How to Learn Spanish as An Adult

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Title	:	How to Learn Spanish as An Adult
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Have you tried a technique like the 2-Minute Rule before?
Comment from : Real Fast Spanish

if i could only make such a silly little mistake i would sincerely praise the blessed jesus for the gift of a 2nd languagebrbras it is, i praise jesus for the will and tenacity to keep plugging
Comment from : longnamenocansayy

Thank you, I needed this!
Comment from : Sophia Loren M

Something that I noticed about myself while learning Spanish, is that when faced with a complex sentence to translate on my app, if I get something basic wrong, I allow myself one single eye-roll 🙄because what I'm more focused on is that I got the grammar, sentence structure and trickier parts accurate That makes me much happier and confident Other times, I just tell myself "wow you're really off your game today; too tired; too distracted" I don't dwell on it Where I really need help is with listening comprehension, and not translating in my head!
Comment from : Alison Price

This is brilliant, thank you for doing it! I'm also an adult foreign language teacher, and this is essential information for grown-ups I've said these things in many different ways, but you've put it together so well! The 2-minute rule is new to me, this is great! I'll use this! Thank you
Comment from : Gala Arendell

Video Summary: the rule is: don’t dwell on mistakes more than 2 minutes You’re welcome
Comment from : Conner Alford

I'm an adult college student that was horrible in high school Im often humbled by my younger peers and that's ok, because I have a rule that is similar to the 2 minute rule - always be on your own side! Forgive yourself, shrug it off, because the aspects of life outside yourself are hard enough already!
Comment from : TheDadofTown

Love your intro lesson and your style of leadership very empathic
Comment from : Chris Osorio

That’s exactly what I do😮😮
Comment from : Robin Jones

Ahh so just 2 minutes vs the 24 hours I just spent agonizing over the (Spanish) test I feel like I bombed Ok I’ll try that 👍🏼
Comment from : Dee Cee

Neuroplasticity plays an important role in this too, children are more plastic than adults
Comment from : Tropical_House

Total bulshit
Comment from : Engir

8:50 is when he discusses the two minute rule
Comment from : Short Zumba Workouts With Camille

I'm enjoying your videos and I love the 2-minute tool I'm going to give this a try with everything; not just learning Spanish 🙂 Thanks!
Comment from : Denise Lauth

I just accept I am human I will do my best but a person who never made a mistake never made anything
Comment from : Brian Eduardo

I don’t my left from my right in ANY language
Comment from : Brian Eduardo

I’m so glad I found your channelbrI’m using Duolingo, and these videos are really helpful alongside it
Comment from : Alison Jackson

Je pensais que ton français était assez bien Il m'avait fait rire
Comment from : Paul Eff

Muchas gracias
Comment from : Jaz Angel

I'm going to enjoy my mistakes as I learn, that's where you learn the best lessons
Comment from : Roger Comer

It is interesting to hear your point about adults learning a new language and their Fear of Making a mistake I found the exact same issue for adults when trying to learn a musical instrument Especially compared to children Adults get frustrated with the process of learning an instrument because they know how it should sound and they are not happy with their ability This can hold them back and that 2 minute rule will likely work for this learning process
Comment from : Mike J Thomas

The world is dominated by money This warps all the info we receive Everyone is trying to make money, selling fantasies, easy ways that people want to hear Magic bullets, incredible methods I dont think they exist Do what you do , do more, do other things, do more, keep doing more How many are doing an hour a day and more? I think what is said here about worrying is fine, nothing special about 2 minutes, seems much too long to me Too much self indulgence, embrace and grasp the reality - this is a hard task, there is no real end point where it is complete, all you can do is keep slogging away in some way, all the methods work and none on their own are super solutions Think of it as a lifelong endeavour
Comment from : Steve Pace-First

I'll definitely try work on this I have a major stutter when it comes to speaking any languageso that's another hurdle
Comment from : Fıonn ÓFaoılleaċáın

I started learning Spanish at age 19 years old in January 2022 now I’m 20 years old and I speak Spanish beautifully
Comment from : Lulu Grace Tweedy

I find I learn better when I've made an embarrassing mistake Because I don't want to feel that way again I tend to remember not to make the same mistake
Comment from : J Riley Cain

Could you explain your Spanish Class and how to enroll
Comment from : Roger Jeffrey

Really, great video! Thanks for the tip You are really good at what you doing Thank you for helping so many people
Comment from : Tony and Lisa White

