This is such excellent advice. I catch myself wanting to express myself in Spanish the way I do in English. I can’t do it yet, because I’m just beginning. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about communicating effectively. Your English is terrific, and you are a wonderful teacher.
Embrace the challenge and keep it up! Spanish is a long but fun way to go!! Thank you so much for your words about my English haha It's a long way for me as well!
Ive totally been " sacrficing my ego" when speaking to the natives in Mexico lol.... I did not want to live in Mexico and not learn the culture or the people . I did not go around looking for the expat community , i just use sign language and talk like a baby lol . works for me and i am learning more and more everyday . so glad i found your channel . i return to mexico soon and i cant wait to get back to my spanish speaking friends and show them how i have been practicing while way .😊
This was so helpful. When you said “broken English” to get a point across. It makes sense. I will think in that way now because that’s what happens in any language. when learning a language even a native language children do it all the time this makes total sense.
I have just shared this with the community of Spanish learners that I belong to. We live in a very competetive and demanding world and I believe this unconsciously sabotages our ability to become "beginners" when we're adults. In my group we are all learners and we don't teach or correct each other - we just communicate as best we can! It's not a replacement for a teacher but it does enable us to get into the flow of expressing ourselves and discovering the gaps in our vocabulary. And have fun! Thank you so much for giving learners permission to be learners!
This could be a very long conversation about pedagogy and the educational system where we live, and it's super interesting. I believe adults can be learners at any age; we just need the right approach-one that encourages exploration and the ability to reflect in our learning process.
Yea her method is actually dope. Was telling myself to learn as if I were a baby learning words and this was before this video. As someone from the woods in the country learning the correct Spanish and getting to a B1 upper beginner level it DOES WORK!
This broke it down perfectly💯. We always try to articulate in english, and it becomes harder to gain fluency in spanish because we want to know every word and conjugation. Muchas gracias senora!!😁💐
OMG I LOVE YOU!!! Well, yes you and those curls are very easy to look at, but what I really mean is that you hit the nail right on the head with this philosophy!! I have several college degrees and every time I speak Spanish I want to sound like I have an education. I always try to translate these complicated English sentences into Spanish--unsuccessfully. My ego keeps me from breaking down my English thoughts and trying to speak like a child in Spanish. But YOU, fair lady, have made me re-think that entire process and realize a new goal--Just get the message across or as we say in English, K.I.S.S.! (Keep it simple, stupid!). The process is like riding a motorcycle, you never want to outride your skills, meaning that you shouldn't ride faster than you can control the bike. What you said here that got my attention is that one should not try to outthink your Spanish skills, meaning that you shouldn't try to speak faster or smarter than your skills allow. As you learn to navigate better, then you can go faster...On the motorcycle AND with your Spanish!!! Thank you!
Exactly! I'm a bike rider, so I totally relate to this analogy. When I was learning how to ride, I remember a friend giving me advice about speed and brakes. Haha, you don't want to go fast before knowing how to respond.
My husband is from Durango MX. And has been telling me I need to learn this way first because it will be easier not the way of rules first in a class other than a lesson like yours. I love this! So happy I found your page. ❤❤❤ I can understand simple conversations and join all the time if I have something to say in English but I can't remember the words to say in Spanish and this will help .
Hola Gabriela. Wow acabo de ver cómo desbloquear a alguien cuyo hipotálamo está bloqueado con el idioma! Me encantó. Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos .
Sounding like I'm not smart has by far been the biggest hang-up when I'm talking to a native Spanish speaker. You just have to put your pride aside and risk sounding silly. They usually understand what you're trying to say
This is such a great video and totally resonates. I am doing this nearly every time I speak Spanish and have yet to come across a video that makes sense of it like this one does. I constantly try to say things in Spanish how I would say them in English, and that just overcomplicates the thought process and leads to freezing and sounding even worse. Great examples with the student and child as well. These are so helpful because they're real life examples, and are a good reminder it's normal to struggle with this. Well done!
Wow! Thank you for your words! Yes, it happens a lot, and certainly happened to me in English 😂 simplifying thoughts in our first language will lead to smoother sentences in Spanish.
I'm very much a beginner and this is very helpful. I even see you doing this yourself, where your English is good but imperfect, you say something in a simpler way or maybe without the correct verb tense or whatever, and I have zero trouble understanding your meaning. I hope that didn't come off as insulting in any way. Your English is 1,000 times better than my Spanish 🙂.
