Dreaming Spanish is one of the best things that ever happened to the Spanish learning community 🧡 I love seeing how far Pablo has already come with his vision!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

It's great. A number of people are using the same idea in other languages but I don't remember seeing it before Pablo 👌

@jasonjames6870

10 ай бұрын

Comprehensible German your video's are amazing I just wish there was hundreds of them 😊

Thank you so much for this video! ❤ we are working even more on the super beginner videos to make them more entertaining, engaging and fun! Congrats on your journey! 🎉❤

@piapenny

10 ай бұрын

Hola Andrea!!!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

And thank you Andrea for literally hours of entertainment! Thanks for all your hard work!🙏😊

@andrealamexicana

10 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green 🥰🤩thaaank uuu

@andrealamexicana

10 ай бұрын

@@piapenny holaaaa 🥰

@Ajas0810

10 ай бұрын

You don’t need to do a thing. Your beginner videos are really good and entertaining. 👍

I credit Dreaming Spanish with opening my mind to just how humans learn languages. Pablo has a winning model.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

💯🔥🔥🔥

@samsonbrody6308

9 ай бұрын

It's true! Krashen found the formula but it seems like Pablo and his team are really proving it's efficacy. I'm only around 100~ hours with DS but have probably double that if I'm including crosstalk and outside sources.

I'm only at 300 hours. I look back at my first few hours of Dreaming Spanish and understanding barely anything at the SuperBeginner level despite having studied basic grammar and vocabulary before. Now, I am quite comfortable watching intermediate and sometimes advanced videos that have easy topics. Still can't understand full native content yet, but the progress I have made without resorting to translation, vocabulary drills, or grammar study is incredible. This is truly the future. Can't wait for 1000 hours and when I finally start speaking. At first, I had a lot of doubts about the process and if language acquisition was legit, but in hindsight I can clearly see the massive difference in comprehension just by me listening to comprehensible content. Hope more people realize this and refrain from traditional study methods.

@augustjones835

10 ай бұрын

I would really recommend to start speaking now, maybe try practicing by copying what is said in the videos if you’re not already :]

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Great news! Speak when you're ready. I found the process simpler by just having to get input first without worrying about my production of the language. At the end of the day it's your journey and you should do what you want

@mrsamot4677

10 ай бұрын

@@augustjones835no

@ConspiracyCraftersStudio

4 ай бұрын

how is it now?

@astropharix

3 ай бұрын

update bro?

Thank you for making this video! I am so glad our videos have been helpful to you! This is amazing feedback and we will definitely use it to keep improving :) Good luck with your Spanish learning journey!!!

@scojo63

10 ай бұрын

Hi Agustina! Love your videos! Thanks for your efforts and keep up the great work! Also, I 😍the sound of Rioplatense Spanish! I really enjoy when you guys make videos together and we get to hear the different accents at the same time.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Augustina! Thanks so much for checking out the video! Really appreciate all the work you put into the videos... I'm also really impressed how well you did in those quizzes with Pablo! 👌

Great review Matt. I am closing in on 1100 hours but have yet to make any effort to practice speaking but I experienced something last week that proved to me that this method works. My family and I were in Barcelona last week at La Sagrada Familia when we were notified that my daughter had passed out due to hypoglycemia and that we needed to go to the medic station. I was able to understand everything the medic was telling me and was able to speak to her in Spanish without too much difficulty. I know that I made mistakes but I am confident that I will improve once I begin to practice speaking. Keep up the great videos and congratulations on the growth of your channel.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

I hope your daughter's okay. Yeah, I know the method works and the ease of picking up the language is great. With consistency you can acquire the language with minimal effort. Good luck on your speaking!

Dreaming Spanish is definitely on my recommendation list, along with Spanish Playground, How to Spanish, Easy Spanish, and many others. This is based on Steven Krashen's hypotheses, which are themselves based on children's first language acquisition. I've seen some criticisms about Dreaming Spanish not explicitly teaching grammar, but if you think about how you acquired your mother tongue, did you have to learn grammar as a toddler? Probably not, but when we do start learning grammar of our mother tongue in school, it might be way easier than learning the grammar of a language we're unfamiliar with.

This the the superior method for learning Spanish. I stared from close to zero and now I am understanding the advanced content. Still not speaking very much but that is OK, it will come. There is a lot of satisfaction that comes from increasing you comprehension, it happens so slowly but eventually you get there.

I just hit 64 hours of Dreaming Spanish. I can see my progress already!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Well done!

@Sauna_Mikko

10 ай бұрын

Yo I just started using DS myself and I'm curious about your progression so far with it

I’m at 300 hours and I absolutely love Dreaming Spanish. I used to study with traditional methods and while I made progress, I was still translating like crazy like you mentioned. My comprehension has skyrocketed since using it. Pretty much, it’s only a matter of time until this goes mainstream so I’m glad you’re contributing to spreading the word! Also, self promo: I just released a comprehensive crosstalk tutorial over in my page. So if you’re already an intermediate DS user come and check that out!

