If Spanish seems to suddenly disappear when you try to say anything, don’t worry: you are not a “bad language learner.” It is simply the way your brain is wired. Let’s see why. 1. You know more Spanish than you can say.You have this weird situation where your brain knows Spanish (it understands the words […]
The major bottleneck that stops so many learners is this:you hear a sentence → translate it internally → give an answer. It might be okay at first, but it will soon become your greatest barrier. Ditch this strategy. Translation forces your brain to perform a dual task: English (or any native language)Spanish Translation will always […]
Most people don’t have trouble learning Spanish because it’s too difficult.They have trouble because they have no idea where to begin. And when you consider that everything is urgent, nothing really ever gets done. Time to change that up. Don’t memorize those enormous vocabulary lists. There’s no need for a 2000-word vocabulary to speak Spanish.You […]
It is incredibly frustrating: you spend months on “learning Spanish” and you feel absolutely stuck. You can name the verbs. You know the tenses. Sometimes you can take an exam, too. Yet you don’t speak. It’s not that you’re not making progress; it’s that you aren’t approaching it in the right way. 1. You’re learning […]
