I love this video. Most language learning progress videos are rather braggadocios, advertising how quickly they obtained fluency. This video demonstrates realistic progress. I am at around 300 hrs of input, and I really enjoyed seeing your level after 1500 hrs. Good luck with the rest of your Spanish journey! I will be following!
Thanks! Yeah I wanted to be more real and show how my progress is going without cuts / edits and what you guys can expect after many hours of input. I know that when I was at the beginning of Dreaming Spanish I would've liked something like this to show how progress will be in future. Hope this helps everyone.
Ánimo. La lectura ayuda con la sintaxis y el enriquecimento del vocabulario. También, leer en voz alta diez minutos al día sobre todo los trabalenuga es una manera eficaz para mejorar la pronunciación. Las expresiones idiomáticas y los refranes se aprenden mejor cuando pasas una temporada en un país hispanohablante.
Thanks for the video. I was wondering when you started speaking. I feel better now that I haven't started speaking yet. I am reading some pages from books out loud to work on my pronunciation. Thanks for the headphone video too. I bought a cheap set of Sony headphones on Amazon and my daily number of hours of CI have increased a lot! - Dave
Reading out loud is actually a good method for practicing pronunciation. It's also good to get the mouth used to speaking in Spanish. It's quite difficult at first but after say a couple of weeks the Spanish really does start to flow and even gets faster.
Well done Joe, there is a big big difference in your level of speaking compared to your video you did a few months ago. There is a lot more fluidity and the pronunciation is better. CI works, there is no doubt about it. Seguimos adquiriendo!!
Ten Minute Spanish has an amazing YT channel for Spanish phonetics. He made a video specifically on /nr/ and /lr/ consonant clusters, which are hard for many English speakers. Usually the /l/ in "alrededor" gets weakened/swallowed. Note: It sounds like you might be articulating the /l/ in the wrong place. /l/ in Spanish is *not* the same as /l/ in English. That may be why you're having issues.
Thanks! I actually was checking out his videos earlier this week and yeah combinations like that with /r/are quite difficult from what I've noticed. I'll check out his video on /l/.
@@realJoeSemala forma en la que lo explico es que puedes combinarlas (la L y la R) y pronunciarlas al mismo tiempo. Ojalá pudiera enviarte un mensaje de voz aquí 😅. "A-lRededor" la L es más débil y empiezas a pronunciar la R enseguida.
@@realJoeSema no problem, dude. Also, don't worry about not rolling your Rs perfect every time. Natives don't do this and there are dialects of Spanish that don't roll their Rs at all really like some Costa Rican accents. Famous Costa Rican accents have an R similar to the US.
@@osoperezoso2608I find this funny because my name is Ricardo, which has 2 strong r's and I have a friend from Puerto Rico who pronounces it like "Licaldo" lol I also tell him his from "Puelto Lico"
Hablas realmente bien, my only question is about the time, how many days you needed to reach this level, i dont know how much is 1500 hours i think is not much i dont know, im learning japanese at this time and would apreciate if you can tell me this. By the way im spanish native speaker and i think your level in spanish is really good, not perfect but really good.
Thanks, yeah I feel like I need a bit more to feel more comfortable while speaking in Spanish and express myself well. Dreaming Spanish has a timeline on their website: www.dreamingspanish.com/method. I'm closing in on ~3000 hours @ just around 2 years or so. I started around Oct 2022, but started taking my Spanish more seriously in Jan 2023.
@@dxrklive8097 Pretty good I would say, I can tell a big difference from 2k to almost 3k. I've mainly listened to Colombian content since 1.5k and I can understand Colombian slang a lot better than any other accent. I can also tell if someone is from the coast of Colombia vs Bogota vs Cali etc, they sound quite different to my ear now. Also I can understand the difference when people talk using usted vs tu and how to use them, which I remember I didn't understand before. As well as I can listen to harder stuff than before, there's not really much I can't listen to except for when people go really hard on slang that I've never heard before. Overall, I think like my comprehension has improved a lot.
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Sí, quiero más videos como esta. Gracias!
I love this video. Most language learning progress videos are rather braggadocios, advertising how quickly they obtained fluency. This video demonstrates realistic progress. I am at around 300 hrs of input, and I really enjoyed seeing your level after 1500 hrs. Good luck with the rest of your Spanish journey! I will be following!
Thanks! Yeah I wanted to be more real and show how my progress is going without cuts / edits and what you guys can expect after many hours of input. I know that when I was at the beginning of Dreaming Spanish I would've liked something like this to show how progress will be in future. Hope this helps everyone.
