that's where it's water meets oil. I've been studying this thing for years but now it's gotten to the point I'm hardly learning anything. it's still introduced new words but am failing miserably when quizzed.
am actually starting to wonder if it's genetics? I notice people of certain descents are able to pick up on it better than others and as you say still struggle understanding it. I wonder if it has to do with region? even people with Spanish ancestry who grew up speaking English struggle with this. So it kinda makes you wonder at times then of course some people are just better learners when it comes to speaking and interacting. growing up as a kid I was antisocial but loved to read. So socializing wasn't a strong trait I didn't like people (still don't like people) and obviously eventually have to branch out and despite me having the need to do either of these I just can't fully bring myself to wanting to deal and interact with others and am starting to think maybe I just need to switch up from the learning app to other excercises. there's all sorts of ways to learning a language and don't necessarily mean gotta start making friends and meeting people of the other language. in certain places it might be beneficial to know some people but unless it's people you speak to and interact with daily you're in just as bad of shape only learning through the app and I love Spanish! Spanish is already at the epicenter of what I do daily. Just about everything I do on my phone either has Spanish on it in it or do storyline games in Spanish on my ps4. So it's virtually my waking life but still not learning no matter how much time I spend hearing and listening to it from actors /native speakers. it will always be so much better hearing it from the natives!
I love her definition of fluency. Its so true when speaking a second language, there’s good days and bad days. Some days I feel like I can’t form a sentence in Spanish and other days it flows better than English. Good interview
I quite agree with her. Personally, my goal is not to have a native accent when I speak English. I only seek to have a good pronunciation by learning to pronounce the phonetic sounds of the English language. But I completely understand that there are people who want that.
Yes, I have been changing my mentality over this throughout my journey. I was super obsessed with having a certain accent. Now, I am more open to just having a neutral accent when speaking Spanish
Para tener acento americano tienes que hacer nacido en EEUU. Mi cuñado es mexicano, habla con fluidez el inglés porque tiene viviendo en EEUU más de 30 años, pero mantiene su acento mexicano.
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it was cool finally hearing it from a Spanish speakers perspective and only Spanish growing up. That's actually quite interesting she's in the UK now where their most studied language is you guessed it. Spanish!
But hearing her take was incredible as it was insightful. I've actually fallen from the top of the Spanish class and am down to only completing one lesson a day to keep the streak going. it's sensationally hard when you don't have Spanish speaking friends to help on the journey and am only just now seeing the importance of that. and you can study your ass off but unless you know people who can speak it it'll be very hard .. yeah.
am still studying it occasionally but unless you have speakers along for the ride
(you have to start speaking it eventually), trying to learn it just feels obsolete. not trying to sound discouraged or be discouraging but it's vital to have Spanish speaking friends. yeah there's still ways you can learn it through apps podcasts and all sorts of other tools but how frequent does someone learn anything using only tools? and that's where it's water meets oil.
I've been studying this thing for years but now it's gotten to the point I'm hardly learning anything. it's still introduced new words but am failing miserably when quizzed.
am actually starting to wonder if it's genetics? I notice people of certain descents are able to pick up on it better than others and as you say still struggle understanding it. I wonder if it has to do with region? even people with Spanish ancestry who grew up speaking English struggle with this. So it kinda makes you wonder at times then of course some people are just better learners when it comes to speaking and interacting.
growing up as a kid I was antisocial but loved to read. So socializing wasn't a strong trait I didn't like people (still don't like people) and obviously eventually have to branch out and despite me having the need to do either of these I just can't fully bring myself to wanting to deal and interact with others and am starting to think maybe I just need to switch up from the learning app to other excercises.
there's all sorts of ways to learning a language and don't necessarily mean gotta start making friends and meeting people of the other language. in certain places it might be beneficial to know some people but unless it's people you speak to and interact with daily you're in just as bad of shape only learning through the app and I love Spanish!
Spanish is already at the epicenter of what I do daily. Just about everything I do on my phone either has Spanish on it in it or do storyline games in Spanish on my ps4. So it's virtually my waking life but still not learning no matter how much time I spend hearing and listening to it from actors /native speakers. it will always be so much better hearing it from the natives!
I love her definition of fluency. Its so true when speaking a second language, there’s good days and bad days. Some days I feel like I can’t form a sentence in Spanish and other days it flows better than English. Good interview
Exactly, I can't agree with you more! Thank you for watching
I quite agree with her. Personally, my goal is not to have a native accent when I speak English. I only seek to have a good pronunciation by learning to pronounce the phonetic sounds of the English language. But I completely understand that there are people who want that.
Yes, I have been changing my mentality over this throughout my journey. I was super obsessed with having a certain accent. Now, I am more open to just having a neutral accent when speaking Spanish
Para tener acento americano tienes que hacer nacido en EEUU. Mi cuñado es mexicano, habla con fluidez el inglés porque tiene viviendo en EEUU más de 30 años, pero mantiene su acento mexicano.
Guau, muchas gracias por este cuento y perspectiva. Creo que eso nos ayuda aceptar nosotros mismos aun mas y no darnos vergüenza por como sonamos.
she looks like ariana grande
Haha