HOW I LEARNED FLUENT SPANISH PART 1 | Spanish Vocabulary and Listening Practice
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- In this 3-part video series, I am breaking down how I learned fluent Spanish quickly as an American without moving abroad or studying Spanish in college, and how YOU can do the same. Here we discuss how to learn vocabulary naturally while getting used to the rhythm and flow of the language.
ALL OF THE PARTS IN THE SERIES
🎥Part 1 in English- • HOW I LEARNED FLUENT S...
🎥Part 2 in English- • HOW I LEARNED FLUENT S...
🎥Part 3 in English- • HOW I LEARNED FLUENT S...
🎥Part 1 in Spanish - • Como Aprendí Español ...
🎥Part 2 in Spanish - • Como Aprendí Español C...
🎥Part 3 in Spanish - • Cómo Aprendí Español C...
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Thank you for this content, I am really finding it very useful. Keep up the great work. My situation is similar. I live in Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean and most people here don't feel the need to learn another language. Then there was civil unrest in Venezuala and now we have a very large work force of Venezuelan migrants. Almost all my workers are Venezuelan, so now I'm very happy I started learning spanish.
How interesting! Congratulations to you for starting to learn!
1. Increase your exposure to the language with music, audiobooks, podcasts/radio (more tips on how in the video)
2. Repeated listening to the same things
3. Watch Spanish shows, movies, and news (how to engage with the media included in the video)
Hey my sister!! I knew you were my sister when you said, “spanish congregation” and “ministry” 🤗
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I have a new friend that doesn’t speak English so wanting to learn to communicate and have fun thanks
Gostei muito da sua aula .vou te assitir mais vezes.
Hey Erica! I am from Kentucky as well! I would have never been able to tell, you don't have a southern accent. Your Spanish is so GOOD! We have a lot in common. I am also a teacher to Chinese students.
Hey fellow Kentuckian! Very cool and thanks!
I’m in KY too!
@@EricaRayLanguage Love this technique! Im from KY to and go to Hondruas atleast once a year with my church been try to learn Spanish but haven't had much success at retaining it.
@@JBUDDTV Hi! What do you feel like you have been struggling with in particular?
@@EricaRayLanguage retention mostly. Don't have many people around that I talk to that can talk in Spanish and after not using it during covid i've lost a bit of it
Hello Erica, I’ve tried to learn Spanish since high school and I love the language and different cultures. However, I can honestly say that I always hit a wall and I recognize my inconsistency is my issue. I had Rosetta Stone, Duolingo but my favorite thing to do is simply talking to Spanish speakers. I am going to give learning Spanish a sincere effort… I got here by one of your other videos so I will start here. Thank you for the time and effort you put into providing content! 👍🏾
Happy to hear you're not giving up! I hope my content continues to be of value to you. :)
Erica ..very motivating , I'm from India , you've started learning Spanish at very young age..but I'm 66 years old and from last two years I'm learning this language, nothing is available for initial learning, but inspite of difficulties ..I'm learning, Spanish songs really fascinates me.
You can learn at any age! Congratulations on taking the leap!
We can talk and practice Spanish. I'm a native Spanish speaker🙂
You are amazing. I love these suggestions. I also love hearing that you struggled with the same things I struggled with. (ex. hearing where one word ends and another begins)
Yes that struggle is so real! 😅 And thank you for the compliment. ☺️
Thanks for the tips,the songs are really helping me.
Fantastic!!
I just found you, you are a great teacher, I've gained a lot in the past weeks, from your learning tips,
Thank you so much! Thrilled to hear that! 😀
I'm glad to have found your channel. I am going to try to follow your suggestions and see if I can get out of the beginner level I've been stuck in for far too long.
I'm so happy to find your videos. Thanks a bunch.
Happy to have you here!!
Wow Erica! You have a lot of wisdom!
Aww, I don't know about that but thanks!
This is a great reference. Thank you for doing this. I will check out the description under the video once this video and thank you again.
I like the way you speak,thank you so much for all your videos
Thank you! Much appreciated!
¡Erica, felicidades! su historia es muy impresionate e inspiradora.
Qué bien! Gracias.
awesome job teaching
😀 Thanks!
Wow, great series. You included so much info.
Glad it was helpful!