@@jrusko69 Absolutely agreed with you! That's exactly my point, getting the message across is just a matter of choosing a few words, we don't need to be perfect 🫣
It's refreshing to see a native speaker teaching Spanish. In most cases, it's ridiculous to learn from a non-native. I have a lot of Hispanic friends here in USA. Of the ones that were not raised here, the few that speak English are ones who did not let embarrassment stop them from using English every possible moment in spite of many mistakes. As you bring out, like kids do. 👍
While I do enjoy the idea of learning like a child and I tend to put my learning style towards that method, the most difficult part is putting it in practice with others. People are more patient with children and will correct them when they are wrong, repeat things or explain things when they don’t understand, speak slower for them, etc. I’ve started going to a Spanish speaking church so that I can speak to people more, even if I didn’t know how to fully communicate. But I’m often misunderstood and instead of correcting me or repeating what they said or talking slower, they will switch to speaking to me in English even if I am attempting to speak in Spanish. Don’t get me wrong, they’re very nice and appreciate that I’m trying to learn their language. But speaking has been so difficult for me because I haven’t found someone who is willing to be patient and actually speak to me.
This makes so much sense now, for me I was thinking that I was over complicating the conversation trying to in a sense match word for word english to Spanish.
You made a very good point for me that will change my approach to learning Spanish. Loose my ego a bit. Build a different persona. That’s right! Simplify and get the message across. Loose the fear and simplify. Substitute and concentrate on the simple message. Most people will give you great opportunity to communicate and support you. Well, I say these things to remind myself and repeat your message but I love your approach. I only have three Spanish tutorial I subscribe to but you fit in very well. Thank you, I will follow you with interest.
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Muchas gracias! This is so interesting! I've often found that, at the level of Spanish that I'm at right now, I want to communicate on a more complex level but I don't have the skills... and then i keep simplifying in my head, more and more, until I can communicate my idea in a much more simple way, often on the level of a 3-year old :D Also, interestingly, many years ago i bought a course to learn Polish. The concept of this course was to teach Polish as children would learn - purely by repetition and no grammatical concepts. So the teacher would teach whole sentences - by repeating them - from the end of the sentence, syllable by syllable. This was the first time i consciously learned a language purely by repetition with no understanding of the grammar - like a child. Very interesting!
@@bidibibip Wow! Inspiring, I went to Poland recently and I used to hear a lot of polish in my previous work, so I went there and enjoyed a lot using the words that I learned by imitation and ear, it was great! Every day more and more polish came to me, it felt so great being able to just hear and react according to things that I once figured out purely by context.
Thank so much for sharing this video!! Showing another person learning the language in your video makes me feel like I’m not alone in being slow to speak. I hope others are as patient as you if I ever find a language partner.
Gracias por este video 🙏🏽. ¡Nuevo subscriptor! I am over 50. Soy de California, pero en mi escuela, español no se hablan. I have wanted to become fluent since my first introduction in middle school. Despues muchos años y muchas clases, todavía no soy fluido. Ahora vivo en Florida (and so) ahora es mas importante para mí especialmente porque I am a volunteer with an Adult Literacy Program. I have a learner from Venezuela. Voy a compartir su canel con él. (I used your method to write this comment so I know there are probably many errors, but I'm not ashamed)
When I was in South Africa I watched the children's programs on TV to learn Afrikaans. I believe to learn a language like a child learns is the best way to learn.
@@LingoCoachCorner I was in South Africa in 1980. I have not spoken Afrkaans since then except for a couple of times over the years. I can still speak Afrikaans.
I definitely agree with the approach in this video. This is exactly how I started speaking Spanish within days of starting to learn the language. Verb tenses and dependent clauses are commonly way way too complicated for your first days of speaking Spanish. I didn't even try to learn verb tenses at first. I just learned the words Ahora, pasado, futuro and said those words first before saying the verb usually in infinitive or simple present tense. And rather than do like natives do, I always used the subject pronoun even if I was trying to conjugate the verb correctly. Mainly because that would help the listener undersand if I used the wrong conjugation. Since then I have learned that there are MANY instances where the correct verb conjugation still does not let you know enough about the subject or even the verb tense. So at the risk of seeming somewhat less educated, I still try to use all subject pronouns and if possible turn them into nouns since even between native speakers (Including in English) pronouns can be confusing or a not perfectly attentive listener may miss them as they are so short.
@@JWinch Well done!! Using infinitives is an efficient way to get the message across avoiding to get caught in your thoughts aiming the perfect sentence.
Me encantan tus consejo y canal. Estoy aprendiendo español mas rápido que inglés mi idioma nativo. Porque después 2 años puedo leer, escribir y hablar en español. Tenía 5 años antes yo pude escribir mi nombre o leer en inglés. Mi gente….No sea tan duro en tú mismo. 🙏🏾
Now this is more my level 😂 I so want to learn Spanish and I have picked up a lot of the individual words but it's putting them into sentences and phrases. Thank you 🙏
This was great! I used to think if I could just say the words I know in Spanish, I could communicate. But then my first language self took over, and I reminded myself I am not fluent in Spanish yet. But I can still say a lot, like a child would. So I am going to stop being scared of looking silly. Thank you!! This was such great advice!!