Gracias, más videos como este y tú acento es 💯
Muchas Gracias!
Ánimo. La lectura ayuda con la sintaxis y el enriquecimento del vocabulario. También, leer en voz alta diez minutos al día sobre todo los trabalenuga es una manera eficaz para mejorar la pronunciación. Las expresiones idiomáticas y los refranes se aprenden mejor cuando pasas una temporada en un país hispanohablante.
Thanks for the video. I was wondering when you started speaking. I feel better now that I haven't started speaking yet. I am reading some pages from books out loud to work on my pronunciation. Thanks for the headphone video too. I bought a cheap set of Sony headphones on Amazon and my daily number of hours of CI have increased a lot! - Dave
Reading out loud is actually a good method for practicing pronunciation. It's also good to get the mouth used to speaking in Spanish. It's quite difficult at first but after say a couple of weeks the Spanish really does start to flow and even gets faster.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, over the neck headphones I feel are a real hack when it comes to getting more hours in.
Yeah, I really like reading out loud for pronunciation but also cause I feel its easier to follow along with the story as well.
Well done Joe, there is a big big difference in your level of speaking compared to your video you did a few months ago. There is a lot more fluidity and the pronunciation is better. CI works, there is no doubt about it. Seguimos adquiriendo!!
Thanks!
Awesome work!
Thanks!
Amazing!! 👍👍👍
Thanks!
te escucho hablar y lo haces muy bien, note algunos errores, pero tenes bastante trabajada la pronunciación :)
Muchas Gracias!
Ten Minute Spanish has an amazing YT channel for Spanish phonetics. He made a video specifically on /nr/ and /lr/ consonant clusters, which are hard for many English speakers. Usually the /l/ in "alrededor" gets weakened/swallowed.
Note: It sounds like you might be articulating the /l/ in the wrong place. /l/ in Spanish is *not* the same as /l/ in English. That may be why you're having issues.
Thanks! I actually was checking out his videos earlier this week and yeah combinations like that with /r/are quite difficult from what I've noticed. I'll check out his video on /l/.
@@realJoeSemala forma en la que lo explico es que puedes combinarlas (la L y la R) y pronunciarlas al mismo tiempo.
Ojalá pudiera enviarte un mensaje de voz aquí 😅.
"A-lRededor" la L es más débil y empiezas a pronunciar la R enseguida.
@@osoperezoso2608 Gracias, voy a practicarla así hasta que me sale
@@realJoeSema no problem, dude. Also, don't worry about not rolling your Rs perfect every time. Natives don't do this and there are dialects of Spanish that don't roll their Rs at all really like some Costa Rican accents. Famous Costa Rican accents have an R similar to the US.
@@osoperezoso2608I find this funny because my name is Ricardo, which has 2 strong r's and I have a friend from Puerto Rico who pronounces it like "Licaldo" lol
I also tell him his from "Puelto Lico"
I'm impressed with your speaking skills. I just hit 1400 hour and started to speak. Wow, is it hard? But input wasn't
easy at the beginning either.
Averiguó qué es averiguar
Hablas realmente bien, my only question is about the time, how many days you needed to reach this level, i dont know how much is 1500 hours i think is not much i dont know, im learning japanese at this time and would apreciate if you can tell me this. By the way im spanish native speaker and i think your level in spanish is really good, not perfect but really good.
Thanks, yeah I feel like I need a bit more to feel more comfortable while speaking in Spanish and express myself well.
Dreaming Spanish has a timeline on their website: www.dreamingspanish.com/method. I'm closing in on ~3000 hours @ just around 2 years or so. I started around Oct 2022, but started taking my Spanish more seriously in Jan 2023.
@@realJoeSema thanks a lot, thats really helpfull, keep going man you are doing great.
@@realJoeSemadang how’s your comprehension like at nearly 3000 hours of input?
@@dxrklive8097 Pretty good I would say, I can tell a big difference from 2k to almost 3k. I've mainly listened to Colombian content since 1.5k and I can understand Colombian slang a lot better than any other accent. I can also tell if someone is from the coast of Colombia vs Bogota vs Cali etc, they sound quite different to my ear now. Also I can understand the difference when people talk using usted vs tu and how to use them, which I remember I didn't understand before. As well as I can listen to harder stuff than before, there's not really much I can't listen to except for when people go really hard on slang that I've never heard before. Overall, I think like my comprehension has improved a lot.