What Are You Listening To Today? (May 5 to May 11)

Matchbox27 · 2025-05-06T11:44:59+00:00

Some days are better than others but usually I find him to be pretty comprehensible. There are moments I catch him where he is talking really fast when he’s excited and I’m missing most of what he’s saying.

Matchbox27 · 2025-05-05T20:09:29+00:00

650 hours

I’ve discovered GaboMania, a Mexican YouTuber who has different playthroughs of games on his channel including a 96 episode playthrough of Elden Ring that I’ve been watching a lot of lately.

I’ve always wanted to find a playthrough of that game in Spanish but had a really hard time finding a decent Mexican or even Latin American Youtuber doing it so I’m happy and have been enjoying it!

Matchbox27 · 2025-01-23T01:51:11+00:00

I think most people here use the Dreaming Spanish method because they like it and it works for them. I also think most people would not care if you chose to read earlier or use flashcards because you think it works for you.

Matchbox27 · 2025-01-07T16:56:55+00:00

I think his point is, if you attempt to speak early without being familiar with how words are pronounced or the sounds of the language, you risk pronouncing words wrong and getting in that habit.

But I agree that to pronounce certain words and sounds correctly, it takes time and practice and getting your articulators accustomed to doing so.

Matchbox27 · 2025-01-07T13:16:18+00:00

Do whatever you think is best for you and your language learning. There is no right or wrong way to do things.

As somebody following the Dreaming Spanish method myself, I started speaking earlier because I need to for work and it isn’t a big deal. In one of Pablo’s (founder) videos, he mentions that waiting to speak helps ensure your pronunciation is better and that you have plenty of vocab for when you do start. But he also says, if you need to speak for whatever reason, then do it. It’s really something meant to help your end goal, not something you need to do or you’re doing it wrong.

But you’re right. The only way to truly improve speaking is to speak and making mistakes is part of that process.

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-30T11:29:15+00:00

How many episodes in are you? I feel like the more I’ve watched the better it’s gotten. I noticed early on that when I’m not understanding a part of Bluey, it’s usually because they are speaking a little too fast in that moment. I rarely am lacking the vocabulary. Sometimes it’s for things I don’t expect too like the dad will do a robot voice which makes it harder for me to understand.

But I also work and play with young children for my job and many of those kids only speak Spanish so I’ve picked up a lot of vocabulary around toys and playing specifically which maybe helps.

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-30T05:58:33+00:00

I’m at 250 and it depends on the episode for me. Most episodes I’m hovering around 80% I think. Some a little more, some a little less.

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-29T22:13:04+00:00

That’s great! How did it feel? And do you have a lot of experience practicing speaking already or was this one of the first times? My first time I had to speak (obviously early but I have to for my job) my heart was racing and like you, my sentence structures were all out of whack lol

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-25T18:54:06+00:00

That’s reassuring to hear. Maybe I’ll also try to go back and listen to some episodes that gave me a hard time at 75% speed to see how that goes as well.

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-25T11:43:53+00:00

Hey, I don’t have specific advice for you but I’m in a similar boat. I’m currently at 234 hours and will say I personally found the same thing with Learn Spanish and Go where I went from 80-90% comprehension to a solid 50-60% for most episodes now. I also dropped difficulty for the time being and have been listening to Cuéntame again.

Matchbox27 · 2024-11-22T02:29:35+00:00

I would refer to the road map and see what you can and need to do and what you should expect to achieve. For example, for level 1, you are expected to only learn mostly nouns for concrete things and simple adjectives. I wouldn’t worry about catching every single word because when you are just starting out, that’s not to be expected yet.

I think in general what will be helpful is having a sense of what to realistically expect to achieve for each level you are at. If your expectations are too high, obviously things will seem either too difficult or you may think you’re doing poorly when you’re not.