Omg regarding the music, I used to listen to reggaeton artistes which really helped me, but I must say that school was definitely my foundation to learn how to change the verbs. Thank you.
Yes, school will certainly show you how to conjugate verbs. That's their specialty! ☺️
First time viewer here! I've had some exposure to Spanish in high school but I'm excited to get through this series & finally began taking learning more seriously! I did want to get some clarification/your opinion on utilizing subtitles while watching TV.. I understand what you said about recognizing the body language when watching TV so the subtitles can be distracting but what do you believe is the best way to learn Spanish through TV? Watching familiar English shows with Spanish subtitles or vice versa? I assume both could be useful, however I can relate most to not always being aware of where the speech starts/stops & being "shy" to speak Spanish out loud. Thank you so much for making this video, I've been inspired!
Hello and welcome! Thank you for your comments and excellent question.
These are my recommendations for subtitles. Sorry it's long. I like to be thorough. Lol! :)
1. Use English subtitles only if you’re watching something that you’re not already familiar with and you want to understand the plot. Just know that you’re not actually doing any language-learning during this time. It’s simply to prepare you to then go back from the beginning and rewatch without any English subtitles. This is because using English subtitles while watching in Spanish won’t help your Spanish much at all. You’ll simply be reading the English, and not actually listening to the Spanish, because the brain finds it easier. An alternative would be beginning with something that you already know well because you have watched it in English previously. In this case, you can skip this step.
2. Now that you know the plot, I suggest watching the episode with NO subtitles and simply listening to the Spanish. It’s important to relax while doing this and not panic over what you can’t understand - even if that’s 90%. You’ll be getting your ear accustomed to the language with no distractions from reading and you will even learn some new vocabulary as you watch the screen.
3. Watch with the SPANISH subtitles and listen and read at the same time. (Note that you can only do this step when the subtitles correspond to the spoken word. If the movie has been dubbed into Spanish, then often the Spanish subtitles will be different than the spoken Spanish and that will be confusing. So you may have to stop with Step 2. I recommend finding original Spanish shows for this reason)
By listening and reading, you’ll learn to distinguish the words from one another and you’ll learn even more vocabulary. And of course, you’ll be seeing how things are written and pronounced which will improve your reading skills. You’re essentially working on different skills than what you did in Step 2, when you were focused on training your ear.
There’s no need to watch something 2-3 times in one day if you don’t want to (lol!) But this is an excellent activity to do with the same episode over multiple days. And also, if at any time, you want to only do step 3, that's perfectly fine. You’re still working on excellent skills. I simply recommend this order because listening comprehension often ends up being the area where students begin to lack. This can happen when we become completely dependent on subtitles.
Hope that helps! I’m going to do an entire video on this so make sure you've hit the notification bell to be notified! :)
My friends and family laugh at me quite often because I listen to Latin music I'm doing the sing-along Thing 2 I felt like I was on the right track thanks
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Rarely do I find a channel and think “okay I’m just gonna start from the first video and watch them all.” I’m definitely going to watch my favorite movies but with the Spanish dub over it. Should have thought of this already. Sounds like it could be more helpful than just using Spanish subtitles???
Awesome! So glad you're enjoying the content! Yes, watching or listening to something in Spanish after you're already familiar with it in English is very helpful since you'll be training your ear as well.
Thank you sister for all the wonderful information.
You're so welcome. Thanks for watching! ☺️
I just purchased Rocket Spanish! Thank you again!
@@ms.andrea172 Congratulations! I hope you love it! :-D
Thank you
I’m thrilled to find your channel! Subbing! 😍
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YAY!! 😃
Great video!
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Me gusta la musica de Mana, Chalino Sanchez y otros grupos. El español de Chalino es muy interesante. Palabras plurales muchas veces terminan con el sonido "l" en lugar del sonido "s". Solo puedo adivinar. ¿Posiblemente es comun en Sinaloa? ¿Sabes algo sobre esto?
El español es muy complicado, incluso para mí. ;)
With those Destinos, did you get the workbook? Or did only watch the videos
I had the workbooks as well, though the videos themselves were, by far, the most helpful part for me.
