THE BEST WAY TO LEARN SPANISH ON YOUR OWN: Language Learning Tips, Language Partners, Apps, & more!

[@spanishafterhours]

Tell me! What did you think? ¿Qué te ha parecido?

[@anandgoyal]

Me encanta tus videos!

[@spanishafterhours]

@@anandgoyal Gracias!! Me alegro que sean de utilidad! :)

[@vitaminjaes7117]

I really did pick up a lot of new things tysm ill surely try those out and also, im looking forward to your future videos

[@spanishafterhours]

@@vitaminjaes7117 Nice!! I'm so glad!! :)

[@Aktof]

Muchas buenas ideas! Gracias para crearlo! Tus videos ayudarme a escuchando y entendiendo. :)

[@funkleburger1]

You speak English really well but gosh you speak so fast. If I could speak Spanish half as well as you speak English I would be a happy guy. 🙂👍🇪🇸🇬🇧

[@spanishafterhours]

Yeaah! I admit I spoke quite fast in that video!! (If I didn't it would have been super long!!)

[@ea-tr1jh]

@@spanishafterhours I don't think you spoke too fast at all. It was easy to understand and probably the same pace at which I speak English.

[@jumperstartful]

Spanish and Japanese are the two fastest spoken languages in todo el mundo.

[@ari_jean]

@@jumperstartful it’s not a thing :)

[@annm47]

@@jumperstartful Try Polish language...😂 Greetings👋

[@matildeminutoli2794]

1) listen 0:24 audios, podcasts, yt videos, audiobooks do shadowing with these audios (repeat what the audio says) 2) read 3:15 learning vocabulary out of context or by repetition books, newspaper, magazines 3) find a language partner/parent 4:15 4) consistency 6:27 5) make a calendar for language learning activities 7:34 6) make sets on Quizlet of vocabulary to learn 8:05 7) do things in spanish 9:25 thoughts, shopping list, phone language 8) sticky notes 11:14 9) make mistakes 12:15

[@marsmallow_17]

thank you

[@ItsNanna97]

thank you for this 🙏

[@docsgambling]

I live in a mostly spanish speaking area in south Texas. As an older white guy I'm not sure I can pick this up but I want to. I watched a few of your videos and decided to go to your first one and go through all of them. I am a teacher and most of my students are from Mexico or are Mexican and I'd like to be better at communicating with them so that they can get more out of my courses. I did what you said and changed the language on my phone and also downloaded a book I am familiar with in spanish. Hope old dogs can learn new tricks. God bless.

[@VVrreal]

HOOK EM!

[@ayotrynamakeout4583]

Thank you for this!!! My parents never taught me Spanish, due to the fact they were scared I was going to experience a lot of racism and now that most of my family lives in American now and I want to connect to them but they only know Spanish. So once again thank you

[@krisnella7062]

Omg I am really grateful to found your channel. Currently planning to start learn Spanish but idk where to start 😂

[@spanishafterhours]

Yeah!! Little by little and being consistent!! :) I'm glad you found me! I hope I can be of help! Tell me if there's anything I can do for you! The last video I did was more for beginners, do tell me if it helps you so that I can do more like that! :))

[@bellaalvarez5318]

hii would you like a study partner?

[@krisnella7062]

@@bellaalvarez5318 Yess!!

[@bellaalvarez5318]

@@krisnella7062 ah okay just let me know when and things like tha

[@hazleguzmancamacho8942]

Si si si you can do it, tu puedes no es tan difícil!! Jaja lo dice una hispanohablante 😅

[@miguelfernandezdecapel128]

You have been impressive, talking naturally on english show a elevate level of the material. Conratulation 🙆🙆🙆

[@rukiddinbro]

Writing errand lists in spanish is such a brilliant idea!

[@johnp.91]

Excellent work. Thanks for doing this. Here in the States, many schools don't bother teaching a second language until High School. That makes it more difficult for kids to learn. I'll spread the word around other parents and tell them about this. Keep it up!

[@spanishafterhours]

Thanks! I'm so glad you found this useful! Immersing yourself in the language as soon as possible is the best thing you can do!

[@bulmenjaneonlymen]

And I live in Kazakhstan where we should learn 2languages(russian, english) except mother lang.(kaz). I am glad I became trilingual til the middle school~)

[@eggynuts]

in middle school they teach foreign languages, at least in georgia.. but most kids walk out sounding like the sims so…

[@manan-543]

​@@eggynutstraditional language learning school is useless and boring and too much theory. A lot of the fault is of the outdated education system. Not just the students in it

[@georgeantonioandrei8570]

Hola, I've recently gotten into your channel and I think you do a great job. Since I'm blind, I found new, interesting ways to adapt for me, which is basicaly audio based language learning. I started to learn Spanish from youtube afew years ago, but because I was lazy and burned out, I gave up. I chose a Spanish teacher on Italki the last week (a teacher is a great way of pushing towards the motivation for me) and I can say now I'm getting back on the track. Even if I have latin American friends, this is the way that I found out to be the most appealing for me, to find a teacher and alternate the grammar lessons etc with youtube videos. Thank you so much for doing this channel; your way of speaking is tremendously clear, beautiful and easy to understand. I hope to receive an answer in Spanish, to be completely honest. Adiós!