Feel like for language learners, spending money is for convenience of time and planning, while doing things for free is more effort to set things up and have a self-service game plan. As well as ads. So it’s up to the learner what they’re willing to do.

I have to credit Pablo and Dreaming Spanish with really sending my language learning journey to a new level. Just a wonderful resource. I'm not a 100% sure learning some grammar, etc. isn't a faster method for adults to learn, but regardless receiving loads of input is undeniably key to the process.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

I think anything that makes the language learning process simple and enjoyable can only be a good thing!

I was about 1.5 years in my Spanish journey in 2021 and still at a struggling A2 level. Then I signed up for DS and after about 9 months I was solidly intermediate. It was like rocket fuel. But there's still a huuuuuge gap between the advanced videos and native content. That's my main gripe. It's worth every penny. I would download the audio of every video and listen to them over and over. If I could go back I probably would've used the Refold Spanish Anki deck and DS together to really accelerate my Spanish. It's not pure comprehensible input but I find some methods of study are like steroids for immersion. The ALG approach can sometimes be a bit self righteous that nothing works but pure comprehensible input.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Great news. Well done. I do think there is some content out there which can easily bridge the gap - Luisito Comunica for example uses simple language and is easier than a lot of other 'native' stuff. I know what you mean about the approach of some ALG-ers. Ultimately we are all adults and I don't see why anyone should get grumpy about language learning

@winflip

Ай бұрын

​@@matt_brooks-greenThanks for the rec of Luisito Comunica, seems great. I often zone out of dreaming spanish vids, but a professional youtuber like him holds my attention better, even though i don't understand everything.

I'm going to have to watch this through when I get back home. I've been using Dreaming Spanish for a while now and I see so much improvements in my understanding it's crazy!

I’ve been a premium member of Dreaming Spanish since February 2022 and I feel like these guys are my friends. Pablo is so passionate about teaching this CI method and it definitely WORKS!

Comprehensible input is very cool, especially when you get the "lightbulb" moment. There's not as much of it for Icelandic, but I managed to cobble together enough resources that I've gotten to around a B2-C1 by just listening, watching and reading. Thanks for the excellent video!

Great review! Just started Dreaming Spanish. LOVE IT! Videos are engaging and fun. DS is a breath of fresh air. I've never felt so satisfied with a spanish learning resource. Also highly recommend to anyone to watch Pablo's videos explaining comprehensible input

I took 3 years of Spanish in high school (1962-1965). I couldn't speak it and never used it much. Then in 2020 I watched some INT/ADV videos at Dreaming Spanish -- and I understood everything! I have no explanation. It's not expensive -- it's worth the monthly subscription, even if you only watch a couple videos a week -- and stopping a subscription is super-easy.

I'm up to 216 hours on Dreaming Spanish and it's been great. One thing to note is that the majority of the super beginner and beginner videos are free, so you can get pretty fair before really needing to subscribe. And the price is extremely low. I'd say most people will need the site for no more that 2 years. That's less than $200 for learning a language.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

The value is insane. I really like that it is such a simple business model too. Watch video, pick up the language, talk when you want

A great review of DS! ❤

I wish this was available in more languages, it sounds fab

@espanol9498

10 ай бұрын

well, he said in some video he would be paying people to do that for chinese. but if you google around you can find some "comprehensible input" channel, thought they arent as comprehensible as DS makes it to be. you safe bet is peppa pig and cartoons like it, my gf is watching peppa pig for french lol

@PQ_497

10 ай бұрын

@@espanol9498 Thanks! I actually did watch an episode of Peppa Pig in the language I want to learn (bahasa Indonesia) but only found one so far.

@espanol9498

10 ай бұрын

@@PQ_497 any other cartoon for toddlers will do for indonesian

@PQ_497

10 ай бұрын

@@espanol9498 I have found stuff for slightly older kids but I'll look again, thank you

@TylerG7777

10 ай бұрын

Im already conversational in Spanish. Wish the was “Dreaming German”!

Matt, this is a wonderful outline of Dreaming in Spanish. I am much earlier in the journey than you are. I first came across Alma doing her Pablo and Elisa series, which I loved when I was starting out and then through her I came to dreaming in Spanish. I am really surprised that you have advanced so far and done so much time without speaking. Even if that works my personality would not permit me to do that. For better or for worse I do trust in the process but I still feel the urge to "taste stuff as I am cooking". I am very keen to hear what your experience is like when you start talking.

Brilliant video, Matt. I am considering learning Spanish at some point in the future, and I have been wondering how good DS is. Thank you so much for making this wonderfully informative video .😊

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Christine!

Highly appreciate your video tysm for sharing

Excellent and fair review. Pablo and company set the gold standard for comprehensible input. I am at 220 hours and I know the method really works. I can listen to intermediate podcasts (e.g. Espanol con Juan) easily.

