Understanding spoken Spanish

[timtim1]

I find that i virtually understand nothing in spanish when i watch spanish on television or on music (ive been studying for three months now) simply because it is too fast and i am still translating anything i do understand into english in my head.

With written spanish i have made great progress, i have a good understanding of spanish grammer and can hold a decent written conversation in spanish on the internet.unfortunatly i dont know anyone with whom i can speak (in person anyway) to practise my spanish. when i attempt to speak in spanish i do a decent job but i constantly have to stop every few words/phrases to construct what i want to say in my head. Is it just a case of keep practising and as i become more familiar with the language i wont have to translate or think about what it says so i will understand faster, spoken spanish or am i doing somthing wrong in my learning technique?