One of the best ways to improve your Spanish is listening to Spanish audio a lot. The more, the better! In the past, you might’ve found it difficult to find enough Spanish listening resources, but in the past years, there’s been a huge surge in Spanish podcasts, both for language learners as for native speakers. …
If you’ve recently started learning Spanish, you might have asked yourself the question: So how long will it take me to become fluent in Spanish? This is a normal question to ask, but in reality, it’s so vague that the answers you’ll get are usually all over the place. “It’ll take years of relentless studying …
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Ask 100 language learners what they struggle with most, and many of them will say ‘speaking with a native speaker’. I say: this is misleading! Because if you dig a bit deeper, you’ll often hear that the speaking bit is only part of the problem. The bigger problem is “I can’t UNDERSTAND anyone during these …
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There are two types of language learners: people who love reading in their target language and people who loathe it. No matter which category you fall in, reading in your target language poses several problems. Many people get overwhelmed by all the words they don’t know, the weird grammatical structures they’ve never seen before, and …
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Writing is one of the most underrated AND underused exercise to improve your language skills. Understandably so: writing in your target language is not easy! When you write, there’s nowhere to hide: every mistake you make, every word you don’t know, is painfully visible on the page. That is, if you don’t suffer from writer’s …
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So you’re learning Spanish? Excellent choice! It’s one of the most useful languages in the world. Now, as you might have noticed already, learning Spanish (or learning any language for that matter) isn’t always a walk in the park… So if you’ve thought about using traditional language courses or taking classes, or maybe you’ve used …
According to you, what’s the single most important success factor in language learning? A rock-solid memory? Enough time to study? Confidence? Enough study materials? Immersion? Perseverance? Take your pick. Sure, all of these are very important. But the real catalyst for language learning success? Something else. It’s not a specific skill. Not a language learning resource. Not even a mindset! And yet, without it, you’re approaching language learning like …
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Have you ever tried to learn a language and became completely lost, frustrated and overwhelmed by all the resources out there and everything that needs to be done?Do you have difficulties finding the time and establishing the routine to make yourself work on your target language?Well, my friend, you’re not alone…Overwhelm is one of the biggest reasons why people don’t reach their …
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