@matt_brooks-green

9 ай бұрын

I love it. I tried to give a balanced review but honestly, it’s a great example of how it should be done. Thanks for checking out the video 🙏

Dreaming Spanish is the best thing to happen to language learning. Im almost at 800 hours and i only started last August. And that's after making basically no progress for 3 years using duolingo so I'm so grateful I found DS!

Great video. I am loving dreaming Spanish

Tambien he usado Dreaming Spanish como mi recurso principal para aprender el español, y tengo que decir que definitivemente ha sido mi recurso favorito. A mi me gusta mucho Dreaming Spanish y funciona muy bien.

Dreaming Spanish is great! I used the Refold 1K deck, Dreaming Spanish, and some graded readers and my understanding of Spanish has proved drastically while not really having to “put in much effort” (explicit studying) because of how the series are structured. I am now breaking into native content (Netflix dramas) and having a lot of fun! Agustina is the best!

Great review! I'm closing in on 250 hours and your review tracks with my experience so far. I am so thankful that I stumbled upon Dreaming Spanish. I am now in the intermediate level videos and can mostly follow them. I find Pablo's videos on the process of language learning to be quite helpful and very interesting. Like you say in your review, you sort of have to trust the process, but there's a lot of research backing up this particular method of language learning (Stephen Krashen's theory of comprehensible input, etc.). Plus, Pablo used this approach when he successfully learned the Thai language, so he has first-hand experience to back up the research. It was interesting to hear your take on which videos to watch, as well. I'm watching *all* the videos, but when I eventually begin to speak I'll probably have to pick an accent (at least I think so). The most logical choice for me, as an American, is probably the Mexican accent, but honestly, I'm in 😍with the sound of Rioplatense Argentine Spanish. But, the most important thing is I'm enjoying the journey. Thanks for your excellent review.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for checking out the video. If you are intermediate and want a Spanish accent also check out Luisito Communication on KZread. Very compelling content that is generally easier to understand than a lot of content for native Spanish speakers. Enjoy!

Dreaming Spanish is an incredible source of learning Spanish language. I'm so grateful to Pablo and his team for my progress!❤❤❤

I'm still waiting for a negative review on comprehensible input (in general) by anybody, but there doesn't seem to exist any. I just passed 100 hours at Dreaming Spanish, and I'm FAR from over the chock that it actually works. Not that any other method has worked for me, but still. I looked up the first videos again (sorted by difficulty), just listening to what they said, and not watching the screen at all. There were a few occasional words I still didn't understand, but not many. The strangest thing though, was that I now noticed several phrases which had been there all along (like "pues si"), but which hadn't even registered the first time. It wasn't even sounds in the beginning, it was just noise that my brain filtered out while waiting for something to understand. Really weird feeling.

@philipdavis7521

10 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised at how hostile some people are about comprehensible input - one prominent English teacher even did some much viewed YT attacks on it. And occasionally you get a little bit of factionalism even within those who agree with it (I was surprised recently at Stephen Kaufman making very negative comments about those input courses that discourage early speaking). Some of it I think is just resentment by people who have worked very hard at languages toward the idea that you don't need to learn grammar or lists of words, which is understandable if you've spent years doing exactly that. But most criticisms I think come from people who simply don't understand the theory and concept.

@jamesmccloud7535

10 ай бұрын

@@philipdavis7521 While that is true, I think some people fail to realize how incredibly niche this whole "Comprehensible Input" or second language acquistion is on the internet, even more in real life. We can have this illusion that it's quite well known in our own bubble on the internet, but outside people have no idea what you're talking about. I know no one personally who is actively trying to learn another language, and even when I encounter one, the chances of them knowing the theory of comprehensible input is close to zero. Most people still follow traditional methods in school or just self study grammar when they want to learn. That's what I did in the beginning till I got frustrated by how hard it actually is. Even when I just so happened to encounter Stephen Krashen and this whole niche, I still had a lot of doubts and skepticism with the claims. Now though I am a prominent believer after investing hundreds of hours in Dreaming Spanish and seeing my comprehension skyrocket.

@daysandwords

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesmccloud7535 "We can have this illusion that it's quite well known in our own bubble on the internet, but outside people have no idea what you're talking about." Yes. It's also so counter intuitive that people often think they've understood what I'm saying (when I explain what it is to them), and then when they summarise what I've said I'm thinking "No, you've not understood it at all."

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

A lot of people get grumpy about different approaches to language learning. My opinion is that someone's strong feelings and loud opinions say more about them than they do about the method they are complaining about. DS is a great resource and the move to more implicit learning I think the the future of language learning

@DanielBrahneborg

10 ай бұрын

@@philipdavis7521 Yeah, I guess I have to amend my previous "anybody" as "anybody who has actually tried it for a significant time".

