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Estoy una nueva suscriptor! Muchas gracias para este tipo de videos, estos son muy utiles para apprender nativo hablando español en lugar de traducir! This is exactly what always wondered, if I use literal translation of some stock phrases or slangs from English, it would make it confusing to Spanish speakers. Puedes hacer un vidéo con estos ‘pocket phrases’ por favor? Perdon mi mal español y Spanglish 😂

I SO agree! We should "acquire" language, not study it!!

This is quite the revelation! Me gusta esto!

I LOVE YOU!!! But what I really mean is that I am so impressed with these learning techniques that you keep coming up with. For this one, if you don't have a partner to practice with, you can always use ChatGPT as your partner! Just tell it something like, "I want to play an improvisational game with you. We will speak in Spanish and I will start with a short and silly story. You will then add something short and silly as well to keep the improv going and you will correct my mistakes in Spanish using English"' Brilliant!!

This was very helpful!! Muchas Gracias 🙏🏾🙏🏾☺️

I LOVE YOU!!! But what I really mean is that this is another home run technique video! That seemed to be very painful for poor Jessie, but I'm sure she learned a lot and will be getting more comfortable next time.

I LOVE YOU!!! But what I really mean is that I love the way you pronounce the words "focus" and "categorize." When you say focus, to our English ears it sounds like you are saying (forgive the profanity) "fuck us". Its a bit distracting, but coming from you its kinda cute! If I can humbly make a suggestion that you try to use a little French, "faux-kus" maybe. I couldn't begin to help with "categorize", there are just too many vowels in that word and they all project different sounds than normal. In Spanish, all vowels sound the same, so I understand your difficulty. High praise to you cariño.

I LOVE YOU!!! But what I really mean is that your views and ideas on how to learn languages is extraordinary. I think you have an educational background in linguistics, because you have added a new level of learning to my techniques. Language is happening in sounds, not words---VERY Profound and true. Every time I hear a native speaker talk, I want to hear and understand every word, then translate those words to English...but what I come up with either doesn't make sense or is totally incomprehensible. Love your techniques.

OMG I LOVE YOU!!! Well, yes you and those curls are very easy to look at, but what I really mean is that you hit the nail right on the head with this philosophy!! I have several college degrees and every time I speak Spanish I want to sound like I have an education. I always try to translate these complicated English sentences into Spanish--unsuccessfully. My ego keeps me from breaking down my English thoughts and trying to speak like a child in Spanish. But YOU, fair lady, have made me re-think that entire process and realize a new goal--Just get the message across or as we say in English, K.I.S.S.! (Keep it simple, stupid!). The process is like riding a motorcycle, you never want to outride your skills, meaning that you shouldn't ride faster than you can control the bike. What you said here that got my attention is that one should not try to outthink your Spanish skills, meaning that you shouldn't try to speak faster or smarter than your skills allow. As you learn to navigate better, then you can go faster...On the motorcycle AND with your Spanish!!! Thank you!

This is such excellent advice. I catch myself wanting to express myself in Spanish the way I do in English. I can’t do it yet, because I’m just beginning. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about communicating effectively. Your English is terrific, and you are a wonderful teacher.

I am really enjoying your videos. I love the idea of using games to warm up.

Hola Gabriela, can you please show us examples how to compose sentences using these five methods below. Gracias! 1. personal pronoun + verb conjunction + complement 2. noun + verb conjunction + complement 3. question word + verb conjunction + personal pronoun + complement 4. question word + verb conjunction + noun + complement 5. verb conjunction + personal pronoun / noun + complement

Me acabo de suscribir a tu canal. Ojalá pueda aprender más español.

Great tip.

Very interesting approach. I will definitely try this.

This is such a great video and totally resonates. I am doing this nearly every time I speak Spanish and have yet to come across a video that makes sense of it like this one does. I constantly try to say things in Spanish how I would say them in English, and that just overcomplicates the thought process and leads to freezing and sounding even worse. Great examples with the student and child as well. These are so helpful because they're real life examples, and are a good reminder it's normal to struggle with this. Well done!

Perfect

I love this!