Hola Gabriela, me encanta este video. Estoy buscando mejor mis conversaciones en general con otras personas, gente o nativos que hablan espanol. Esto mensaje de tu video es interesante porque puedo escribir y escuchar en espanol mejor tan cuando estoy hablando. A veces, siento miedo y nervioso porque quiero hablar perfectamente en todas las conversaciones. Sera tratando a hablar tan un nino. Espero que ayudame con mis confidancia recuerdo mas palabras, verbos y oraciones en conversacion. Voy a ver mas videos de tu en el futuro. Gracias.
Gracias!! Los juegos de improvisación ayudan a nuestro cerebro a responder ante situaciones que no controlamos y de esa manera nos preparamos para situaciones más realistas en una conversación. Pruébalo y buena suerte!!
Thanks for this video. You know sometimes I feel alone. Like it’s just me. I’ve been learning more than 2 years and I’m not even conversational. I do lessons twice a week and they tell me it’s a marathon not a sprint. I can’t remember, I always translate in my head but I work on it everyday. I feel like I’m doing something wrong. I fall short of every goal and I’m not improving like i want. This made me feel like so many others are struggling just like me. I still need more help 😢
Well, you're definitely not alone. Noticing progress in language learning it's super hard and sometimes we don't even know how to measure it. Taking care of the emotional aspect in the learning process helps a lot to keep the motivation!
This is great advice that I had to learn on my own! One of my go to lines when speaking Spanish in a Spanish speaking country is “perdona me. Hablo con un nino.”
Me gusta mucho este método. Y te lo voy a 'plagiar' para usar con mis alumnos 😂 Cuando yo enseño, a veces, hablo y señalo o enseño cosas, para que me entiendan. También animo a que usen palabras en inglés intercaladas pero tu método de simplificar en inglés, para luego traducirlo, no se me había ocurrido nunca explicarlo así, aunque yo sí lo hago así cuando aprendo otros idiomas! Qué curioso, eh? Muchas gracias por tus videos. Comparto muchos con mis alumnos 😊
Omg this is sooo helpful. I just rely on Spanglish lol but this isn’t helpful when speaking to people who speak very little to no English. I’ve been speaking some Spanish for most of my life, since I was a kid so I’m super comfortable saying the stuff that I know but the minute it takes me an extra amount of effort to think of what I want to say, that’s when I fall back on English. I feel like people are going to get frustrated with me if I take too long to come up with a thought so in order to keep the conversation at a natural, fast pace, I only say what comes to my mind immediately in Spanish and will go back & forth between Spanish and English throughout the conversation but I think this is a much better method that will help me to further develop my Spanish. I had a Spanish tutor on italki tell me the same thing. He said my Spanish was great and near native like when I’m in the zone and saying things that I’m well versed in but he said I need to push myself to not rely on English for what I’m not so well versed in and to take the extra time to stutter or look for my next words in Spanish. But you broke it down even better by saying that it’s ok to just get the main points across like baby talk or cave man talk lol.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It's incredibly helpful for me to reflect on others' learning processes. I hear you about feeling "in the zone." I believe we can train our brains to get into that state with the right approach-challenging yet fun, and pushing ourselves just enough without overdoing it.
Me encanta esta vídeo. En conversaciones (en español), yo quiero ser lo mismo persona yo estoy en ingles. Y últimamente, yo no hablo mucho 😅 Este vídeo tiene una perspectiva muy única y es perfecta para mi y mi nivel. Gracias!
I used the method for this comment (surprise, surprise) because when I text in Spanish I usually have to use a translator to get my more complex points across. But not using that and speaking “like a child” felt good & I got more out than I initially thought. I can’t wait to put this into practice irl. Once again, thank you!
@@cheriebomb158 Amazing!! That's the whole idea behind, getting comfortable talking-writing with the process, sometimes the process can be read as "mistakes", this is when the approach to the learning process it's so important. I'm glad it helped 💪🏾❤️
Exactly what I thought. . Often I pass a child speaking on the street and wish I could just speak m y Spanish simply like a child1 Thank you for explaining this so simply.
What I wouldn't give to be able to send this message to my partner. He's learning English and thinks he needs to be perfect in order to speak it. I made a point of pointing out my butchering of Spanish (his first language) to help him become more comfortable with his English level.
I want to learn beginning Spanish but it has been hard because I don't know where to start learning. I know some words but it is so much of instructions.I am confused. I need your help.❤ 7:56
That's basically what I did speaking with Spanish speakers in the restaurant business when I was young. I called it caveman talk though😂. Just starting to learn completely and forgot about that long ago time.