Awesome, new subbie ❤🙏
Welcome! :)
Hello Erica, I must say that listening comprehension is the most discouaging skill, I keep getting discouraged cos of how little I can understand, any extra tips for listening? I keep listening and watching RUclips videos and yet, I don't see any progress, it feels like I can't learn a language. :(
Have you been able to follow the method here? ruclips.net/video/fIEqxuAHVUc/видео.html
@@EricaRayLanguage no because it is hard for me to find audio with transcript. If I had transcript then I could have tried dictation, that's a great way but no transcript means no way for me to check. I have watched all of your videos which are about language learning in general (meaning that I just left out those with Spanish phrases and conversation as Spanish is not my target language) I feel so frustrated. I have to find a way to level up my listening comprehension :(
@@rasmusa9212 :( It has nothing to do with you, nor with your abilities. Developing listening skills when you don't have access to written materials as well is a difficult thing to do on your own and something that I personally would not attempt. You are also likely listening to material that is too far above your level. Look for materials at a lower register and I would also suggest a tutor, at least to help you learn to read in your target language (assuming that you can find written materials, even if there is no audio to go with them). Once you can read independently your vocabulary will grow and that will help your comprehension. But you will still need to actively listen to audio at a level only a bit above yours. You want to be able to understand at least 70% of what you're hearing.
Isn't it funny that whenever I try to deliberately do something I fail miserably. For mt first foreign language I tried to do things to deliberately improve my listening comprehension, I failed miserably, then as time passes somehow I begun to understand, and now I pretty much listen to videos on youtube at 2x or 3x speed and understand without any difficulty, then the same happened with Estonian but not to the same degree, listening to Estonian at 1.5x speed is already a stretch, now I am again failing miserably with Danish and Icelandic. :( I don't know it seems like I am the worst learner ever :(
@@rasmusa9212 Well that's wonderful! Why do you feel discouraged? It sounds like all you need is time, patience, and to stop stressing. Stress literally blocks our ability to learn. It sounds like once you relax and enjoy the process you begin to see great results.
Not knowing where a word begins and ends makes me crazy. If it weren't for that, I could understand so much more.
Do you mainly have that issue in conversation or even when you're listening to Spanish spoken at natural speed (such as in a movie?)
@@EricaRayLanguage movie's etc. But hey! I just got Destinos from the library! I could understand 99% of the first CD but they were talking pretty slow.
That at least gave me some encouragement!
@@mlmiller2267 That's great! Gradually increase the difficulty of what you're listening to and try to find material that comes with transcripts or captions so that you can check the text when you're not understanding. But I always recommend just listening first, several times until you've extracted all of the "juice" from the audio that you can by yourself. And then use the text just to fill in the gaps of what you didn't understand. Over time, filling in those gaps with the text and even trying to do little transcriptions yourself should start to help your listening comprehension improve.
@@EricaRayLanguage Okay!
Two fastest languages in the world are Japanese and Spanish.
I don’t seem to see a link to your quick start guide?
Hi! I later updated it to my Spanish Fluency Blueprint. Here is the link: ericaraylanguage.com/blueprint :)
How do I download Spanish fluency guide please
Ericaraylanguage.com/blueprint 😊
Selena...!!!!
Everyone should learn based on their learning style. For example, for me listening to music, TV shows, etc. Has never helped me at all. It actually made me frustrated. I learned better with flash cards, listening to the English explanations and then practicing. Also children's TV shows or cartoons are more helpful starting out than adult shows in my opinion. Then just practice with native speakers. I think people do too many things not based on how they learn best. I can't watch things and not understand what is being said nor listen. It frustrates the hell out of me so I figured out what work for me. Now I am fluent in three languages doing less of the stuff I know doesn't work for me and more of what does. I never understand how people learn and do not even understand what is being said. I willl never get that- I need to go heavy input with vocab and get a strong base of words. Not heavy of words I can't spell, understand or comprehend. That IMO slows down your learning. Start with kiddie books and heavy input - then do more immersion later. You will make faster progress.
Definitely everyone must follow their learning style and preferences for materials! For example, I don't much enjoy learning through a lot of children's stories (unless my children are actually with me, also enjoying the story). They're not the most engaging to me and I often find the vocabulary a bit irrelevant to what I need. I prefer simplified stories for adult learners. And yet others, such as yourself, enjoy learning through children's stories! Thank goodness there's something out there for all of us!
What kind of songs of Spanish r good plz ma darling Erica plz can u flow some 4r me plz mi amor 😘 ❤
Thank you
You're very welcome! ☺️