Why you can understand more Spanish than you can speak and how to improve your speaking skills

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Why you can understand more Spanish than you can speak and how to improve your speaking skills. Many frustrated Spanish learners tell me that they can understand far more Spanish than what they can speak. I'm going to tell you why this is, why this isn't a bad thing, and what you can do to boost your Spanish speaking skills.
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Learn how to input Spanish with conversation-based stories and output with writing and conversation with real people in my free guide: "HOW TO MASTER SPANISH WITH STORIES" ericaraylanguage.com/stories
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0:00 Why you can understand more Spanish than you speak
6:44 Why it’s a good thing
10:20 How to improve your Spanish speaking skills

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@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Watch my free introductory workshop for intermediates! ericaraylanguage.com/intermediateworkshop Learn how to input Spanish with conversation-based stories and output with writing and conversation with real people in my free guide: "HOW TO MASTER SPANISH WITH STORIES" ericaraylanguage.com/stories

@maryfahning Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this encouragement. Your description of fear = me. I have a language partner from Guatemala and experience extreme anxiety before we meet. But after our sessions I often feel so much better. I need to hear your message many times that it's okay to speak with mistakes and that my work so far is paying off. Thank you!

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! So glad you got value from it. 🤗

@spanfan Жыл бұрын

Después de haber estudiado español por años, he llegado a la conclusión de que si quieres mejorar la fluidez en el habla es imprescindible que practiques esta habilidad. Es importante escuchar mucho, sin embargo eso por sí solo no te va a llevar a un mejor nivel de conversación. Entre más se practique el hablar más se va generando conexiones entre el cerebro y las cuerdas vocales

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Muy cierto!!!

@ibelieveinjesuschrist8911 9 ай бұрын

awesome awesome!!! thank you!

@EricaRayLanguage 9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@Brocosin 8 ай бұрын

I grew up with parents who only speak spanish (I'm half Cuban and half El Salvadorian), but of course, being born and raised in the USA, me and my older siblings became more fluent speaking english and understanding english more than spanish, so our spanish is not that great but we understand spanish more than we speak lol. Whenever I talk to my parents in spanish, they sometimes look at me like if they don't know what I'm saying, because I'm saying some of the spanish words wrong 🤣🤣

@EricaRayLanguage 8 ай бұрын

It's a common experience. ☺️

@learnENGLISHwithdebi Жыл бұрын

Really great information, Erica! Love all of your videos. Each video is very helpful. Wish there was a ♥ button!

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad it was helpful!! ❤️🤗

@RudyTinoco Жыл бұрын

Very helpful and encouraging content! Thank you :-)

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!!

@danielgrassman2175 Жыл бұрын

Always take away great information AND motivation from you and your videos. Thanks so much!

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear! Thanks so much. 😊

@hsjshajannna Жыл бұрын

mam when will spianish masterclass open.? thank you🙏🏼

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

I am not sure yet. So sorry!

@ivettrussianoroszivett3674 Жыл бұрын

💜🌻

@angienarvaez9002 Жыл бұрын

¿Cuánto tiempo te tomó aprender español?

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Tengo un video sobre eso:) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKxxrLKBtry2lpc.html

@juanlu3958 Жыл бұрын

Hi ERIC, I find it is difficult for me to understand themeaning of pronouns like me te lo la le les. Because their structure is very different from Chinese. How should I train myself to understand the meaning of pronouns quickly?

@juanlu3958 Жыл бұрын

I found that I could easily understand Spanish speeches, Spanish documentaries. But I sometimes have great difficulty understanding what people are saying to each other. Too many pronouns LO LA LE ME TE SE LES

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Hi! That's understandable. I don't speak Chinese so could you tell me if the flashcard method I described with whole phrases in Spanish and the general idea transmitted in Chinese on the other side would work for you? You would need to be sure to choose Spanish sentences that contained several examples of your trouble spots and practice recall by looking at the Chinese and testing yourself on recalling how to express it in Spanish. You could try focusing on one pronoun at a time, understand why it's there, and then batch sentences that contain that pronoun. Do you speak English as well? Some people choose to learn their target language through their non-native language when their second language shares a more similar structure to their target one. For example, it's easier for me to understand French through Spanish than French through English.

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

Also, understanding what people are saying to each other is the hardest part of listening comprehension and does come with time and lots of exposure to real life speech. It's great that you can easily understand speeches and documentaries. That's a great sign!

@juanlu3958 Жыл бұрын

@@EricaRayLanguage I never rely on memorizing words through flashcards or word lists. I found that through reading and associative memoriesabout words, I am able to better remember vocabulary. I basically turn to resources such as KZfaq and Language Reactor. This method has proven successful for me in learning English, despite my bad english grammary. However, the Spanish poses a much challenge with its numerous pronoun variations, as just the pronoun "me" has 18 distinct grammatical structures. me nos +lo la los las +verb + direct object just this model alone contains 36 different grammatical structures 0 0!!!!

@EricaRayLanguage Жыл бұрын

I never recommend memorizing individual words through flashcards or word lists either, but rather learning by using the complete sentence method described in the video