Great insights Anton! I found in the early days when I was learning, reading news in Spanish was helpful. My Yahoo Home page was configured with Spanish News Feeds. Many news publications have Spanish language versions. I always fall asleep with a Spanish podcast playing in my ear. Some of my favourites are No Hay Tos, El Hilo, Españolistos, Advanced Spanish Podcast with César and Diana Uribe. I think often the biggest barrier is fear of saying something stupid. Many years back I went to a market looking for a baking pan and went to a stall with kitchen utensils and asked for a pan to piss in. Ornear (to bake) vs Orinar (to pee). You just gotta be willing to make a fool of yourself. 25 years later I still do - in both English and Spanish!
I’m doing well with Duolingo but definitely looking for ways to immerse myself in more organic Spanish language. We already listen to a fair amount of Spanish and Portuguese language music, which can be a great way to pick up some phrases. Looking forward to checking out your list of podcasts! Thank you for doing the research and sharing the links!
Great insights Anton! I found in the early days when I was learning, reading news in Spanish was helpful. My Yahoo Home page was configured with Spanish News Feeds. Many news publications have Spanish language versions. I always fall asleep with a Spanish podcast playing in my ear. Some of my favourites are No Hay Tos, El Hilo, Españolistos, Advanced Spanish Podcast with César and Diana Uribe. I think often the biggest barrier is fear of saying something stupid. Many years back I went to a market looking for a baking pan and went to a stall with kitchen utensils and asked for a pan to piss in. Ornear (to bake) vs Orinar (to pee). You just gotta be willing to make a fool of yourself. 25 years later I still do - in both English and Spanish!
Excellent! This has increased my hopes and confidence in learning Spanish. Many thanks!
I’m doing well with Duolingo but definitely looking for ways to immerse myself in more organic Spanish language. We already listen to a fair amount of Spanish and Portuguese language music, which can be a great way to pick up some phrases. Looking forward to checking out your list of podcasts! Thank you for doing the research and sharing the links!
Great article Anton!
I’m earlier in on the same dilemma w/ Spanish 😊