It's a long story but up until I was 6, I could speak fluent Spanish. Granted it was with the vocabulary of a 6 year old. We lived overseas since my father was in the military but when we came to the states, we spent time in a rural part of the South and were made fun of. So we stopped. Now, I'm essentially starting over. There are phrases that stuck with me because my mother still uses them. But learning again is a challenge. People, even Spanish speakers have said the ability is still there so it will come back. But it's difficult. Especially the usage of pronouns. Learning like a child is helpful especially when I'm asked a question. I can keep it simple. It's just that when I want to convey a thought, the vocabulary isn't there. I have to learn more words. It helps to have a Spanish speaking mother, una novia que habla español, and several people at the grad school where I work. Así que puedo practicar.
I think I'm the Cookie Monster. So I will talk like him in Spanish. Me look at video. Me like video. Me smarter now. Me happy. Thanks
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hey that's me! 😂😂 It's awesome working with Gabriela!
@@nw1090 😂 noo! No creo! Yo me río muchísimo en nuestras sesiones.
Hey you’re doing a great job! Keep going.
@@katie9735 thank you!
@@nw1090 cómo es tu español ahora, compadre? Mejorar? Has estado practicando mucho?
@@Rude_Boi esta mejorar pero la verdad es que necesito practicar mas. Puedo tener una conversation en "Español roto" jaja
Thank you. Everyone says "learn like a child" but no one ever explained what that means. I've spent so long forcing myself to watch kids shows 😅
@@roosterj hahaha kids shows are fun!!
Words cannot express how valuable this video is. This should be the first thing everyone is told when learning. Thank you!
@@jcwoodstl Wow thank you 😊
This is such excellent advice. I catch myself wanting to express myself in Spanish the way I do in English. I can’t do it yet, because I’m just beginning. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about communicating effectively.
Your English is terrific, and you are a wonderful teacher.
Embrace the challenge and keep it up! Spanish is a long but fun way to go!! Thank you so much for your words about my English haha It's a long way for me as well!
Ive totally been " sacrficing my ego" when speaking to the natives in Mexico lol.... I did not want to live in Mexico and not learn the culture or the people . I did not go around looking for the expat community , i just use sign language and talk like a baby lol . works for me and i am learning more and more everyday . so glad i found your channel . i return to mexico soon and i cant wait to get back to my spanish speaking friends and show them how i have been practicing while way .😊
@@blackbutterflyexpat Yay!! Good luck then!
This was so helpful. When you said “broken English” to get a point across. It makes sense. I will think in that way now because that’s what happens in any language. when learning a language even a native language children do it all the time this makes total sense.
Haha broken English it's funny! But yes, prioritize in communication getting the message across over being grammatically correct!
I have just shared this with the community of Spanish learners that I belong to. We live in a very competetive and demanding world and I believe this unconsciously sabotages our ability to become "beginners" when we're adults. In my group we are all learners and we don't teach or correct each other - we just communicate as best we can! It's not a replacement for a teacher but it does enable us to get into the flow of expressing ourselves and discovering the gaps in our vocabulary. And have fun!
Thank you so much for giving learners permission to be learners!
This could be a very long conversation about pedagogy and the educational system where we live, and it's super interesting. I believe adults can be learners at any age; we just need the right approach-one that encourages exploration and the ability to reflect in our learning process.
Yea her method is actually dope. Was telling myself to learn as if I were a baby learning words and this was before this video. As someone from the woods in the country learning the correct Spanish and getting to a B1 upper beginner level it DOES WORK!
Granted I only do well in restaurant settings it does translate and it does help you train your ears to hearing faster Spanish dialects
This broke it down perfectly💯. We always try to articulate in english, and it becomes harder to gain fluency in spanish because we want to know every word and conjugation. Muchas gracias senora!!😁💐
Spanish is such an incredible language. I have been learning it through Immersive translate and the app is really great for foreign languages
I'm going to use this same idea when teaching myself to read and speak greek. Simplifying what I mean.
OMG I LOVE YOU!!! Well, yes you and those curls are very easy to look at, but what I really mean is that you hit the nail right on the head with this philosophy!! I have several college degrees and every time I speak Spanish I want to sound like I have an education. I always try to translate these complicated English sentences into Spanish--unsuccessfully. My ego keeps me from breaking down my English thoughts and trying to speak like a child in Spanish. But YOU, fair lady, have made me re-think that entire process and realize a new goal--Just get the message across or as we say in English, K.I.S.S.! (Keep it simple, stupid!). The process is like riding a motorcycle, you never want to outride your skills, meaning that you shouldn't ride faster than you can control the bike. What you said here that got my attention is that one should not try to outthink your Spanish skills, meaning that you shouldn't try to speak faster or smarter than your skills allow. As you learn to navigate better, then you can go faster...On the motorcycle AND with your Spanish!!! Thank you!
Exactly! I'm a bike rider, so I totally relate to this analogy. When I was learning how to ride, I remember a friend giving me advice about speed and brakes. Haha, you don't want to go fast before knowing how to respond.