Thank you so much for this overview. I'm a paid user but had been using a separate spreadsheet to track other activities. I will definitely start to use the dashboard for tracking everything else in one place from now on. Great tip!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

It's actually kept me on the platform longer just so I can see myself reach Level 6! 🤣

@tinynhhouse5467

10 ай бұрын

I also use a spreadsheet to keep track of my CI hours. I prefer my own spreadsheet over the dashboard because I can see how many hours of watching videos, listening to podcasts and reading books in Spanish that I have completed. I am also a paid DS user and am approaching 700 hours of CI - Dave

@Mr_Kirk_

7 ай бұрын

I just finished all of the super beginner and beginner videos. That's about 140 hours. So excited for intermediate level videos! I can only imagine what 5-600 hours watched must feel like. This method keeps me motivated by design. I want to progress through the levels to discovery how much better I understand at the different stages. So glad this exists.

Awesome, thanks so much for reviewing this, do you know if there are other sites like this for other languages?

2:30 - LOL, every video on DS! I have thought about something like this too, but then I realised that it's literally impossible, since they add 3 new ones a day. (OK technically it's possible if you watched 6 a day, you could catch up but it would take 3 years haha.) The thing you described about "Coma tus fresas" - yeah... weirdly, I think your brain makes the "switch" earlier for a third language than it does for a second. For example, it was a while before I was able to hear something in Swedish and just think "Well I don't agree because blah blah blah..." (without thinking about it being in Swedish), but it happened after like a month in Spanish. (Yes my Spanish was better after a month than my Swedish was, but my brain also seemed much more ready to just "go with it".) The thing I rate about DS is that they DO talk about every day stuff. My own Swedish could use something like "Dreaming Swedish" because my comprehension of time of death and murder weapon is much better than my comprehension of the things that Swedes actually talk about which is how nice each other's apartments are and when the next kanelbullar break is. Another great video!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, if anyone does watch every one I would be very impressed! The implicit learning thing is interesting because I understand Spanish (or a lot of it) but I don't actually know anything about the structure or rules of the language. I haven't done flashcards but I wonder how much that has changed the experience for you because you will 'know' stuff that I might understand but haven't yet activated into my conscious memory and therefore can't yet use (if that's even how it works). Yeah, language is very much context specific. Ask me about language learning in Chinese and I can have a decent conversation. Talk to me outside of that and the results are much more mixed!

@Komatik_

3 ай бұрын

> Yes my Spanish was better after a month than my Swedish was, but my brain also seemed much more ready to just "go with it". Maybe because English is heavily Latin-based and Swedish vocab's stayed more Germanic? Even if it feels like funhouse English to me, it's more the word order and such. Meanwhile even with my worse French, deciphering other Romance languages feels almost criminally easy. Specifically, _understanding_ Romance languages feels easy, actually composing sentences is another matter entirely. Your study methods with Spanish were also just better from the get go than Swedish, so with good methods and lots of cognates, why not?

Dreaming Spanish is excellent Thankypu for the video

I'm starting to dip my toes into it a bit and find it quite fun. Sometimes I even forget it's in Spanish. I've been considering getting the premium, you may have convinced me!

I’ve been waiting for someone to review this as I’m only 30 hours in so far. Thanks for the video!! How is your confidence with grammar? I’ve been thinking of maybe doing some grammar work on the side to maybe speed things up a bit.

@matt_brooks-green

9 ай бұрын

I've done a bit of everything but have watched all of the videos in Spain Spanish. I'm not almost exclusively using native content to continue. With regards to grammar it will help you monitor your output. I still have no idea on grammar but can speak well enough to have decent conversations. I may study grammar at some point but I never get round to it as reading and speaking to teachers always seems to be the more fun option!

Dreaming Spanish is great. It might be my favorite Spanish resource overall - it's helped my listening comprehension a ton, and a chunk of my vocab has come from there. But I don't agree with the idea of using it alone, without bothering to study vocab/grammar/etc. separately, which is what they recommend on their website. Some of the other comments here have people saying they've been using Dreaming Spanish alone, for hundreds of hours, and still can't speak at all. I'm about ~300 hours myself into my studies, but with a combination of Dreaming Spanish and traditional studies, and I'm semi-conversational now. Meaning I can and do speak with native speakers about far more than just "hello, how are you" - albeit I currently need them to slow down to about a "Dreaming Spanish intermediate level" speed so that I can understand everything (fixing that part is my goal now :)). I can read/write more-or-less fluently, understand all the main grammar including the subjunctives, etc. Kinda at this point now where I'm just practicing speaking/listening faster, and filling in gaps in my vocabulary and set phrases. Hoping to get to a point next year where I can say "yeah I'm conversationally fluent." So I suppose my point is 1. Dreaming Spanish is amazing, but 2. using it alone without any other resources is going to take twice as long. Unless you have unlimited time, it makes sense to do whatever's going to get you to fluency the fastest.