Not more difficult for adults to learn I crossed the line regarding French & Latin at school but should have failed both Interestingan Antipodean doing teaching Spanish As an adult my interest developed I took evening classes in Spanish (reasonable B1/B2) and German (B2/C1) Also Welsh, enough to understand sports commentary I never had fear of making mistakes as I'm not English
Comment from : CeltSpeaks Goth

Nice job but please focus on content I listened for 2 min and 40 seconds and did not learn anything about your 2-minute rule
Comment from : S N S

Andrew!!! This rule making me feel so comfortable! Thanks to you! You are a the BEST Teacher! You positiveness is my encouragement!
Comment from : L B

Thanks again, Andrew Nice one
Comment from : Gerard Maroney

This video actually made me cry (in a good way) because it was a sort of a self reflection when it came to negative self-judgement I’m a junior currently and am taking a Spanish class I always wanted to learn Spanish or a second language in general because my family is Mexican-American and call speak Spanish most of the time The reason I don’t is because my mom never really bothered to teach it to me (or my sisters) so I only have very basic knowledge of the Spanish language and have trouble with speaking and absolutely struggle reading words in Spanish This causes me to always doubt myself because I feel bad that I can’t speak Spanish even though I feel like I should be able to (again, because I’m Mexican-American and was often teased by other Hispanics when I was younger because I could only speak English) and I get scared to speak what little knowledge I have of it It feels like a one step forward, two steps back sort of thing I do want to speak Spanish fluently, but the fear of messing up and just feeling bad that I can’t even speak it in general just makes me wanna give up But watching this video gives me a sort of hope, that maybe I’ll be able to speak Spanish one day (I’ll try to remember the two minute rule as well, thank you)
Comment from : Puni

my fear is that if I try out my Spanish with a spanish speaker, I won't understand their response and I'll be left standing there frozen not knowing what to say it happenned when a cashier told me the cost of my purchase in spanish my mind went blank of course I studied money for 3 days!!!!!!
Comment from : Sandra S

I was beating myself up every time I mess up while I was studying Thanks to this tip I will give it a try
Comment from : mlbpropertygroup

Applicable to more than language learning! Thank you for making this
Comment from : SonictheShapeshifter aka LadyFoxling

Honestly this is great advice for any mistake in life really
Comment from : Olly Evans

hmmm the reason I keep quitting is because I can't stand the way I'm too often corrected by the people I'm making a good faith effort to speak with It's like getting corrected for spelling (or pronunciation) mistakes when they know perfectly well what you're trying to say In the end, I feel like they've weaponized their knowledge to establish dominance instead of trying to understand me So to shut them up, I just stop trying or talking to them
Comment from : coastal grasslander

Yep, agree brJust don't focus on they mistakes or lack of words, focus on the desire to get better and learn more words so you don't get choked 👍
Comment from : TheGreenFairy wisdom is the key

This is a great video just for the lesson on how helpful it is to get over your mistakes quickly
Comment from : CopyCutPaste

Great advice!
Comment from : Kat Murphy

I love this I needed to see this I feel bad for a while when I mess up or I'm around Spanish speaking people and I don't understand anything they are saying Thank you
Comment from : Practical Uniqrn

Also, as an adult, I find myself wanting to converse but knowing I will fail at some point in the conversation so sometimes I will not make the attempt The most success I have is when I pre-compose what I want to ask or say, use that composition and try to understand the flood of information that comes as a resultI used to keep a notebook while travelling so I could do that Also ''pre-pologizing'' with ''sorry, i'm learning'' or '' I don't know much Spanish'' helps take the edge off the anxiety and people are almost always kind in response
Comment from : Big Wave_Dave

Good psychological approach to learning a new language @ minute rule for max self-criticism is invaluable
Comment from : Artie Solomon

Mistakes are perfect for me cause I can learn at an angle that is less rigid than what I was original taught
Comment from : Desmond Guiles

I slept well
Comment from : Allen Ellsworth

Wow, dwelling on my mistakes or fear of making them is definitely holding me back I guess I see it as "why would I be motivated to fail?" I love these videos! Where have they been all my life?! Thank you!
Comment from : Mar C

Great point - applies to many things in life
Comment from : Frank Gavin

Great point - and there are many things in life that should be guided by the Two Minute Rule - not just lanaguage learing (When I was a child I had a fight at school I was brought into the Principal's office and she told me that the next time I get mad I have to count to 10 before I reacted This ten second rule resulted in me never having a fight again at school)
Comment from : Frank Gavin

