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Impressive results man!

I have over 400 hours.

it's hilarious that you were hugging that dude on the motorcycle and he was like "has he never ridden on a motorcycle before and your friend was like 'we dont do that here" 😂😂 gold. great progress video. looks like a fun trip

it's awesome that you did so much listening and now are able to use it like in regular life. very very cool. i feel like this is the type of progress update so many people want to see. can you go and hangout with people and chat, make friends, travel etc. all using the language and you can! great proof that Comprehensible input has great results

Excellent work, you sound amazing. Keep it up!

The supposed "negatives" you mentioned about WorldsAcross (WA) such as having similar conversations over time, and not being able to replace real life friends/people, are limitations of online language learning platforms and do not pertain specifically to WA per se. Personally, I love WorldsAcross. I see myself staying with them for a long time. I can't wait to go on one of WorldsAcross experience trips to Argentina

Adding this too my Ci for today 😂😂😂

¡Felicidades Joe por tu nivel de español! Tu pronunciación es muy buena. Sólo quería hacer dos comentarios. No sé si en Hispanoamérica se usa más la palabra “escucha” como la traducción de “listening”, pero en España se dice “comprensión auditiva” en el caso de aprendizaje de lenguas. La otra cosa, es sobre el género de las palabras que acaban en “-ema”, muchas de ellas son de género masculino, aunque acaben en “a” como “el tema”, aunque “la flema”… y no hay más remedio que aprendérselas una a una. 😊

Kind of impressive. I salute your dedication. The success can be seen/heard by all! I would have a query about developing reading and whether you do, or feel the need to do any grammar. That's a query about DS but also how you feel about reading and grammar as a learner. Well done on your progress!

The thing is - When i have Input going while im doing something else, i dont retain it or its like im not paying attention

Great job, bro! One tip I would give you is to work on reducing the use of filler words like 'um' in your speech. They are unnecessary and can detract from how you sound. Eliminating them will help you communicate more effectively, though it is ultimately up to you if this is something you want to focus on. I understand that using filler words is common, but I consider it a habit worth improving. I recommend gradually trying to use them less and less. I used to struggle with this as well, but with practice I was able to overcome it.

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What are some TV shows or podcasts that are among the most difficult that you can understand comfortably?

Felicidades! Tu español es muy, muy bueno. Suenas como nativo. Cuántos meses te tomó consumir las 3000 horas que mencionas?

cincuenta y dos millones quinientos sesenta y tres mil novecientos diez

Al hablar es normal equivocarse así que puede que ya lo sepas, pero por si te sirve te señalo algunos errores: 0:36 En España por lo menos no se usa escuchar como sinónimo de entender, diríamos "puedo entender casi todo" y no "puedo escuchar casi todo" 1:29 el* tema general 2:34 palabras leídas* en español 2:52 más vocabulario el* cual puedo coger 4:36 con el* tiempo (suena más natural así) 4:40 una* pronunciación mejor (aunque en este caso suena más natural: una mejor pronunciación) 5:10 todos mis pensamientos en orden 5:22 amigos con los cuales* Tu acento es muy bueno pero sí me parece que es de alguien que habla inglés como primera lengua, en cosas como la pronunciación de las ges y jotas (como en la palabra jerga 0:53), que suelen pronunciarse más fuerte en español, menos "exhaladas". Aún así no creo que ningún aprendiz de un idioma deba tratar de camuflar su acento, lo importante es hablar con claridad.

¡Muy bien! ¡Felicitaciones! 1600 hours here, and I'm just starting to get the hang of the grammar (like the indirect pronouns), so I'm halfway there! Funny about the numbers, too - I can't even comprehend doing a large number right now. Native videos are still a little quick for me sometimes, too, unless it's a topic I enjoy (politics being one of them, oddly! Election Night on Telemundo was very comprehensible and I learned a bunch of new vocabulary, and surprising viewpoints, too. Social/cultural/history/tech documentaries are also on my favorites list.).