@j-t4436

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree, I was very surprised when I seen there were people using the input only method. I have seen people that have used this method for 1000+ hours and still haven’t started speaking, that’s crazy to me! I practiced everything from day one and reached a B2 level in less than 800 hours. It just seems like a huge waste of time to only practice one side of it.

@lartrak

2 ай бұрын

I don't have an opinion on efficiency, but what people will actually stick with (as long as it works at all, mind) is the most important single thing in language learning. Pure or nearly pure input almost certainly has a higher retention rate than something with a lot of study and early speaking practice, and when something takes hundreds to thousands of hours, retention is the biggest factor in success. If you're extremely motivated or enjoy traditional study or speaking practice, absolutely do it though.

Great feedback. Having the freedom to listen and trust you are learning is great and you will. That being said, I hope there are assessments available after you pass the watch hour markers. Trust but verify is my mantra. 2) Other tools provide you with the speaking practice and I take advantage as I now speak to as many native Spanish as I can. In the US, Spanish speakers seem to light up by just saying the most basic phrases. I try my best to practice more phrases instead of individual words to avoid overly translating. 3) Dreaming Spanish on KZread has advantages that the platform alone lacks. Mostly that you can exchange ideas and ask questions on YT. I read comments now and respond in Spanish even if I make a few errors. Another example, is when Agustina de Argentina pronounced la playa as "la plasha" I laughed when I figured out it was her form of Spanish in Argentina to just say, the beach. Thanks again. Am following

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark. Personally I wouldn't like tests at each level - the process is a sliding scale in my mind rather than a series of steps. I don't know how many people would enjoy the tests or what they would prove. Being able to communicate with native speakers is one of life's great pleasures! Thanks for checking out the channel! 🙏

I love Dreaming Spanish! I'm a high school Spanish teacher who spent 15 years in Venezuela, so I'm pretty fluent. However, I still love to watch/listen because I can hear the different accents, vocab, and grammar. Also, I get lots of ideas for my students!

Do they have resources and videos for Costa Rican or just Tico Spanish?

Matt, have you found any other resource in other languages that are as close to Dreaming Spanish as possible? Meaning ones that have something like their Super Beginner and Beginner content? All the comprehensible input i’ve seen are usually just in intermediate levels and up.

I'm at 300 hours, i've gone from fear, drop and roll when a Spanish person talked to me to actually being able to understand them if they speak slowly.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Great work! 😊

Great stuff Matt, I am trying to start CI with Chinese.

@SimplyChinese

10 ай бұрын

What’s your level now in Chinese? I created some videos last year for beginners.

@gm0t

10 ай бұрын

@@SimplyChinese Thanks will check it out .

Great review! Agreed on all points. Like you I'm also trying to watch all the European Spanish videos and am about half way through (excluding Advanced). I've been aware of DS for a while but only started using it as my primary source back in March. I combine it with Español con Juan's videos and podcasts and am getting close to 400 hours and the progress I'm noticing is great. We had a call with Jonathan Tetteh a couple days ago and he inspired me to go further, and your videos also help remind me to get my daily input. I'm still debating whether to get some bone conduction headphones like the Shokz OpenMove pair you recommended, or some wireless neckband earphones, gonna have to go find a shop that has a demo because I really can't decide haha.

@vulcan20mmsp44

10 ай бұрын

I purchased a pair of Shokz OpenMove - simple to use, decent sound quality, and keeps your ears open.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

It is an amazing resource. When you consider the price and effectiveness of alternatives - you can get not a lot of Spanish for a lot more money! Bone conduction are my faves. You can listen all the time. The less friction there is to getting input the more likely you are to get some

Dreaming Spanish is easily one of the best tools to use when learning Spanish! My Spanish learning journey has improved show much since I started using dreaming Spanish.

I randomly saw the thumbnail for this video and thought to myself there’s no way someone thinks they’re a waste of time… glad to see it was an endorsement of DreamingSpanish. I only came across them a couple of weeks ago, but the videos they have are extremely interesting and a good tool for Spanish learners. My level is an intermediary level but I can only imagine what it’s doing for beginners.

I started with more of a refold / lingq approach, got burnt out, took a break, and then rediscovered Dreaming Spanish. It’s so easy and enjoyable. 10/10 would recommend!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's the beauty. There are lots of approaches but this one feels like cheating. Zero effort and natural acquisition. Good luck!

Does listening to a video while your at work count, or do you have to be focused on it and not just having it blaring into your ear with earbuds while you’re doing other things?

3:57 I developed a website that used the KZread API and I can't remember if it was a youtube restriction or a browser restriction but you can't trigger autoplay automatically on mobile.

Awesome. What do you think it will take for you to start speaking? Just more experience or try to pratice?

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

900 hours...

Ok u convinced me

Me: *minding my own business* Phone: *Notification that Matt made another video* Me: *sigh* Guess I’ll finish this other thing I’m doing later. 😆

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha! Thanks Jeff!

I really like Espanol con Juan as well!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

His books are great!

