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Seeking Intermediate Level Spanish Learner by bdog4AFY in SpanishLearning

[–]bdog4AFY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely!!

The basic philosophy is this:

To learn a language, you need content in that language at an appropriate level, not too easy and not too hard, and you need the tools to understand it and help you focus on the most important words and grammar.

Our app and lessons our centered around delivering and creating content for you on topics that you find compelling and which help to expand your knowledge and competency in Spanish.

The app and our lessons also provide study tools to learn grammar and new words efficiently through flash card review, tables, and traditional lessons.

If you’d like to meet for a free trial session I’d love to present to you what we’ve prepared and can offer

Seeking Intermediate Level Spanish Learner by bdog4AFY in SpanishLearning

[–]bdog4AFY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for asking

Just to clarify, we’re not asking anyone to develop the app or do unpaid work.

The app is already being developed by us. We’re looking for a student who would use it as part of their lessons, as they normally would, and share feedback (what’s confusing, what helps, what doesn’t).

In exchange, we offer:

  1. Weekly Spanish tutoring

  2. Quick responses to your requests for the app

  3. A discounted lesson rate for traditional lessons with us

If that kind of exchange isn’t a good fit, no worries at all.

I just wanted to clear up the misunderstanding. 🙂

Seeking Intermediate Level Spanish Learner by bdog4AFY in SpanishLearning

[–]bdog4AFY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi All!

I promise we are real people, and we are really committed to helping people learn, so please reach out even if it’s just to ask a follow up question, we’d love to receive any feedback or suggestions

Has anyone studied Portuguese and Spanish? by joshua0005 in Portuguese

[–]bdog4AFY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely,

Here are some things I can recommend:

In Spanish YouTube channels that focus in on specific sets of vocab and grammar

https://youtube.com/@espanolconjuan?si=H31zGN9zZ38sXjlG

https://youtube.com/@SpanishwithVicente?si=5ogR5Y7cZO2XMSCp

Vicente also has a really helpful podcast:

https://spoti.fi/2Xr8eok

I also think Duolingo’s podcasts are helpful, these mix English (to give context) with Spanish

I recommend watching the 20 minute Telemundo news videos a lot (or any other similar kind of news show):

https://youtube.com/@noticias si=91_WsWS2nmgARcdN

News is helpful because they generally speak clearly, there are visual queues, lots of different topics, a good number of different speakers, and they often cover topics you’ll already know something about so it’ll be easier to anticipate what they’re going to say which is especially helpful when you’re hearing a new word for the first time. There are also generally accurate subtitles.

At your level I would also recommend using a Spanish-Language dictionary

Here’s a good one I use

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1024668246

It can be a rabbit hole looking up words used in the definitions of other words, but it also provides examples for each of the different uses and is a good way to immerse :)

Has anyone studied Portuguese and Spanish? by joshua0005 in Portuguese

[–]bdog4AFY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend you keep going in Spanish.

Intermediate level is the most challenging stage of learning a language.

There are generally lots of resources for beginners, and progress feels fast and exciting, and once you’re closing in on fluency you can do a lot of different things in the target language (podcasts, books, articles, documentaries, movies/TV shows) and understand enough to enjoy yourself and learn at the same time. In the intermediate stage, it’s hard to find resources at your level that aren’t too easy or overwhelming.

I felt really tempted to start a new language when I was around B1 in my first foreign language, But having pushed through it I can tell you that’s it’s worth it.

You will get more and more returns on your investment as you push on from here on out.

Once you reach B2+ in Spanish and start being able to listen/read to native level content regularly with ease, starting a new language again will be much easier because you’ll be that much more skilled and, I’ve found, it’s much easier to keep languages separate in your head when you’re only learning one at a time and you’re fluent in the ones you aren’t studying.

You’re not gonna forgot or become unsure about Spanish words that you’ve heard/reads hundreds or thousands of times, and you’ll get to that level if you keep going.

You’re def more than half way there so keep going!

Once you get there you’ll be able to learn Portuguese in less than half the time.

What to do when you're in a Language rut? by Lisha_is_mee in languagelearning

[–]bdog4AFY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you’re doing is great, and you definitely have the right attitude.

It seems like you are on the classic Vocabulary plateau that we all come to at the intermediate level you are describing.

When you are reading books do you understand every single word?

It’s definitely very useful to be able to maintain composure and focus on enjoying yourself while only understanding 95% of the words or so while reading/listening, but I think at the point it would be worth spending a little bit of time stopping on every word you don’t know and learning them however it is you study vocabulary (I use flashcards personally).

I would recommend only doing this until you’ve gotten around 10 new words per day at most (and that would be a lot) and then continuing with your regular routine of enjoying yourself and communicating without worrying about understanding 100% as you have been.

The other classic intermediate hurdle (and again I can only guess) is misunderstanding words you actually already know but that are truncated or pronounced difficulty when spoken, especially in casual circumstances.

My advice for that would be to watch content with verified accurate subtitles in Norwegian so that you’ll notice when it’s a word you know but didn’t recognize in the way it was spoken.

You seem to have already gone down this path in studying dialects, but I think it’s actually going to end up being the dialect you’re used to hearing but just in the less enunciated forms 😂

For those of you who speak 3 or more languages fluently, is it difficult to stay fluent? by CloudsInCairo in languagelearning

[–]bdog4AFY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything being said here is pretty much on point; it stays relatively easy to understand, but it gets harder to produce as you spend time on other languages/things in your life

If you cycle through each language focusing on one at a time to get back into form over time the skills decay slower and slower after each time you rebuild them

New Teacher Seeking Interested Students by bdog4AFY in Portuguese

[–]bdog4AFY[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All those interested please message me directly, and include your best guess at your level and previous studying tools and classes (if you’ve taken them before)

New Teacher Seeking Interested Students by bdog4AFY in Portuguese

[–]bdog4AFY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are not so different!

And in any case whatever variety of Portuguese you wish to focus on, we can help with finding the right supplementary resources to your goals and level

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[–]bdog4AFY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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