🎉 felicidades por el progreso, haz hecho un gran trabajo

Great video. As someone who is only a few hundred hours in (only 70 hours of actual CI, plus 5 years of Spanish classes that got my comprehension to a level around 150 hours of CI despite 700 hours spent in class), this video was quite inspirational to me.

amazing congrats!! I'm at 247 hours rn so hopefully I'll get to your level one day haha

Ok, so you have 3000 hours, but what do you think the real hours are? If you were to "guestimate"? For how many of those hours did you actually pay attention? I have now 1441 hours, and I think I am able to pay attention for around.... 70 % of the time. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Something like that. So my real hours are somewhere around 1008 hours of input, I think.

you speak better spanish than most first gen mexican americans lol. Keep up the good work brother, your results show the efforts you've put in. Best of luck to you!

Wow your spanish is great! You sound like a native speaker

Inspirational! Nice work brother

How much speaking practice do you do?

Gracias Joe. You sound great! - Dave

Great job! Thanks for the video! I would love to have your accent/pronunciation. Would you mind sharing some of your favorite podcasts/shows? I'm at a little over 1400 hours but I feel that finding content I both enjoy and understand to an acceptable level continues to be difficult (maybe my comprehension threshold is too high). I do know about the DS reddit spreadsheet, fwiw. :)

Toda la vaina para mi es muy vulgar. No usaría la palabra vaina.

¡Hablas de puta madre! He detectado muy pocos errores y la pronunciación está muy bien, hasta tienes acento mexicano. :) Conjugas los verbos muy bien, algunos errores de concordancia entre sustantivo y adjetivo, o entre artículo y sustantivo (por ejemplo, en 1:28 dices "la tema" en vez de "el tema"). Son errores muy comunes de la gente no nativa, pero no temas, porque apenas te pasa. ¡Sigue así!

Yeah. Numbers are the hardest. We break them up in other languages because it's easier to understand. It's kind of absurd to say one hundred and ninety nine thousand one hundred and twenty. Just say one ninety nine one twenty.

Wow, that's very impressive!

Heck yea baby!🎉🎉

Thanks for the input Joe. Every minute counts! Sounded great to me but I’m no accent expert. Impressive that there were no cuts in the recording. Not many pro ‘content creators’ manage that.

Thank you, this is all really good insight, so appreciate you for creating this video

Your accent sounds great. I'm 300 hours in and can understand you, but of course I can't really output.

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I can see a difference since your last update. I am at 1700 hrs and this is so encouraging to hear. Your accent sounds very neutral to me.

Poco a poco amigo! Todo del trabajo vale la pena!

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Yaaaas🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congrats!!

Solid! The sky is the limit for sure! 💪💪🔥🔥

Hola Joe Sema. Soy hablante nativo de español y soy fan de tus videos. Llevo un año y medio aprendiendo inglés a través del input, viendo series y me gustaría empezar a hablar, ya que actualmente entiendo mucho. Me gustaria proponerte el hacer intercambio de idiomas entre nosotros, semanalmente o como prefieras para asi practicar ambos nuestros idiomas. ¿Que te parece? si te interesa me comentas. Un saludo.

I disagree with a lot of what you say.yes, one can speak and have a great accent without reading, but you would be speaking at a high school level at best in your target language. It would be speaking to an average 15 year old. It that what one wants? Kindle allows one to have a online dictionary and be able to highlight an unknown word, continue reading and come back to look up the word later. Most of the the time context will let you read without stopping. Just my thoughts.

I am reading in German as I am already above C1 level in it. Currently almost done reading "Deep work" by cal newport but in German. I would recommend this book if its available in Spanish.

glad you are liking it

italki and preply have AI summaries and stats that get at what you’re describing

I absolutely love WorldsAcross for me it’s a membership I’ll gladly pay for years to come.