How to Become Fluent in Spanish as an Adult

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FINDING THE DISCOUNT BOX ON LANGUA (It can be tricky)

Laptops/PC: look for 'Add discount' just below the Subtotal and above the tax on the left (if tax applies in your country).
Phones: You have to click 'Show order summary' when the checkout opens and it will reveal the same thing I described for laptops.

0:00 introduction
2:50 learning Spanish through "patterns"
11:05 practice with native speakers
10:26 Qroo Spanish Crew
12:05 AI tutors
13:09 developing your ear
15:42 reading
16:55 comittment

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[MikeS]

Best Spanish learning content on YouTube! Thank you, Paul. We are moving to Spain in less than two months, and very excited about the language learning ahead of us.

[karitosmc]

I just paid for the lifetime access to your resources. I have been studying daily now for more than 6 months and have had more than 100 one-on-one classes and I can understand a lot more than I can verbalize. This video really hit home for me because there is a significant lack of structure and planning behind my studying. If I had been using patterns like this from the beginning I'd probably be a lot farther along. You are exceptional in your field for communicating clearly and with intent. I am extremely impressed with all of your content and just wanted to let you know!

[jmbishop]

These videos are so good and so helpful. Thank you for making them.

[andreewoodson]

You are by far my favorite YouTube Spanish teacher!

[hagendf]

It made a huge difference for me to practice reading text out loud, en voz alta. I try to do it at the speed, accent, and cadence of Latinos. The theory being that if I can speak like them then it will help me to hear like them. That has been true to an extent.

[Silvi-a]

Keep coming back to you here 😎 Always great - thanks!

[michaelstetzer]

Great advice and excellent examples. Thank you!

[anthonygoldsmith]

Hey Paul. I think your videos are fantastic and so informative. I've from Ireland and have been learning Spanish for 3 years. I've bought courses and consumed as much as I can. Por v Para, Ser and Estar, Preterite and Imperfect, Subjunctive etc. Any info on what your Qroo Spanish Crew course covers?

[St-JohnMortlock]

I've been watching Paul for 6-7 months, and through practice and repetition, learning basic grammar patterns, expressions, and verb tenses and conjugations, I've developed enough to hold a somewhat indepth converstion with Native Speakers in the canary islands (where I am now), and the only differences are really vocabulary as I learned Colombian Spanish and here Canarian Spanish is spoken.

Locals are very impressed with my level of speech, pronunciation and understanding of words.

The hardest part for me is the "listening development" where 90% of the conversation is understood, but 10% is speed of speech and again vocabulary 😂

I recommend Paul to anyone who wantong to learn Spanish!

[kegrant]

A podcast/video that I suggest "How to Spanish Lessons & Podcast". I found it easy to follow as an intermediate Spanish learner.

[jodickso]

Other things that have helped me as well. I listen to a ton of Spanish pop music and praise music. For pop I particularly like the music of Mana or La Oreja de Van Gogh. For praise I like Miel San Marcos or Generación 12. Singing the songs over and over, because I really enjoy the music and the words, has really helped reinforce the language. Also journaling daily in Spanish has helped as well. I will often run a translation through DeepL to ensure I’ve conjugated the verbs correctly or that my syntax is good.

[Ebbandjayflo]

Great lessons as always. Gracias maestro 👌

[JohnA-lg]

Mil gracias. Llevo dos años escuchándole.

[cwtckness]

Thanks atoo, some of us are probably perpetual students I’m 75, live in Mexico, and study each day, been 14 years, only worry I have is having access to my ATM card every few years, , my one friend back there is 83, and I’m panicked to change my SS pension changed to my Méxican bank, sorry to ramble, but I have no one back in USA other than my old pal, forgive me, I really appreciate the work you do, my mother was a teacher, like you

[ellinorglorioso]

It is time for me to learn spanish. With all the new immigration peoples moving here I've found my store shopping is now selling groceries in spanish as well as english. Surprisingly this happened last week. I found the baked beans selling in english and spanish signage. Time to catch up! with smart phones and with culture changes. The US is becoming partly spanish educated. Time to learn.

[petebowen]

It’s not easy, but definitely doable! Patterns far exceed the immersion technique. Learn the patterns as you learn the vocabulary and you can become conversational before you know it!

[Donna-vhym]

This is great. The hard thing for me is changing the ella/el, etc verbs.

[jdbize]

Good lesson. I need to be fluent like yesterday or 30 years ago

[ALookAtMyUniverse]

Hey👋🏽 There’s so much great info in your videos! Would you suggest watching them in sequence from your first upload or now are there certain videos out of order that you think hit hardest? I’ve been studying Spanish consistently for about 3 months now.