@TheRealMartin

10 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green are they? I bought año nuevo, vida nueva but haven't attempted to read it yet!

What are thoughts on watching spanish content (eg. spanish netflix ) with spanish sub titles??? I know in a recent video from Pablo he was against this (turn it off). But I like making the connection with the spoken word with the written word in my brain (make sense??).... especially when they are speaking faster than I can comprehend?? Also have you started using Chat gpt in anyway yet on your spanish learning journey??? Perhaps future video on your thoughts here?? Thanks for your content!

@tinynhhouse5467

10 ай бұрын

When I started Dreaming Spanish, I turned off the subtitles so my brain could learn the sounds of the Spanish words. My guess is that once the sounds are securely in your head (maybe 500 - 800 hours?), I don't see a problem with subtitles, especially for difficult movies. I have watched a couple of videos about using ChatGPT for language learning. The best idea I have seen so far is to have ChatGPT create short stories in Spanish for reading practice. - Dave

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video. Ultimately the golden rule is "you're an adult, do what you enjoy". But I think ideally you would have the subs off as you don't listen the same way when they are on. That said, I will totally own up to watching La Casa De Papel with subs to help my comprehension, but I sometimes end up 'reading' the episode rather than watching it which is probably not a good use of my time

8 months later, I have several updates from my own experience. I now have 820 hours of input, a lot of that from podcasts alongside DS. I'm back in Spain and I can understand most native speakers if they speak directly to me, but I know this will improve as I approach 1000 hours. As for Dreaming Spanish itself, the website has gone from strength to strength, they have new hosts, some are hilarious, and new editors and content quality. Seriously, some of the most recent videos are like professional short films. I'm now listening 2 hours a day, and hope to reach 2000 hours by the end of 2025. I'm just on the edge of being able to watch native media, and am slowly adding reading into my study, which helps a lot when preparing to speak.

I don't know if it's just me but I noticed I don't really improve fast when I just count on comperhension input. I love DS videos and I make sure to watch them everyday cause they're really fun and I can pick up some useful phrases but I noticed when I learn thro reading or by memorizing phrases I learn WAY TOO FASTER. I still find it cool that there's some people out there want you to enjoy your journy learning their langugae!

I've tried to learn Spanish by studying long lists of vocabulary, doing grammar practices, and other boring stuff. I made 0 progress. Then I decided that the best way to learn it is in the same way that I learnt English (it's my second language) - by immersing myself in the language. I'm only 15 hours in (tbh Duolingo & listening to Spanish music helped me a lot), and I can understand almost everything that is said in intermediate videos :)

1:58 Yes I know what you mean. There are times when I stop a DS vid and rewind because my brain heard English. I know the DS speech is all in Spanish, checking confirms that I watched in Spanish, but I swear I heard English. This is at 170 hours of DS input.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Amazing! Today I kept wanting to use 'clave' when speaking English. Natural acquisition is great! 😊

Did you mean that you finished all the super beginner videos in Spain Spanish, then Latin spanish, and continued for each level? Or did Spain spanish all the way to the end, and then did some advanced Latin spanish?

The idea makes sense, and I like your pointing out that getting in a few extra minutes a day. I got started on the timer today. I don't think you realize, though, that you have a head start on most of us because you have at least one relative that you spend time around who speaks Spanish. I suspect you'd heard her tell your niece other things, giving you bonus listening you hadn't even thought of. I'm not as interested in the Spain version of Spanish (vosotros) because the vast majority of Spanish speakers don't use it. Mexico alone has more than 2 1/2 times as many speakers as Spain. Living in the U.S., I'm more likely to run into the other kind of Spanish.

@matt_brooks-green

2 ай бұрын

I wish I did to be honest. They live in Spain sadly so I only see them a couple of times a year. It’s easier to get input with DS

I’m convinced

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

I'm convincing

can you Download only the audios? And can you pay by creditcard?

@stevenc123

10 ай бұрын

There's an option for downloading audio only, and payment is done via stripe so all credit cards should work.

Wish i was learning spanish!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

No time like the present!

"All of the language" is quite a bold claim. There are literally words in my native language that I don't know the meaning of.

come one man do another update on this!

I would be interested to see results of people's conversational level that have clocked lots of hours of listening. No doubt you will improve your comprehension listening a lot, but I feel like there are gaps in the equation. If you are not also practicing consistently speaking, you are not using your mouth, tongue, cheeks to produce the sounds you need for spanish. They are muscles that need to be exercised in order to have good pronunciation. Just listening eliminates the very human side of speaking a language. We get nervous when we speak, we can't pronounce the words that are pronounced perfectly "inside our head", we freeze up and can't find the words. It's unlikely that most of the vocabulary that you understand perfectly while listening, will just hang out in your brain, until you are ready to use it, and then magically be remembered when you need it. To speak well, you have to practice that skill. O sea, si quieres comunicarte bien, es sumamente importante practicar esa habilidad

I'm happy to subscribe for $8 a month just to support Pablo in this fantastic effort!

