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Comprehending SpeechTeaching methodology, learning techniques, linguistics-- any of the various aspect of learning or teaching a foreign language. |
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Comprehending Speech
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How do you develop the skills needed to comprehend speech? Gracias. |
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2) If older, it involves a lot of hard work learning vocabulary and as much grammar as you can. |
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Listening, listening and listening.
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By reading and writing, provided you can do that in own language.
If you do not know grammar in your language, do not worry about it in Spanish until you are accustomed to reading and writing in Spanish. |
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Práctica
Yo creo que se debería aprender los básicos , como los tiempos verbales y otra regla de gramática. Luego podría escuchar los nativos con más confianza
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I'm not saying studying grammar is useless, and I think it has its place, but I think it is way over-used by teachers and students alike. I also think learning single words with no context is mostly a waste of time. It's kind of funny, but when I talk to people who are just beginning to take classes here, the most universal complaint is about "all the damn verb tenses." They get their first look at some conjugation tables, and they want to give up then and there. Some do. I was the same way, but then after awhile I realized that the most difficult thing is to be able to express yourself in much the same way as a native speaker does, and the way to master this (I still haven't) is to listen to lots and lots of native speakers, and read lots and lots of native materials. One way I can always tell that an English speaker is studying Spanish but hasn't been exposed to much native materials is the question they invariably ask me: "¿Puedes hablar español?" when they want to say: "¿Sabes hablar español?" This is almost a universal mistake English speakers make when they are trying to shoehorn one language into the other.
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I would be grateful if you would correct my errors. Estaría agradecido si corrigiera mis errores. |
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Es posible aprender un idioma sin saber nada de las reglas como los tiempos verbales, ect, pero yo creo que se puede aprender con mucho más rapidez si entiende todas las reglas
Fue tal un misterio los tiempos verbales simples cuando empecé, pero después de estudiarlos un poco es fácil Tengo ese problema con ruso, los casos son muy difíciles y sin un nativo y muchos meses yo creo que nunca podría aprenderlos. Por lo menos así es lo que me siento
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After you feel more comfortable and more or less understanding what you are reading and hearing, then you can take on grammar if that is your goal. Many will take on grammar without even knowing grammar in their own language. That is almost an impossible task. Then, like you say, they quit. It is important to read and write because in that way your mind get accustomed to the language and its "style". |
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That doesn't surprise me. |
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Else, the person who does not know grammar in their own language, could not or should not according to your recommendation, start another language. Me neither. :-) |
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