2 hours is a GREAT amount of time devote to language if possible! More isn’t necessary for most people if you’re consistent, too much in a day can be really mentally exhausting. I study 2 hours a day as a standard, 40 minutes at LEAST, and 2 hours and 20 minutes at MOST.
wow, I I admire you so much that you can continuously study for that substantial amount of time every day! I agree, I'm glad I settled on 2 hours, it would have killed my brain if I did more than that😅
@@AfroLinguo an hour is great! I only study a bit more because I’m studying multiple languages so I have to get up earlier and go to sleep later to make time.
i’m at the beginning of my own at home language learning journey & your channel is already one of my favorites, definitely keep up the hard work :) keeping us all motivated!
I've been studying Spanish for a year. I started with Pimsleur, which gave me a super quick 'start-dash'. But when the 150 lessons of Pimsleur ended, I couldn't keep up myself to study EVERYDAY, even for 30 mins. I take 3 online lessons per week now, and tareas are killing me. In this July I will take DELE B1. You inspired me A LOT! I will definitely try this 1 week challenge. Also, Assimil looked really good, so I might take them into my journey. Thank you so much for sharing your energy!!
I'm proud of you for sticking to your plan/goal! It's hilarious that your first impulse was to make it 4 hours a day hahahaha. It's nice that the anxiety clip was included because that's honestly so relatable (although for me that's uni work, and spanish is what I do to procrastinate). It really is motivating seeing people share the same struggle. Also I'm doing LT too! About halfway through it now, I'm really loving the format/method, because I'm learning a lot of basic grammar and I'm kind of just scared of doing that from a textbook.
hahahahaa thanks for the sweet comment and I'm so glad you liked the video! love that you're doing LT! I love it for exactly that reason.... it makes grammar way less intimidating!😂
I like the idea of a burst study week! Even though day 3 was rough! Lol it helps me though to see I’m not the only one who struggles with procrastination sometimes
August was definitely a slacking month for me and my Spanish studying, but this video just gave me some much needed motivation. Kudos to you for sticking with this!
i'm new here and just have to say i love what you're doing and please keep it up! i'm trying to learn spanish and have started my journey a few months ago, i like your channel because it has the most recent updates for someone i can follow along with! subscribed and pls keep being u (:
Wow love the commitment here! And hats off to you for doing it for a whole week! I did a whole day (kinda) of learning Russian a few weeks ago and I think the only thing that kept me accountable was that I filmed a vlog of me doing it 😂
🙌🏼🙌🏼 Great job pushing through!! Do you find that you dreaded or procrastinated on certain study types over others? For example, I always put off the short stories or reading, but I love listening to videos or music.
thank you! hahaha, I know what you mean! I personally find the main textbook the hardest to open😅 and like you, podcasts and UA-cam videos are way easier for me:)
Wow you are so inspirational! I watch your videos and then want to do the same but then I’m like nah, gonna sit on the couch and watch more UA-cam instead. Shameful! Lol. Well done!
If you prefer to sit on the couch and watch more UA-cam, then watch youTube in your target language. I have exams coming up on the 7th of September and I failed it once already. I don't feel like studying it. I just wanna sit on the couch and watch tv. So you know what I did, I shared my computer screen to the tv and watched the lectures my teacher gave. It really doesn't feel like studying, but I am learning stuff.
4:34 - ¡Que chimba (como dicen los parces colombianos🇨🇴) que escuchas Juanes!🇨🇴 If you like Spanish music from this era, may I recommend the Mexican alternative/pop rock band Elefante. Particularly these 2 albums: El que busca encuentra (2001) & Lo que Andábamos Buscando (2002), when Reyli Barba was the band's vocalist. Keep up the studying Emi!📚🎧
I used to study for like an hour and a half everyday with no problem, but now I'm struggling to do like 30-45 minutes lol. This made me want to get my crap back together though and start studying how I used to, so thanks for sharing!! How do you like Assimil btw?
hahaha I'm glad this video could encourage you! although 30-45 mins seems perfectly fine and productive to me!:) I like assimil a lot! love the length of each lesson, I think it's organized pretty well, and the dialogues are humorous. I only wish there was a Latin American version, I didn't realize that dialects had any importance when I first bought it hahahha
Would you recommend assemil? (I would love to try Something with speaking exercises or speaking examples in general, since i am very early to the spanish learning process)
I personally love it! love the length of each lesson, I think it's organized pretty well, and the dialogues are humorous:) ngl it was kind of expensive, but if you're doing European Spanish I would def recommend it!
I enjoy your videos. Btw, it is NOT "loser status" in America to live at home with your parents after 18. How many 18-year-olds do you know who can actually afford to fend for themselves by the age of 18? Things are way too expensive. At least it is in NYC. So, you say that you live in Japan. How did you get your American pronunciation of English?
