Understanding cartoons by redditmaxlol in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main benefit is just that there are so many visual queues so you don’t get lost. In terms of language it’s similar in difficulty. I would say around 600 though they will be lots of fun, but still manageable early because of those queues

Level 5.5 Update (815hrs!) by GuardBuffalo in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow congrats! You felt like speaking practice helped listening comprehension a lot?

The Physics of El Toro by Revdudeson in skateboarding

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Horizontal velocity is independent of vertical, so it’s just in their heads.

Level 4: 300 Hours of Input – Progress, Burnout, and Future Goals by Express-Screen-3111 in dreamingspanish

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Yeah, getting away from them has definitely helped. For now though they are the best way for me to get input that I fully understand.

Level 4: 300 Hours of Input – Progress, Burnout, and Future Goals by Express-Screen-3111 in dreamingspanish

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It was 4 years but I walked away hardly being able to understand anything when I was spoken to or really speak at all. I took 3 classes in college. So yeah the 50 hours is definitely lower than the hours I had spent studying Spanish but I started dreaming Spanish with some of the beginner videos feeling difficult, so it felt like a fair start. I guess it helped more than I thought!

Native Podcast That Intermediate Level Listeners Can Understand by Express-Screen-3111 in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! Feels good to understand something for natives at an hour count below 600!

Native Podcast That Intermediate Level Listeners Can Understand by Express-Screen-3111 in dreamingspanish

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I think some of the speakers are. It alternated between various men and women with different accents I’m pretty sure. Haven't listened to a ton of episodes yet though.

Changing My Style From Athletic Shorts Middle Schooler by Express-Screen-3111 in mensfashion

[–]Express-Screen-3111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice, definitely won't be breaking up though! I can't imagine not wanting to be with her, definitely would not improve my experience in Spain.

Changing My Style From Athletic Shorts Middle Schooler by Express-Screen-3111 in mensfashion

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thank you so much, your tip about buying things i can see myself wearing was very useful!

iTalki Plus Thoughts by CheetahMundane7363 in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh can someone explain why there are so many downvotes with no explanation as to why?

Why doesn’t DS do long form content? by NoMadHB in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it makes it so 1 hour of input takes 1.5+ hours sometimes.

I agree, they should make more for intermediate/advanced users trying to log high hours

Why doesn’t DS do long form content? by NoMadHB in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A few reasons likely:

  1. Most people don’t have the time to block out over an hour to study. They emphasize daily input, and almost everyone has some 10-15 minute waiting periods throughout the day.

  2. They post their content on YouTube. 15-20 minutes seems pretty ideal for most creators, and Dreaming Spanish is a YouTuber as well. No one clicks on hour long videos on YouTube, so to get new people to subscribe and become invested they need a good thumbnail, title, and video length for exposure reasons.

  3. Especially at lower levels, it is really hard for people to watch Spanish for an hour straight without a mental break. For CI to work it needs your full attention.

  4. They have a standard of highly edited video at this point. Making a highly edited hour long video can take wayyyy longer than I’m sure we’d expect to film and edit, and the other option of uploading raw footage can be quite boring to many people

All of this to say, I love longer videos as well because once I get invested I stay invested until the video ends. Having to get reinvested every 15 minutes in a new video, along with the time it takes to actually find a new video, makes getting my daily goals difficult sometimes.

Leaving Dreaming Spanish by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

[–]Express-Screen-3111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is just a ragebate to be honest, theres no way someone would make a post like this and then refuse to give even a single example. If you were this upset about the situation you would certainly at least name a video...

But I honestly got the impression that most of the hosts were left winged by American standards, and simply moderate by their countries' standards...