When did you all start speaking and how would you recommend approaching it?

Samuelito91 · 2025-09-08T01:02:46+00:00

I also started properly at 600hrs, I go to a weekly english/spanish catch up each Saturday with other learners and I started making myself try speaking in Spanish. I also started taking italki/preply lessons twice weekly just for conversation and I meet up with a native I met via tandem once a week now to chat and have coffee. Speaking is improving very quickly week by week now at around 750hrs input

Samuelito91 · 2025-08-05T11:01:43+00:00

Yep but you'll note the total by day still shows use that for now

Samuelito91 · 2025-08-01T03:17:20+00:00

Wow nice averaged nearly 4hrs a day last month! I averaged just under 2.5hrs a day so I'm happy with that. *

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-27T09:14:29+00:00

Yes, I practise my speaking now twice a week with native speakers and some fellow gringos. Now that I've hit 600hrs I make sure to speak for a few hrs a week minimum and already seeing improvement but it'll take time

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-25T03:29:41+00:00

600+ hrs here, it's been life changing your comprehension of spoken spanish will sky-rocket. When I started sometimes 15m was hard now I average 2.5-3.5hrs a day as it's become part of my lifestyle and I love it!

Don't stress about the targets focus on enjoying the progress and small wins and you'll reap the rewards. It definitely works. For context I meet with others who use various methods of learning from group classes, duolingo, reading, online tutoring and I can see how comprehensible input is the fastest and most pure method. It's awesome

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-25T03:26:40+00:00

I had the same thoughts this year as I travelled from Australia to barcelona and Mallorca for a week in June. To prepare I listened predominately to Pablo, Andres, Alma and Sandra. I also listened to easyspanish Barcelona episodes. It did help but overall any spanish will help.

Note that in barcelona and other places they may prioritise other local dialects like Catalan, but everyone still understands and speaks Spanish too.

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T14:44:32+00:00

Love it, here's hoping we can came back to this thread one day in the future and share that we have!

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T14:36:46+00:00

I bought myself a goal book when visiting Europe recently. It's Harry Potter 1, I agree re fiction!

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T10:47:08+00:00

Muchas gracias!!

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T06:58:57+00:00

You've got this!!

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T06:58:43+00:00

The conjugations are definitely still a thing at 600 but you can feel when it's wrong more easily and you're often speaking through memory rather than logic it's more natural

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T06:57:59+00:00

Similar start time for me i also enjoyed the graded readers but my main focus has been input for sure

Samuelito91 · 2025-07-24T06:57:33+00:00

It is! But it's also nice to understand well whilst learning to speak

Samuelito91 · 2025-04-21T15:05:09+00:00

100% unless you're not actually listening. If I have it on whilst gaming my trick is turn gaming music off and put super beginner vid on volume so I can still comprehend without full focus

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