2-Minute Rule is not just for learning Spanish It is for every learning process !!! Fantastic thing to apply in the school of life !!! Many thanks !!!
Comment from : Carlos Fernicola

Someone needs to tell my CEO this The place I work at promotes stress and long-term worrying when we make a mistake :-( causing much negative self-judgment
Comment from : Fire Storm

I would have slit my wrists if I had made such a faux pas The shame is too much
Comment from : John Martin

Thank you 😊
Comment from : minookalantari

This was essentially a anger management video
Comment from : Zig Man

Divorce your wife a get a spanish wife
Comment from : Zig Man

Great Insteda of "I should have known that" I say "I know this" because, even if because of the mistake, I now do
Comment from : Darrin Lalla

Two minute rule is interesting, I often find myself angry with myself because 'I should have known that"
Comment from : Daniel Smith

Thank you in that was great 👍🏼
Comment from : Sandy Dixon

This was excellent and i could apply it to so many things! I really do let ego get in the way but this suggestion will hopefully help me
Comment from : kangamangus95

I think 2 minutes is too long How about 20 seconds?
Comment from : TimeIdle

Hola, pues solo queria comentar que tengo una clienta que esta muy motivada a aprender Espanol pues su novio es Venezolano Estudiamos dos veces por semana y se molesta tanto cuando no puede recordar algo que acabamos de practicar Su molestia va al punto de que se llama nombres a si misma, cuando no recuerda algo Le digo que toma tiempo, que no se preocupe, que yo estoy para ayudarla La informacion sobre la atencion que un nino tiene vs la atencion de un adulto, y la extension de exposicion de un nino al idioma es una excelente manera de hacerla sentir mejor brMuchas gracias
Comment from : Milena I Cordoba

I'm gonna be honest I've just started learning Spanish I use duolingo to help with basic sentence forming and a small bit of vocabulary And I mess up all the time I never have an issue with besting myself up about it Usually what's going through my head is "Oh well I know what that was supposed to be and I'll get it next time" I never say "I should've known" because to me that's rolling back on what you do know I don't let things like that effect me because of the negative influence it can have on my mind I used to be like that in the past And it was so demotivating Which is why I've worked to getting rid of that aspect of my personality
Comment from : KingRut69

What a brilliant 💡
Comment from : Maria Barking

She would have agonized over a small mistake for weeks? That is an issue for therapy if you are serious
Comment from : NL Smith

Agreed Children are better at learning because they don't question so much as an adult
Comment from : Ross H

Andrew, I loved his video super clear and one of the few that deal head on with the fact that kids in a second-language-learning situation aren't actually learning all that much (in terms of vocab, grammar, etc) Most people have the mistaken impression that children learn a second language faster than adults They don't realize, as you pointed out, that children are learning a tiny subset of the language I remember a proud mom in Washington DC, the snobbery capital of the US when it comes to language learning, that announced to me that her daughter was trilingual She insisted, contrary to what second language studies show, that children learn a second language faster than adults When I challenged her, based on the extensive review I had done on the literature on second language acquisition, she cited her daughter as proof that kids learn faster than adults Apparently, she spoke to her daughter in English, her husband in French, and the maid in Spanish When I asked how old her daughter was, she said, "two" Hysterical! Because her daughter could babble a few words in three different languages, she was supposedly trilingual BTW, you probably know that junior high kids learn faster than grade school, high school faster still, and college-age faster still It apparently has to do with maturing of the brain and our ability to organize and use new information People confuse the fact that there is a window of opportunity before adolescence where a child's brain internalizes the correct accent with better ability to learn the language Adults may never develop a "native" accent, but they can acquire functional language much faster than a child, even given the very real barriers you point out Great job! And this ability of adults to learn quickly should be encouraging I hear so many adults say, I should have learned when I was a child when it would have been easier, so now it's not worth the trouble
Comment from : Rob Peters

Thanks This is a good rule and it works for so many other things in life All the time I've spent over the years beating myself up I could have been using to get better, but I'm not going to beat myself up over that either! :)
Comment from : Josiah Hockenberry

good advice and for life in general
Comment from : Charlie M

Sir। Thanks 🙏 brThat I understand some one some one from you sir
Comment from : SUBODH MISHRA

A 10 minute video about a 2 minute rule, and in this video you dont even explain what the rule is until 6 minutes in? Honestly, that bothers me more than making mistakes
Comment from : Chuck Hunter