My husband is from Durango MX. And has been telling me I need to learn this way first because it will be easier not the way of rules first in a class other than a lesson like yours. I love this! So happy I found your page. ❤❤❤ I can understand simple conversations and join all the time if I have something to say in English but I can't remember the words to say in Spanish and this will help .
@@melissar.8704 Glad to hear this, I have more videos with fun tips for conversations. Feel free to look around here!
He estado aprendiendo español durante cuatro anos y es muy dificil para mi! Necesito esto!
@@PepperWilliams_songcovers Aquí estamos!!!
Perfecto. Me gusta. Muy inteligente. Gracias. Voy a Puerto Vallarta en diez Dias. Quiero practicar mi espanol.
@@brianwest1501 Buen viaje 🛩️
I wish I had found your RUclips videos two years ago, but I’m thrilled to have found you now when my learning hasn’t gotten very far. 🌟
Hola Gabriela. Wow acabo de ver cómo desbloquear a alguien cuyo hipotálamo está bloqueado con el idioma! Me encantó. Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos .
Wow! Mic drop! Coach is definitely the correct term for what you offer. Me encanta. Me acabo de suscribir.
@@tlatisha ❤️ Yay!! Thank you!
@@LingoCoachCorner No. Thank YOU. Super útil el contenido tuyo.
Sounding like I'm not smart has by far been the biggest hang-up when I'm talking to a native Spanish speaker. You just have to put your pride aside and risk sounding silly. They usually understand what you're trying to say
This is such a great video and totally resonates. I am doing this nearly every time I speak Spanish and have yet to come across a video that makes sense of it like this one does. I constantly try to say things in Spanish how I would say them in English, and that just overcomplicates the thought process and leads to freezing and sounding even worse. Great examples with the student and child as well. These are so helpful because they're real life examples, and are a good reminder it's normal to struggle with this. Well done!
Wow! Thank you for your words! Yes, it happens a lot, and certainly happened to me in English 😂 simplifying thoughts in our first language will lead to smoother sentences in Spanish.
I'm very much a beginner and this is very helpful. I even see you doing this yourself, where your English is good but imperfect, you say something in a simpler way or maybe without the correct verb tense or whatever, and I have zero trouble understanding your meaning. I hope that didn't come off as insulting in any way. Your English is 1,000 times better than my Spanish 🙂.
@@jrusko69 Absolutely agreed with you! That's exactly my point, getting the message across is just a matter of choosing a few words, we don't need to be perfect 🫣
Thank you! Needed this advice as I’ve been so unsure in how to build confidence in conversations. This was so helpful! ❤
@@WelkieCrochets I'm glad it helped!
Thank you so much for that wisdom! I will try to put it into practice and let go of my ego!! Take care!
@@rakimwatson7195 Thank you!!
What a gift !!!! I feel less fear in learning after watching your video... gracias!!
De nada! Kepp it up!
Tengo 70 anos. Este informacion es muy beneficil para mi, para hablando espanol.
Me alegra que te sirva! 😃
Fabulous. I get this. Thank you so much.
I should try this more often, thank you.That kid is adorable by the way, new subscriber here.
@@Thelma_7 woohoo 🎉
This was such a helpful video for me. Thanks for sharing!
@@tateapage Maravilloso!!
It's refreshing to see a native speaker teaching Spanish. In most cases, it's ridiculous to learn from a non-native. I have a lot of Hispanic friends here in USA. Of the ones that were not raised here, the few that speak English are ones who did not let embarrassment stop them from using English every possible moment in spite of many mistakes. As you bring out, like kids do. 👍
While I do enjoy the idea of learning like a child and I tend to put my learning style towards that method, the most difficult part is putting it in practice with others. People are more patient with children and will correct them when they are wrong, repeat things or explain things when they don’t understand, speak slower for them, etc. I’ve started going to a Spanish speaking church so that I can speak to people more, even if I didn’t know how to fully communicate. But I’m often misunderstood and instead of correcting me or repeating what they said or talking slower, they will switch to speaking to me in English even if I am attempting to speak in Spanish. Don’t get me wrong, they’re very nice and appreciate that I’m trying to learn their language. But speaking has been so difficult for me because I haven’t found someone who is willing to be patient and actually speak to me.
También estoy de acuerdo contigo, me irme a una iglesia de español también
This makes so much sense now, for me I was thinking that I was over complicating the conversation trying to in a sense match word for word english to Spanish.
@@terrancepinkney777 That must be hard work!! Matching word by word
This information is life changing for me as I struggle with learning Spanish. This will be extremely helpful, THANK YOU!
@@WendyWilliamsLiving Aaaww this made my day!!
