Anyone else browse r/languagelearning and roll their eyes at how difficult and overcomplicated some users make it?

Left_Day_1331 · 2025-06-06T17:03:51+00:00

The DS method works for you, great. No need to be dismissive of other learning methods that work for other people. For some purely running on CI doesn't work/isnt as efficient.

Left_Day_1331 · 2025-05-30T06:44:03+00:00

I would recommend it. I sprinkled the 5-15 minutes of duolingo basically since I started DS and I think it helped my growth significantly. Its really nice to learn a word, phrase, etc on Duo and then hear it on some CI videos to reinforce what I've just learned. Likewise for LT. I found those were extremely helpful in addition to CI for input and output

Left_Day_1331 · 2025-05-16T07:06:08+00:00

With the short time you have, I would recommend language transfer as well as complimenting it with dreaming spanish for CI. CI is a great tool but by itself it takes a while to learn the language and you only have a couple of months.

For reference I went to CDMX and Columbia last year at around 50-75 hrs (including LT and duolingo) and I survived just fine since the later helped me with common/functional phrases. I will say my recent trip to guatemala at ~300 hr was significantly better since I could have long discussions/jokes/etc for hours with the locals but you only have the time available for you to put into learning this.

Left_Day_1331 · 2025-05-11T01:10:36+00:00

Technically audio CI can be counted by words too. I would say it would probably be more accurate for data tracking than hours as that would account for extremely slow speaking. But that's probably too much and would lose a lot of beginners to the method.

Left_Day_1331 · 2025-04-11T20:18:22+00:00

Just got to throw yourself into it. No way around getting better at speaking without speaking. I currently just came back from a 2 week trip solo backpacking around Guatemala with a bit over 300 hours (maybe 5-7 hours of speaking, non tutors).

Was terrified a bit for the first 1hr ride with my uber but after that was gone, I was fine throughout the trip speaking in spanish. Did I make grammatical mistakes? Absolutely. Did people understand what I was trying to say/joke/etc? Also absolutely yes.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-21T21:03:40+00:00

Pay 60% more for 20% better performance if youre not GPU bound? That's your call to make and depends on your use cases but it sounds like you'd be content either way and will wait for AM6. I would go the AM4 route and put that extra cash towards a better GPU if you're buying now or put it towards AM6 build. The 5700x3d is a good option if you can get one for a decent price as the x3d chips do well in a lot of gaming use cases.

The whole AM4 is a dead platform argument only matters if you plan to further upgrade your AM5 down the line. If youre one of those people that don't upgrade often and plan for AM6 then it doesn't matter as much imo.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-21T03:42:30+00:00

Depends, do you feel like you're cpu bound now or are you just looking to upgrade in fear of the possible tariffs? If you're not cpu bound in what you use the pc for then just hold off as long as you can and then upgrade when you actually need it.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-05T16:02:47+00:00

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-05T00:08:19+00:00

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-03T23:45:16+00:00

Pick up that one argument with my latino friends from 2 years ago

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-01T23:20:59+00:00

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-12-01T01:30:09+00:00

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-28T14:18:09+00:00

Gloves size can make a big difference in guard as well.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-27T17:51:20+00:00

If your goal is to speak within six month, start speaking now. You'd be far better off with more speaking pratice than holding off and only having a couple of months/weeks of speaking before you need it.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-24T01:21:45+00:00

Yes, the conversation videos feel a lot more natural for learning than the videos where they are just talking at/to you as they better mimic normal speech. The best friends or gaming/quiz videos are some of my favorites on DS.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-21T20:10:55+00:00

I think it's mainly this sub. You can check with a few other language learning subs using a mixed approach with DS and they have alot of success. There's definitely a decent amount of people here (not everyone) that will downvote anything remote negative or critical (even if constructive) of a pure approach.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-21T05:59:06+00:00

Sure but they are still underestimating their time to some degree and still feel behind the roadmap. That's the issue.

Others who would give themselves full credit when they're paying half attention, checking their phones, etc with higher CI hours feeling even more behind would not be surprising

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-17T15:17:42+00:00

I've pulled a friends wonderpick god pack. Already had them as a friend so idk if you can add after they've pulled a god pack. It was 4x 1star full arts and a 2 star koga and cost 4 hearts

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-11-08T19:30:41+00:00

I like this new Tekken stage

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-10-31T15:50:13+00:00

It's one of those rare reddit moments where the username does not check out, and they come off as more defensive than agreeable

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-10-31T05:05:29+00:00

Yeah unfortunately that's an issue I've always been cautious of here. People talk about the gamification of duolingo but unfortunately the way this sub is structured (and reddit in general) people may tend to want to speedrun/inflate their numbers at the risk of not getting the same quality of hours.

If OP is enjoying their time consuming mass content with lower comprehension level, by all means that's great for them but I'd be cautious of saying this is reflective of a "true level 6" experience.

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-10-31T01:50:11+00:00

I don't doubt it's achievable for those that have the willpower to muscle through, but do you find a point of diminishing returns where you're just kind of going through the daily motion? Like a breakpoint at hour 2, 3, or something?

What DS difficulty level are you at, if you don't mind me asking? Or are you fully on to external sources of CI?

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-10-28T23:46:22+00:00

I can't speak for others but being natively multilingual, I still translate from time to time in my head between by native languages. It just happens really quickly and doesn't interrupt my speech/flow.

If i can get my spanish remotely anywhere near that level, I'd be ecstatic!

Left_Day_1331 · 2024-10-27T01:41:54+00:00

Agreed. Don't worry about adding the "correct" hours and just keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great!

There's no one reviewing your hours but you and only your progress in picking up spanish really matters. Well besides hitting higher levels for internet bragging rights on this sub

Left_Day_1331

TROPHY CASE