I'm relatively new (3 years post-retirement from an unrelated profession) to teaching English to Spanish speakers, mostly in a classroom setting The obstacles are the same, of course, and I always discuss these factors with my students The ego obstacle is the hardest to overcome, and the challenge increases geometrically with the size of the class If I give a private lesson, it's easy to overcome, because they only have to be convinced that I'm OK with them making mistakes If I have a class of 15 students, it's almost impossible to overcome - even with a technique like "let it go after two minutes" I routinely do things to show I'm not personally afraid to make mistakes, but a student's "fear" comes from trying not to make a mistake in front of the other 14 If anyone knows of additional techniques to overcome this SLA obstacle, I'd very much appreciate suggestions!
Comment from : Rip McManus

It would be nice if others were understanding instead of making fun, berating and judging you I find most people have NO patience in trying to understand you, no kindness on mistakes, and make you feel stupid for not knowing words and correct pronunciations No wonder we want to quit!
Comment from : Teresa W

This lesson helped me in other areas
Comment from : SupahMarioStyle

you forget that a lot of native speakers don't have patience or simpathy, they often look at you like you're stupid for not knowing how to speak I do let it go though
Comment from : Steven Hopkins

Me gustaba tratar de evitar hacer errors pero parece los más errors hago el más me aprendo Tuve un profesor de matemáticas que ha dicho, "he aprendido de mis errores, he cometido muchos errores, por eso soy tan inteligente"
Comment from : David Laskey

so the guy lives in france for 2 years and still doesn't speak it? And proclaims himself an expert in language learning?)) One really finds all kinds of weird stuff on the web
Comment from : s w

Just discovered your channel and I LOVE YOUR CONTENT!
Comment from : Christina Booker

So you’re saying, to learn a language, don’t give a darn about mistakes, like a child Ha ha that’s kinda true
Comment from : Thirdhourmusic

Thanks Andrew for this wonderful explanationbrbrI was about to surrender my desire to learn your languagebrI am exactly on this stage
Comment from : Dominique Camaro

Excellent ❤️❤️❤️
Comment from : Songs

Your French sounds great to me!
Comment from : BobC777

Oh my gosh you’re underestimating yourself !!!!!! You made the mistake left versus right but your pronunciation sounded perfect to me I’m not a native French speaker, I am a native English speaker but I’ve lived near France for many years so I know what good pronunciation sounds like and if what little French I know I would’ve just answered; to the right instead of complete sentences like you But my goal is just to learn simple tourist phrases instead of being fluent like I am in Spanish and German
Comment from : Enjoys Learning And travel

Four minutes iand sorry
Comment from : Alan Denton

This video was in my feed I’m an ESL teacher and I’m learning Spanish Currently all my students are Spanish speakers, and I plan to explain some of these concepts to them Thanks so much!
Comment from : Christiana B

Also, people make ”mistakes” or say the wrong thing in their native language as well I can’t count the amounts of time when I can’t really find the words I’m looking for in Swedish (my native language) but I’m often understood anyways And I mean, I forget my lefts and rights alllll the time in both swedish and english (my second language, started learning it when I was 7-8) You would never blame a native speaker for forgetting a word once in a while, so why would you with someone who isn’t a native speaker?!
Comment from : Johanna Sarkar

Do you have a channel similar to this that teaches French?
Comment from : lecastelanoomamz

I'm currently learning Spanish as my 4th language 💕
Comment from : BiKRAM JANA

I love making mistakes! It's all part of getting better! Love the process baby I'm learning 5 languages
Comment from : Cam Lop

This is wonderful
Comment from : signmeupruss

Thanks bro!!
Comment from : boydaddy

Thanks for this, very helpful
Comment from : Ram Goodman

One time, when I was just starting to learn Spanish, I was introducing myself to a Mexican gardener who was the brother of a lady I knew named Lily I asked him, "¿Eres el hermoso de Lily?" The confused expression on his face and the embarassment I felt after Google translating what I had said was enough to deter me from speaking Spanish for a few months after
Comment from : Robert Reed

Very interesting video I really enjoyed it
Comment from : Mexico with Qroo Paul & Linda

I’ve once was told by a store associate buenas tardes and I said bien 😂😂😂😂I 100 just went into fight or flight and said the first thing that came to mind when I knew I should’ve said the same thing back Only thing I have problems with is just being calm to think/say what I know instead of panicking
Comment from : Duran

I knew a five year old who rarely made mistakes in two languages Barbara
Comment from : Barbara Ma

As a guitar teacher, it's the same thing The kids aren't scared of mistakes but the adults are and that's what I have to remind the adults It's ok Just keep going
Comment from : Seth Meyer