You made a very good point for me that will change my approach to learning Spanish. Loose my ego a bit. Build a different persona. That’s right! Simplify and get the message across. Loose the fear and simplify. Substitute and concentrate on the simple message. Most people will give you great opportunity to communicate and support you. Well, I say these things to remind myself and repeat your message but I love your approach. I only have three Spanish tutorial I subscribe to but you fit in very well. Thank you, I will follow you with interest.
Aww Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words.
😊❤😊 I love the simplicity of how you explained how easy learning can be ❤
Very helpful video thanks a lot
@@kwilliams544 your welcome!!
This makes soooo much sense! Thank you.
@@CreshaNicole_DNP thanks 🙏🏾
que gran video de su parte gran profe felizitaciones y por mas exitos de sus videos dios vendiga y larga vida a gran estados unidos 🇺🇸🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 me agrada sus videos con gran ( subtitulos ingles ) agradecido desde lla gran mujer en fin x mas exitos 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@RosaBlanca-h1x Muchas gracias!!!
Perfectly said.
@@scoutfortheking6858 Thank you 🙏🏾
this is wonderful advice !!!
@@siphomlambo9534 aaaww thank you!!
This was incredibly helpful.
@@myrafrancois6582 Yay!!
She’s a genius for this in other words …. idea genial chica 😊
@@PrettyHippiePlaneJane Thank you!
Muchas gracias! This is so interesting! I've often found that, at the level of Spanish that I'm at right now, I want to communicate on a more complex level but I don't have the skills... and then i keep simplifying in my head, more and more, until I can communicate my idea in a much more simple way, often on the level of a 3-year old :D Also, interestingly, many years ago i bought a course to learn Polish. The concept of this course was to teach Polish as children would learn - purely by repetition and no grammatical concepts. So the teacher would teach whole sentences - by repeating them - from the end of the sentence, syllable by syllable. This was the first time i consciously learned a language purely by repetition with no understanding of the grammar - like a child. Very interesting!
@@bidibibip Wow! Inspiring, I went to Poland recently and I used to hear a lot of polish in my previous work, so I went there and enjoyed a lot using the words that I learned by imitation and ear, it was great! Every day more and more polish came to me, it felt so great being able to just hear and react according to things that I once figured out purely by context.
This is right on and gives me license to speak the limited Spanish that I know! Thank you!
@@dianemishler753 vamos!!
¡Muy buen punto, maestra ❤!
@@halfcenturynohaha9080 muchas gracias 🫂
Great video 👍
Yes! You got it spot on. Thank you. I subscribed.
@@yourfriendlyyoutuber Yay! Welcome!
Thank so much for sharing this video!! Showing another person learning the language in your video makes me feel like I’m not alone in being slow to speak. I hope others are as patient as you if I ever find a language partner.
@@kaybabyc86 you are definitely not alone ☺️
Such a good tip!
@@coralkarina333 indeed!
Thank you very much.
@@JamesWhite-cr5ys de nada ❤️
Great tip on learning Spanish. I'm just starting my journey, and I will definitely take your advice
@@Johnblaze678 Fantastic! Good luck 👍🏾
¡Que lindo este niño!
Siiii!! A mí me encantó!
Gracias por este video 🙏🏽. ¡Nuevo subscriptor! I am over 50. Soy de California, pero en mi escuela, español no se hablan. I have wanted to become fluent since my first introduction in middle school. Despues muchos años y muchas clases, todavía no soy fluido. Ahora vivo en Florida (and so) ahora es mas importante para mí especialmente porque I am a volunteer with an Adult Literacy Program. I have a learner from Venezuela. Voy a compartir su canel con él. (I used your method to write this comment so I know there are probably many errors, but I'm not ashamed)
@@khatgib Wow!! Yay! Well done! That's the right spirit. Welcome ok board 🤗
Excellent advice! You are a true linguist! Your pedagogical skills are awesome!
Wow! Thank you so much for such positive feedback!
You're brilliant
@@bandini22221 thank you 💙💚
This really helped me. Este video realmente me ayuda.
Me alegra! Gracias por tu comentario!
Thankyou!!!
@@CarlosCoronado-lf3fb de nada ❤️
Me acabo de suscribir a tu canal. Ojalá pueda aprender más español.
Maravilloso!!
darn subjunctivo bonks me every time LoL
@@mswhatmeworry I use a fun game to practice subjunctive, I will post a video soon ;)
Very encouraging video. Thank you.
@@Jis-espanol I'm glad to hear this! Keep it up!
This is a great video.
This is what I was thinking about keep it simple thanks
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Wow this advice so brilliant. Thanks so much!!!😂
@@shookone568 Thanks 🙏🏾
This is such great advice! ❤
When I was in South Africa I watched the children's programs on TV to learn Afrikaans. I believe to learn a language like a child learns is the best way to learn.
@@georgeeads8689 I also think it has its benefits, how was the experience of learning Afrikaans?
