Why you can understand more Spanish than you can speak and how to improve your speaking skills

Why you can understand more Spanish than you can speak and how to improve your speaking skills. Many frustrated Spanish learners tell me that they can understand far more Spanish than what they can speak. I'm going to tell you why this is, why this isn't a bad thing, and what you can do to boost your Spanish speaking skills.
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0:00 Why you can understand more Spanish than you speak
6:44 Why it’s a good thing
10:20 How to improve your Spanish speaking skills

[maryfahning]

Thank you for this encouragement. Your description of fear = me. I have a language partner from Guatemala and experience extreme anxiety before we meet. But after our sessions I often feel so much better. I need to hear your message many times that it's okay to speak with mistakes and that my work so far is paying off. Thank you!

[spanfan]

Después de haber estudiado español por años, he llegado a la conclusión de que si quieres mejorar la fluidez en el habla es imprescindible que practiques esta habilidad. Es importante escuchar mucho, sin embargo eso por sí solo no te va a llevar a un mejor nivel de conversación. Entre más se practique el hablar más se va generando conexiones entre el cerebro y las cuerdas vocales

[learnENGLISHwithdebi]

Really great information, Erica! Love all of your videos. Each video is very helpful. Wish there was a ♥ button!

[Brocosin]

I grew up with parents who only speak spanish (I'm half Cuban and half El Salvadorian), but of course, being born and raised in the USA, me and my older siblings became more fluent speaking english and understanding english more than spanish, so our spanish is not that great but we understand spanish more than we speak lol. Whenever I talk to my parents in spanish, they sometimes look at me like if they don't know what I'm saying, because I'm saying some of the spanish words wrong 🤣🤣

[RudyTinoco]

Very helpful and encouraging content! Thank you :-)

[danielgrassman]

Always take away great information AND motivation from you and your videos. Thanks so much!

[hsjshajannna]

mam when will spianish masterclass open.? thank you🙏🏼

[angienarvaez]

¿Cuánto tiempo te tomó aprender español?

[juanlu]

Hi ERIC, I find it is difficult for me to understand themeaning of pronouns like me te lo la le les. Because their structure is very different from Chinese. How should I train myself to understand the meaning of pronouns quickly?