Hahaha, def shouldn’t have generalized… my impression of the States was that you leave for college and you live on your own after you graduate😅 My mom’s American so I grew up speaking English at home!:)
Three iTalki lessons in one week??? Is that a typical amount for you? I've been averaging one per week, but am considering trying more. I'm sure it would help me to improve my speaking, but I don't want to drain my "iTalki Lesson Budget" too quickly! 😂
Hahaha nooooo I usually average once a week! (btw same, for budget reasons hahaha) Lately I’ve been doing a language exchange with a super nice Colombian guy on italki every week, which is helping a lot with my budget!😂
@@emigrace Ah, ok! A language exchange is a great idea. I have a few Spanish speakers that I text with regularly, but haven't managed to get a consistent face-to-face speaking exchange going yet. I should make more of an effort to do that... my budget will thank me!
¿Has escuchado las canciones antiguas de Shakira? Por favor, escucha "Antología" de Shakira. :) Si no te gusta, vuelve a escucharla después de algunas horas. xD :D
Damn!! I don't even speak spanish but I understand what you wrote. You were like "Have you heard the song from Shakira called "Antiguas"? Please listen to "Antologia" from Shakira. If you don't like it...." After that, my understanding vanished haha.
@@AfroLinguo "Antología" means collection of pieces of literature, music, etc. In English is "Anthology". The last part was: "If you don't like it, listen to it again after some hours. xD :D " It's a good song. :)
2 hours is a GREAT amount of time devote to language if possible! More isn’t necessary for most people if you’re consistent, too much in a day can be really mentally exhausting. I study 2 hours a day as a standard, 40 minutes at LEAST, and 2 hours and 20 minutes at MOST.
wow, I I admire you so much that you can continuously study for that substantial amount of time every day! I agree, I'm glad I settled on 2 hours, it would have killed my brain if I did more than that😅
I even study just one hour a day every other day and I am still making progress. Consistency is the key.
@@AfroLinguo an hour is great! I only study a bit more because I’m studying multiple languages so I have to get up earlier and go to sleep later to make time.
I am loving learning Spanish ❤️❤️
love that!❤️
@@emigrace ❤️
i’m at the beginning of my own at home language learning journey & your channel is already one of my favorites, definitely keep up the hard work :) keeping us all motivated!
Which language are you learning? Wishing you success in your goals!😁😁😁
That’s amazing!! Thanks so much for the kind words💞
I've been studying Spanish for a year. I started with Pimsleur, which gave me a super quick 'start-dash'. But when the 150 lessons of Pimsleur ended, I couldn't keep up myself to study EVERYDAY, even for 30 mins. I take 3 online lessons per week now, and tareas are killing me. In this July I will take DELE B1. You inspired me A LOT! I will definitely try this 1 week challenge. Also, Assimil looked really good, so I might take them into my journey. Thank you so much for sharing your energy!!
I’m new to your channel and girl I am obsessed! 💖
aw thank youuuu!🙈💞
I'm proud of you for sticking to your plan/goal! It's hilarious that your first impulse was to make it 4 hours a day hahahaha.
It's nice that the anxiety clip was included because that's honestly so relatable (although for me that's uni work, and spanish is what I do to procrastinate). It really is motivating seeing people share the same struggle.
Also I'm doing LT too! About halfway through it now, I'm really loving the format/method, because I'm learning a lot of basic grammar and I'm kind of just scared of doing that from a textbook.
hahahahaa thanks for the sweet comment and I'm so glad you liked the video!
love that you're doing LT! I love it for exactly that reason.... it makes grammar way less intimidating!😂
I like the idea of a burst study week! Even though day 3 was rough! Lol it helps me though to see I’m not the only one who struggles with procrastination sometimes
Hearing you say that, I’m happy that I left that clip in the video!:)
Me sigues inspirando. Quiero que estar como tu. Muchas gracias por tus videos.
August was definitely a slacking month for me and my Spanish studying, but this video just gave me some much needed motivation. Kudos to you for sticking with this!
I'm so glad to hear that!🤍
i'm new here and just have to say i love what you're doing and please keep it up! i'm trying to learn spanish and have started my journey a few months ago, i like your channel because it has the most recent updates for someone i can follow along with! subscribed and pls keep being u (:
so glad you found my lil channel!💞 thanks for the sweet comment:)
congratulations on completing your challenge!!
Wow love the commitment here! And hats off to you for doing it for a whole week! I did a whole day (kinda) of learning Russian a few weeks ago and I think the only thing that kept me accountable was that I filmed a vlog of me doing it 😂
hahahahaha yeah, ngl the biggest driving factor for me was that I was making a video out of it😅😂
😂😂😂😂 I guess I everyone should film a vlog when they do anything that they don't feel like doing lol
u're wonderful
thanks to you I have the motivation to continue my spanish journey 😄🥰🥰
❤️❤️
Hola Emi! Que chévere! Me gustaría estudiar de esa forma sistemática, se ve más fácil medir el progreso :o ! Great video!
holaaa! gracias por comentar como siempre ;)
Wow!!! It is so interesting to watch you learn Spanish. This video was really nice. Now I wanna learn spanish too lol.
thanks so much!:)
🙌🏼🙌🏼 Great job pushing through!! Do you find that you dreaded or procrastinated on certain study types over others? For example, I always put off the short stories or reading, but I love listening to videos or music.
thank you! hahaha, I know what you mean! I personally find the main textbook the hardest to open😅 and like you, podcasts and UA-cam videos are way easier for me:)
you're so pretty!