@@LingoCoachCorner I was in South Africa in 1980. I have not spoken Afrkaans since then except for a couple of times over the years. I can still speak Afrikaans.
Muchas gracias ❤❤ ❤
@@sual5403 de nada!
Muchas gracias Señora Gabriela ❤
Señorita 😉🤣 de nada! Me alegra que te guste el video!
I definitely agree with the approach in this video. This is exactly how I started speaking Spanish within days of starting to learn the language. Verb tenses and dependent clauses are commonly way way too complicated for your first days of speaking Spanish. I didn't even try to learn verb tenses at first. I just learned the words Ahora, pasado, futuro and said those words first before saying the verb usually in infinitive or simple present tense. And rather than do like natives do, I always used the subject pronoun even if I was trying to conjugate the verb correctly. Mainly because that would help the listener undersand if I used the wrong conjugation. Since then I have learned that there are MANY instances where the correct verb conjugation still does not let you know enough about the subject or even the verb tense. So at the risk of seeming somewhat less educated, I still try to use all subject pronouns and if possible turn them into nouns since even between native speakers (Including in English) pronouns can be confusing or a not perfectly attentive listener may miss them as they are so short.
@@JWinch Well done!! Using infinitives is an efficient way to get the message across avoiding to get caught in your thoughts aiming the perfect sentence.
Me encantan tus consejo y canal. Estoy aprendiendo español mas rápido que inglés mi idioma nativo. Porque después 2 años puedo leer, escribir y hablar en español. Tenía 5 años antes yo pude escribir mi nombre o leer en inglés. Mi gente….No sea tan duro en tú mismo. 🙏🏾
Wow!! Me alegro mucho! Keep it up!! 💪🏾
Ur a genius. ❤ Thank you.
@@Dotcom3728 😉 not really but thank you!
Now this is more my level 😂
I so want to learn Spanish and I have picked up a lot of the individual words but it's putting them into sentences and phrases.
Thank you 🙏
@@traceys8065 keep it up!! 🙏🏾🤣
I most definitely will 😄
Amazing advice
@@aarontyler6599 Thank you!!!
Muchas gracias mi amiga😊 Me gusta su información!
Aaaww que bella @nicolemattews7604 !!
This was great! I used to think if I could just say the words I know in Spanish, I could communicate. But then my first language self took over, and I reminded myself I am not fluent in Spanish yet. But I can still say a lot, like a child would. So I am going to stop being scared of looking silly. Thank you!! This was such great advice!!
@@sierrastorm1291 go for it!! Silly is fun 😊
Usted enseña bien, y yo aprendo mucho. !Gracias gracias! ¿Como eso? 😁
I am not fluent in Spanish but I can get on with daily life in it. I learned like a child. “Yo escucho y hablo pero hablo cómo un niño.
Keep it up!!!
Me encanta este video
Wow! Muchas gracias
Wow…make sense! Thank you
Gracias por este video. Este es muy informativo.
Que bien!! Muchas gracias 🤠
Nice idea
Thanks!
She. Makes 1000% sense
@@tylermenendez3064 thanks
Hola Gabriela, me encanta este video. Estoy buscando mejor mis conversaciones en general con otras personas, gente o nativos que hablan espanol. Esto mensaje de tu video es interesante porque puedo escribir y escuchar en espanol mejor tan cuando estoy hablando. A veces, siento miedo y nervioso porque quiero hablar perfectamente en todas las conversaciones. Sera tratando a hablar tan un nino. Espero que ayudame con mis confidancia recuerdo mas palabras, verbos y oraciones en conversacion. Voy a ver mas videos de tu en el futuro. Gracias.
Gracias!! Los juegos de improvisación ayudan a nuestro cerebro a responder ante situaciones que no controlamos y de esa manera nos preparamos para situaciones más realistas en una conversación. Pruébalo y buena suerte!!
Thanks for this video. You know sometimes I feel alone. Like it’s just me. I’ve been learning more than 2 years and I’m not even conversational. I do lessons twice a week and they tell me it’s a marathon not a sprint. I can’t remember, I always translate in my head but I work on it everyday. I feel like I’m doing something wrong. I fall short of every goal and I’m not improving like i want. This made me feel like so many others are struggling just like me. I still need more help 😢
Well, you're definitely not alone. Noticing progress in language learning it's super hard and sometimes we don't even know how to measure it. Taking care of the emotional aspect in the learning process helps a lot to keep the motivation!
Thanks
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Damn… this is brilliant. 🤯
This is great advice that I had to learn on my own! One of my go to lines when speaking Spanish in a Spanish speaking country is “perdona me. Hablo con un nino.”
@@davidrocha6857 That's just great!!