I misread the title as Dreaming of Spinach which I believe is a bad thing btw

@SvengelskaBlondie

5 ай бұрын

Sounds a bit like the title of Popeye the sailors autobiography 🤣

I've watched a lot of the free videos, and they arr definitely an enjoyable way to learn. My only complaint is that he often tries to convince you that input is the best and only way to learn, and you should not even try anything else. That always makes me skeptical.

@tinynhhouse5467

10 ай бұрын

I think Pablo speaks from experience of using Comprehensible Input to learn English, Japanese and Thai.

@theymademepickaname1248

10 ай бұрын

@@tinynhhouse5467 what's his level of proficiency in those languages? I've heard him read words and names in English, and he doesn't seem to know that language well. When someone claims their method is the best and only way, it gives be snake oil vibes.

@tinynhhouse5467

10 ай бұрын

@@theymademepickaname1248 His English is excellent as evident in the following interview: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaqmsNaOaMnLlc4.html He spent 3 or 4 years at University in Japan after doing 6 months of intensive CI at home. He traveled throughout Japan, so I would assume he is fluent in Japanese. I believe he has 2,000 hours of CI in Thai. In one video, he said he went to a hospital in Thailand and could communicate easily with the doctors. Hey, CI is how we all learned our mother tongue!

@theymademepickaname1248

10 ай бұрын

​@@tinynhhouse5467I was wrong. His English is very good. I use a lot of CI, and I believe it's helpful. However, I don't think you can totally learn a new language in the same way you learned your native language. Regardless of the method you use, your native language will always influence your new one.

ds is good I understand pretty much everything but i am lacking on speaking and writing yet doing nothing about it

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Just keep going. The speech will emerge when you're ready. I'm really glad I waited 😊

@griff424

10 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green how long exactly you waited btw

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

@@griff424 900 hours 😅

I wish they had something similar like this in Italian to learn.😢😢😢

Do they have transcripts of the audio that you can read?

@matt_brooks-green

7 ай бұрын

No, Spanish Languge Coach does for his podcast if you prefer that sort of thing

¿Y cómo es posible que no nos conozcamos todavía?

@matt_brooks-green

9 ай бұрын

Jajajajaja! No se! 🤣🤷‍♂️

Well, my target language is French, but when I switch gears to Spanish in 2027 then I'll be sure to hop on this. Too bad there's no Dreaming French.

@espanol9498

10 ай бұрын

watch peppa pig or other cartoons

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Boom: www.youtube.com/@FrenchComprehensibleInput How'd you like them apples? One day I will learn French and 100% will be using Lucas's videos

@brianwells6918

10 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green There is also Alice Ayel: www.youtube.com/@aliceayel I haven't looked into her channel very much, but I have seen it recommended. I believe she uses the Comprehensible Input method.

@espanol9498

10 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green yo my gf said it's not very comprehensive

I'm a new premium member of Dreaming Spanish. I had high school Spanish 67 YEARS ago. I live in So Calif so I hear it almost every day. Definitely a beginner now. I tried at the Super Beginner level, but found most of the presentations completely annoying. Since they can't deal with a lot of words, they comically exaggerate their voice, their pronunciation, their gestures and their drawings. It was so distracting, I wasn't really getting the words all that well. I switched to Beginner. Far less animated presentations and more words and concepts to deal with. I missed some, but that's OK as I can easily rewatch a video. I find it helpful to watch all the presenters/teachers/whatever they call them. Some I can easily relate to and understand. Some I can't understand as well. And some I don't relate to well enough to want to watch them. Just like in real life. Try different ones. You need to be able to understand different voices, but in the beginning, you just need to understand. I like several, but I think it's fair to say I have favorites ( Michelle, Agustina, Andrea). They're all very professional so it's just a matter of finding a face and a voice you want to spend hours and hours with. Again, just like real life. Thanks for the videos Matt. Your interview with Dr Jeff McQuillan was outstanding. You're a very good interviewer with insightful questions that really bring out the best in your subject. That seemed to be apparent to Dr. McQuillan as well as you both had good chemistry.

Are you fluent now? How long have you been at it?

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Nope. Still working on it!

¿Por qué el título tan negativo? ¿Alguna vez alguien ha sugerido que Dreaming Spanish es una pérdida de tiempo? Me suena mejor "¿Dreaming Spanish vale la pena?". Suena menos irrespetuoso. Pero bueno!

How many hours is he doing everyday did anyone get what he is doing

Dreaming Spanish is great. But…. @1:30 “Your brother-in-laws wife”……Wouldn’t that just be your sister?

How and when does one jump from watching these videos to speaking???

@matt_brooks-green

3 ай бұрын

Wait until you feel you’re ready , then find a fun tutor to chat to

I don’t understand why one doesn’t just watch KZread videos and track their progression themselves?