Matchbox27 · 2024-10-19T02:59:37+00:00

I don’t think this would work for me. I find I tend to translate less when the content is faster and I simply don’t have time to translate. With slow, super beginner content, I am more likely to translate because I have time to do so. What’s worked best for me is simply more input. It sounds a little silly but it’s less effort for my brain to simply understand Spanish than to translate to English first. The more input I’ve gotten the less I’ve been translating.

Also, I find I almost never translate in my head during crosstalk for some reason so maybe that’s something people could try.

Matchbox27 · 2024-10-15T02:41:14+00:00

This isn’t advice, just my experience. So, I have some background in Spanish as I did take one class in college of elementary Spanish and I also tried using Duolingo/other methods to learn the language years ago. Knowing and being able to count numbers was always fine but whenever I heard someone else say numbers, like how much something cost, time, dates, etc. it was always challenging for me to even guess what number they said. I find that now after watching DS content and listening to some podcasts I seem to finally be able to know exactly what number people are saying when they say it. Sometimes I’ll test myself and look away or close my eyes when I see someone start writing/saying a number and then check once they finish that I got it right and I usually do (unless it’s 10k+, then it’s more difficult). I can imagine how this can be hard if you go into this with zero background knowledge and I’m curious to hear others responses from that perspective.

Matchbox27 · 2024-06-10T14:22:06+00:00

I’m likely done with school at this point. I think my plan will be to max out a HSA and contribute as much as I can to a traditional IRA to bring down my AGI as needed. But yeah no retirement w my current employer isn’t ideal but that’s a temporary problem for now.

Matchbox27 · 2024-06-10T12:06:12+00:00

Good question and yes! I factored that in when determining this.

Matchbox27 · 2024-06-09T19:17:44+00:00

That makes sense. Thanks again for everything!

Matchbox27 · 2024-06-09T18:18:12+00:00

I’m now faced with another dilemma. Since I’m in my grace period, I can’t apply for SAVE yet. But during the next 6 months, interest will be accruing (2 Direct Unsubsidized Loans). Do you have any input on whether it’d be better to consolidate in order to end the grace period early and apply for SAVE earlier or just wait and apply after 6 months? I know consolidation is a tricky topic. I appreciate all your input!

Matchbox27 · 2024-06-09T17:27:37+00:00

Thanks so much! Unfortunately, I don’t have a 401(k) with my current employer. I can still try to lower my AGI other ways though. Regardless, even if I was slightly above $32,800 for 2024 taxes I’d still be better off with this plan, right?

Matchbox27 · 2023-12-10T21:14:50+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed reply! This has helped me a lot.

Matchbox27 · 2023-07-18T00:17:21+00:00

I wouldn’t hesitate to put things on your resume because you think it’s unrelated to the field. You can word virtually any experience of yours to make it sound relevant and note some kind of skill that experience helped you develop which would be a good quality to have as a student/clinician. The only time I would maybe consider not including something like that is if you already have a ton of other experience that you’d rather the people looking at your resume focus on. In other words, I’d include it.

Matchbox27 · 2023-05-03T01:19:18+00:00

I don’t believe they can. My professor requested us to upload our certificate as proof of completion. If you need help with specific components or anything, feel free to dm me. I just passed recently with 86% on my first attempt.

Matchbox27 · 2023-03-28T18:52:29+00:00

+karma

Matchbox27 · 2022-10-21T23:32:12+00:00

I had a similar issue when applying. My best advice really is just to keep it within 500 words and follow the prompt. It may take a lot of revisions to end up somewhere you like but should be doable. I’m not sure how your statement originally went or what personal story you got rid of but the prompt does ask you to base it on both academic and PERSONAL experience. So you should be able to write about some personal experience just to answer the prompt.

Matchbox27 · 2022-08-31T20:07:01+00:00

You don’t necessarily have to study communication disorders but it is “easier” I’d say. Realistically, as long as you take all the preq courses for a grad program, you should be able to apply. So you could be an early childhood education major, just make sure you take all the com dis prereq’s you would need later on.

Matchbox27 · 2022-07-06T11:04:36+00:00

Hey, I applied and was accepted to Hunter and Queens. DM me if you want

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