¡Fantástico
Me gusta mucho este método. Y te lo voy a 'plagiar' para usar con mis alumnos 😂
Cuando yo enseño, a veces, hablo y señalo o enseño cosas, para que me entiendan.
También animo a que usen palabras en inglés intercaladas pero tu método de simplificar en inglés, para luego traducirlo, no se me había ocurrido nunca explicarlo así, aunque yo sí lo hago así cuando aprendo otros idiomas!
Qué curioso, eh?
Muchas gracias por tus videos. Comparto muchos con mis alumnos 😊
@@carolinaop5641 plagia y me dices cómo te va 😁🙏🏾
@@LingoCoachCorner muchas gracias 😀
Omg this is sooo helpful. I just rely on Spanglish lol but this isn’t helpful when speaking to people who speak very little to no English. I’ve been speaking some Spanish for most of my life, since I was a kid so I’m super comfortable saying the stuff that I know but the minute it takes me an extra amount of effort to think of what I want to say, that’s when I fall back on English. I feel like people are going to get frustrated with me if I take too long to come up with a thought so in order to keep the conversation at a natural, fast pace, I only say what comes to my mind immediately in Spanish and will go back & forth between Spanish and English throughout the conversation but I think this is a much better method that will help me to further develop my Spanish. I had a Spanish tutor on italki tell me the same thing. He said my Spanish was great and near native like when I’m in the zone and saying things that I’m well versed in but he said I need to push myself to not rely on English for what I’m not so well
versed in and to take the extra time to stutter or look for my next words in Spanish. But you broke it down even better by saying that it’s ok to just get the main points across like baby talk or cave man talk lol.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It's incredibly helpful for me to reflect on others' learning processes. I hear you about feeling "in the zone." I believe we can train our brains to get into that state with the right approach-challenging yet fun, and pushing ourselves just enough without overdoing it.
Me encanta esta vídeo. En conversaciones (en español), yo quiero ser lo mismo persona yo estoy en ingles. Y últimamente, yo no hablo mucho 😅 Este vídeo tiene una perspectiva muy única y es perfecta para mi y mi nivel. Gracias!
I used the method for this comment (surprise, surprise) because when I text in Spanish I usually have to use a translator to get my more complex points across. But not using that and speaking “like a child” felt good & I got more out than I initially thought. I can’t wait to put this into practice irl. Once again, thank you!
@@cheriebomb158 Amazing!! That's the whole idea behind, getting comfortable talking-writing with the process, sometimes the process can be read as "mistakes", this is when the approach to the learning process it's so important. I'm glad it helped 💪🏾❤️
You deserve that subscribe from me smart lady. The language I'm learning is danish. I'm definitely going to use this tip
Why does big land in the middle of his sentence in English and in español it’s at the end gigantes
Exactly what I thought. . Often I pass a child speaking on the street and wish I could just speak m y Spanish simply like a child1 Thank you for explaining this so simply.
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how can i take your class??
@@kekesb Hola!! Thanks for asking. I have a conversation program, email lingocoachcorner@gmail.com for more info 😊
What I wouldn't give to be able to send this message to my partner. He's learning English and thinks he needs to be perfect in order to speak it.
I made a point of pointing out my butchering of Spanish (his first language) to help him become more comfortable with his English level.
@@rachaelhill6 Share the video with him 😉
@@LingoCoachCorner I would but he won't understand it and will get frustrated with it
I want to learn beginning Spanish but it has been hard because I don't know where to start learning. I know some words but it is so much of instructions.I am confused. I need your help.❤ 7:56
@@katrenajones259 Join my conversation program, it will give you a new perspective about how learning should be like!
I SO agree! We should "acquire" language, not study it!!
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“I will slap you into oblivion.” There you go. I teach you how to use the word oblivion in a useful sentence since you gave us great advice. Thanks.
@@katie9735 🤗 haha thanks
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That's basically what I did speaking with Spanish speakers in the restaurant business when I was young. I called it caveman talk though😂. Just starting to learn completely and forgot about that long ago time.
@@cw8665 haha well done! Building up confidence since day 1.
It's a long story but up until I was 6, I could speak fluent Spanish. Granted it was with the vocabulary of a 6 year old. We lived overseas since my father was in the military but when we came to the states, we spent time in a rural part of the South and were made fun of. So we stopped. Now, I'm essentially starting over. There are phrases that stuck with me because my mother still uses them. But learning again is a challenge. People, even Spanish speakers have said the ability is still there so it will come back. But it's difficult. Especially the usage of pronouns. Learning like a child is helpful especially when I'm asked a question. I can keep it simple. It's just that when I want to convey a thought, the vocabulary isn't there. I have to learn more words. It helps to have a Spanish speaking mother, una novia que habla español, and several people at the grad school where I work. Así que puedo practicar.
Thanks for sharing a part of your life here! Spanish will come to you, I wish you new memories in Spanish