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

You can if you want. My experience is that there is a lot more content on the website and a number of features that make sorting by country, difficulty or subject much easier. You also get access to the podcast feed. Where the number of hours is important the more content the better in my opinion

@headache1992

9 ай бұрын

Why not support such a great channel as dreaming Spanish and not buy a subscription? It's a wrong way to treat it this way, great creators deserve to be supported

How did you find cross talk partners?

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Honestly, I just pay an italki tutor. It is more convenient and efficient to do that than try and align schedules with someone. That said, you can always find a forum in your target language for learners of your native language and try and find someone there.

Are clickbait titles a waste of time? Twelve minutes later: Answer is no!

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Hahahaha! Well thanks for clicking and thanks for checking out the video. I really appreciate it 🙏

Hearing people say they made progress after 100, 600 or even 1000 hours is hilarious. Of course you made progress!! You put 100s of hours of your life into it. Imagine if you spent even half that time studying, how much more you would have learned.

Dreaming spanish is not enough to understant language and speak correctly.

Your brother in law’s wife is your sister in law.

@matt_brooks-green

3 ай бұрын

Ah, cheers Daniel!

@danielhagans4304

3 ай бұрын

@@matt_brooks-green I’m sure that was some real valuable information 7 months after the fact 😂. Hope you’re well bro

The spanish is a little romance language. Pronunciation is a lot easier than English

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

TBH I find English waaaaay easier to pronounce... can't think why 😂

I wish there were a Dreaming Spanish alternative for Latin American Spanish ...

@daysandwords

10 ай бұрын

Um, there is? It's called... Dreaming Spanish. About half the content on Dreaming Spanish is in Mexican Spanish, and there's quite a lot in Argentinian.

@CynsCorner

10 ай бұрын

@@daysandwords I recently noticed that on their direct site. I'm hoping there's plenty of Mexican/more neutral-sounding Spanish, as that is my preferred because it is usually easier to understand than other dialects with glaring differences in pronunciation.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

There are over 1k videos in Mexican Spanish - I wouldn't say that's neutral but certainly more familiar if you are American

@daysandwords

10 ай бұрын

@@CynsCorner Also note that by most people's vote, Dreaming Spanish's most engaging presenter is Mexican (Andrea). I know this is subjective, but she is a part time actor, so it makes sense that she's just an excellent presenter and she has like 380 videos or something. That's why I sounded weird to me when you said "I wish there were a Dreaming Spanish alternative for Latin American Spanish..."

@CynsCorner

10 ай бұрын

@@daysandwords I'd only ever seen the main guy from Spain for the most part. I initially thought it was pretty much only him doing almost all of the videos.

Is this an ad?

@matt_brooks-green

6 ай бұрын

Nope.

I'm just going to say this, why? Isn't the whole idea of MIA to get natural/normal and untainted input? Because I know when I talk to someone that doesn't know English that I speak slower use less advanced words, and speak very unnaturally, so why would you want to speak/hear like that? I have heard a graded English speaker and it felt like nails on a chalk board, so I would say just don't fall into this trap. (Also an instance of a channel that has graded English speakers is ENGLISH CRUNCH, Compass publishing, And I'm sure they don't get much better.) Basically what I'm trying to say is to at least try to grow a pair and watch some hard content, I did so and the reward was great because I have content that isn't "Asking for direction at Red Square" I can just click on a video, I think more people should at least try to listen to that harder content even if it's only passively.

But can you speak??

@matt_brooks-green

3 ай бұрын

Yep

Their advance level videos are slower than dele A2 beginner audios. Don’t see how it’s helpful

@gavinstuart3446

7 ай бұрын

lol what? Nonsense

So you understand it but dont speak it. Seems half ass. The goal is to talk too.

@matt_brooks-green

6 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️ I’m now speaking too if it makes you feel better. I have to say delayed speaking for me in this instance was great. By the point I started speaking I could already understand when I was spoken to instead of the classic saying something and then not understanding the response to my question. I could also have more meaningful conversations as a result. Each to their own but I certainly found it beneficial

If I am supposedly your friend and you tell me you need to borrow five hundred dollars and I give you five dollars did I really help you? Spoiler alert!!! Most KZread sites are not going to help you do anything meaningful, but there job is to convince you that they are the exception.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

Have you tried DS? It works. And for free if you are willing to put up with adverts

@daysandwords

10 ай бұрын

I honestly wonder if this comment was made by an AI or something. It doesn't make any sense. $500? Who said anything about $500? That would be Dreaming Spanish subscription for FIVE YEARS. Also, the way that first question is structured is non-sensical. I am getting more and more comments like this; where they kind of look like they make sense but don't actually say anything that a well functioning brain has ever come up with.

@matt_brooks-green

10 ай бұрын

@@daysandwords Yeah, it's very weird. But then let's be honest, a lot of comments can be a bit random on this platform!

I don't care how great the system is ,the clips are so fff annoying. Plus you should be fluent after a year