Bien hecho! 👏🏾🥰
Wow you are so inspirational! I watch your videos and then want to do the same but then I’m like nah, gonna sit on the couch and watch more UA-cam instead. Shameful! Lol. Well done!
If you prefer to sit on the couch and watch more UA-cam, then watch youTube in your target language. I have exams coming up on the 7th of September and I failed it once already. I don't feel like studying it. I just wanna sit on the couch and watch tv. So you know what I did, I shared my computer screen to the tv and watched the lectures my teacher gave. It really doesn't feel like studying, but I am learning stuff.
hahahahhahahaaa too relatable. thanks for the sweet words!:)
4:34 - ¡Que chimba (como dicen los parces colombianos🇨🇴) que escuchas Juanes!🇨🇴
If you like Spanish music from this era, may I recommend the Mexican alternative/pop rock band Elefante.
Particularly these 2 albums: El que busca encuentra (2001) &
Lo que Andábamos Buscando (2002), when Reyli Barba was the band's vocalist. Keep up the studying Emi!📚🎧
No sé lo que significa “que chimba” pero espero que es algo bueno😂
Thanks so much for the recommendations! I’ll definitely check them out:)
You're a beautiful woman with a good heart. Keep going. I'm rooting for you
haha thank you!!
I used to study for like an hour and a half everyday with no problem, but now I'm struggling to do like 30-45 minutes lol. This made me want to get my crap back together though and start studying how I used to, so thanks for sharing!! How do you like Assimil btw?
hahaha I'm glad this video could encourage you! although 30-45 mins seems perfectly fine and productive to me!:)
I like assimil a lot! love the length of each lesson, I think it's organized pretty well, and the dialogues are humorous. I only wish there was a Latin American version, I didn't realize that dialects had any importance when I first bought it hahahha
Would you recommend assemil? (I would love to try Something with speaking exercises or speaking examples in general, since i am very early to the spanish learning process)
I personally love it! love the length of each lesson, I think it's organized pretty well, and the dialogues are humorous:) ngl it was kind of expensive, but if you're doing European Spanish I would def recommend it!
@@emigrace sorry to hijack, but do you happen to know if there's a Latin American version?
Thank you so much!
Wich lessons are you taking? Is it from a website or anything?
It’s a textbook with audio called Assimil!
Amazing ^^
I think you said it in another video but is assimil Latin American Spanish?
It’s European Spanish actually!
@@emigrace thank you!
Hi, can share where did you buy the Assimil book? muchas gracias :D
I think I just got it on Amazon!:)
@@emigrace thank you! 😄
I enjoy your videos. Btw, it is NOT "loser status" in America to live at home with your parents after 18. How many 18-year-olds do you know who can actually afford to fend for themselves by the age of 18? Things are way too expensive. At least it is in NYC. So, you say that you live in Japan. How did you get your American pronunciation of English?
Hahaha, def shouldn’t have generalized… my impression of the States was that you leave for college and you live on your own after you graduate😅
My mom’s American so I grew up speaking English at home!:)
Three iTalki lessons in one week??? Is that a typical amount for you? I've been averaging one per week, but am considering trying more. I'm sure it would help me to improve my speaking, but I don't want to drain my "iTalki Lesson Budget" too quickly! 😂
Hahaha nooooo I usually average once a week! (btw same, for budget reasons hahaha)
Lately I’ve been doing a language exchange with a super nice Colombian guy on italki every week, which is helping a lot with my budget!😂
@@emigrace Ah, ok! A language exchange is a great idea. I have a few Spanish speakers that I text with regularly, but haven't managed to get a consistent face-to-face speaking exchange going yet. I should make more of an effort to do that... my budget will thank me!
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FWIW, I'm an American who still lives with her parents, and I'm pretty sure I'm older than you. 🤣😂
hahaha I shouldn't have generalized😅
@@emigrace haha, it’s cool. 🤣😂
como esta senorita..hehehe..like your videos
¿Has escuchado las canciones antiguas de Shakira? Por favor, escucha "Antología" de Shakira. :) Si no te gusta, vuelve a escucharla después de algunas horas. xD :D
Damn!! I don't even speak spanish but I understand what you wrote. You were like "Have you heard the song from Shakira called "Antiguas"? Please listen to "Antologia" from Shakira. If you don't like it...." After that, my understanding vanished haha.
@@AfroLinguo "Antología" means collection of pieces of literature, music, etc. In English is "Anthology". The last part was: "If you don't like it, listen to it again after some hours. xD :D " It's a good song. :)
Old songs = canciones antiguas. = canciones viejas.
@@IntelligentAtheism 😅😅😅 i guess Spanish isn’t that easy after all haha
@@IntelligentAtheism Canciones viejas sounds like French. « Vielle chansons »