Thanks

Spanish is such an incredible language. I have been learning it through Immersive translate and the app is really great for foreign languages

This was so helpful. When you said “broken English” to get a point across. It makes sense. I will think in that way now because that’s what happens in any language. when learning a language even a native language children do it all the time this makes total sense.

Me encantan tus consejo y canal. Estoy aprendiendo español mas rápido que inglés mi idioma nativo. Porque después 2 años puedo leer, escribir y hablar en español. Tenía 5 años antes yo pude escribir mi nombre o leer en inglés. Mi gente….No sea tan duro en tú mismo. 🙏🏾

¡Que lindo este niño!

Omg this is sooo helpful. I just rely on Spanglish lol but this isn’t helpful when speaking to people who speak very little to no English. I’ve been speaking some Spanish for most of my life, since I was a kid so I’m super comfortable saying the stuff that I know but the minute it takes me an extra amount of effort to think of what I want to say, that’s when I fall back on English. I feel like people are going to get frustrated with me if I take too long to come up with a thought so in order to keep the conversation at a natural, fast pace, I only say what comes to my mind immediately in Spanish and will go back & forth between Spanish and English throughout the conversation but I think this is a much better method that will help me to further develop my Spanish. I had a Spanish tutor on italki tell me the same thing. He said my Spanish was great and near native like when I’m in the zone and saying things that I’m well versed in but he said I need to push myself to not rely on English for what I’m not so well versed in and to take the extra time to stutter or look for my next words in Spanish. But you broke it down even better by saying that it’s ok to just get the main points across like baby talk or cave man talk lol.

This really helped me. Este video realmente me ayuda.

As a neurodivergent adult learning Spanish, I appreciate this video and your advice so much! You just happen to mention neurotypical children and their approach but I really resonated so much with what you said at the end. I am trying too hard to be “myself” in Spanish and I need to let go so I can build sentences easier. Thank you for this video! ❤

Ah ha, I need to find my inner child or use the KISS principle - Keep it simple stupid!

muy intresante me gusta este jugar

Oh, my... you're gorgeous! 😍🤩

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Gracias! 😊

¡Saludos Profesora! I love the sounds when you read " en el carro de Ramon ruedan rapido...". The way you make focus in sounds is very interesting and refreshing. Yes , I so much like your content.Muchísimas gracias Profesora. 🥇🏅🎖️🏆⭐👍

That’s fun 👍🏾 all the Spanish words I remember are from strong memories, positive or negative.

“Language is happening in sounds not words”…. ¡Que interesante! Es verdad! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Genial! Me encanta este video. Gracias profesora por todo lo que haces.

Excellent advice!!

I’m trying to learn Spanish so this video was helpful ¡Muchas gracias!

¡gracias! I wish this had been part of my Spanish course, it would have helped so much.

The way you say "focus" is so cute! It sounds like you're saying "Fuck Us"...lol! I love your content so far! Keep it up!

Me gustan tus videos. Yo enseño español también pero tengo poco tiempo haciendolo y me encanta tu método, también soy partidaria de los juegos para ayudar al estudiante a hablar. He aprendido de ti. Gracias. Saludos desde México

Tiene sentido!! Gracias.

I don’t like when you point and say the wrong words. That’s terrible. It creates confusion for learning new words. Bad bad video. Just image I teach you a language Chinese pointing and saying wrong words. This is the worst idea ever used.

Good evening coach🤗 ,,I was wondering how could I join your class?

Hola! Estoy de acuerdo.

inspirante! What a refreshing approach to language learning! this vlog makes it feel natural and enjoyable. Plus, with Immersive Translate, I can explore Spanish content online with ease, reinforcing what I've learned in the vlog. Can't wait to see where this journey takes me!

This lesson is great because listening to music will really help you because you will hear all the different accents your teaching method is really good keep up the good work and keep on making more videos like this

Qué gracioso, pero en una buena manera.

Dónde vives?

I’m so confused as to what this is

Yes, warm-ups are really important. First-timer (un primerizo) here. I am impressed with your pronunciation of English. I know from listening to MANY hispanohablantes nativos, over the years, that an advanced challenge for them is to master the sounds of English they did not grow up saying. Bien hecho!