[@tommiedshow9211]

When you call to make a bill payment when they give you the option in Spanish choose Spanish to see how much Spanish you actually know that was one of the ways I learned the language.

[@Nadiapm2001]

Hi! I stumbled across your channel only a few weeks ago, and think your channel is so underrated! You have a great way of communicating and explaining to your subscribers how best to learn a new language. Thank you for sharing your advice and wisdom. Muchas gracias!

[@sjmemer-sahanaa1582]

I thank god so muh i found you .I learnt spanish basics but i forgot it ..now i found you ..and you are so inspiring and by listening to you helps me a lot to learn

[@ArningEchanoPH]

I'm a Filipino who wants to learn Spanish so I can read Jose Rizal's (one of our heroes) books that are originally written in Spanish. Glad to have found this channel! Thanks! ^^

[@MartyGarrison]

This is a very good video about how to learn and acquire a language. She emphasizes the 2 inputs;listening and reading, as well the outputs;speaking and writing. Repetition is key. I am finding as an older adult learner of Spanish that I must repeat the listening and reading more times than I imagined. I thought 5 or 10 times would be enough. No, for me it’s more like 100+ (For encouragement, I now try to imagine how many times a child hears or reads the same words and phrases in their native language.) She says in this video to repeat until you are bored or tired of it. I agree and would add that you need repeat “until you are bored” for many, many days. Then go back and repeat again days, weeks and even months later. I have found that children’s books are excellent source for reading. For example the “Junie B. Jones” series of books contain many common words and phrases. Also, the “Judy Blume” books are very good. She describes in this video that she read and reread several books like these. It is important to read them many times. I have found these in both English and Spanish in my local library.

[@natasha236]

so far this is the best I was able to find on youtube, Thank you do much

[@mycozygardencottage]

In my opinion, your method of language learning is excellent. I think learning grammar is much less important than doing the things you suggest....listening to stories, learning vocabulary and practicing. I'm looking forward to learning more from you. :)

[@tonyfernandez9202]

Enseñó español a quien me enseñe inglés 😂

[@georgeantonioandrei8570]

@@tonyfernandez9202 ¿Puedo hacer esto?

[@tonyfernandez9202]

@@georgeantonioandrei8570 que bro

[@shinysam7119]

it's called language acquisition

[@serbear0691]

I thought English was your first language 🤭you're so good at speaking English, like what the hell!! hopefully one day I will be able to speak as well as you do in Spanish...

[@spanishafterhours]

Yeah!! For sure!! You'll get there!!

[@cambio161_official]

Gracias por tu video. This actually helps me to motivate NOT just to learn Spanish but learning other languages as well.

[@lucasvilarbreva6787]

Me ha encantado escucharte, tu pronunciación, tu soltura, me voy a poner manos a la obra para refrescar mi inglés. Muchas gracias!!

[@bekindtobehappier9182]

How blessed I yam found this channel in the right time.. I've been struggling with Spanish and your videos helps me improve it ❤

[@spanishafterhours]

Nice!! :) I'm glad to be of help!!

[@justahumanwithamask4089]

If mattvsjapan is the goat of Japanese then you are the goat of Spanish.

[@amben6619]

2:00 And that person is you queen ✅🤩

[@SolBir-Feather]

Wow，this video was good for my English listening exercise‼️😃✌️ Ole，esta pelicura es muy bien por mi engles escuchar exercicio‼️😃✌️🎉🎉🎉

[@Disco_Man_9011]

I discovered a channel called Spanish after hours, Low-key it’s great. It’s very innovative and has time tested strategies to help me on my language Journey. Muchísimas gracias!✅

[@clarencehammer3556]

Una cosa que yo hacía cuando empecé a estudiar español en la secundaria fue escuchar la radio de onda corta en español. En aquel entonces no teníamos televisión. Así que por las tardes después de completar mis tareas escuchaba la radio. Escuchaba VOA, Radio Habana, HCJB. Al principio no entendía casi nada pero creo que fue bueno para entrenar mi oído para el español. Cuando finalmente conseguimos un televisor yo todavía escuchaba la radio y no prestaba mucha atención a la televisión. También algunas veces podía escuchar una emisora de México más tarde en la noche. Solo ofrecían dos años de español en la secundaria en aquel entonces.

[@honeycd86]

Mi madre, tienes una fluidez asombrosa. Yo estoy aprendiendo inglés, y uno de mis problemas es que no encuentro gente con la que poder hablar. Me gustaría encontrar como dices un Language Parent, ya que creo que es mejor el intercambio y que me corrijan si cometo algún error, y si puedo ayudar yo también a la otra persona. Miraré el vídeo siguiente para saber qué comentas al respecto. Gracias

[@Infiniteartanddesign]

Great video awesome content I have been struggling with speaking Spanish for a long time I think your videos are amazing

[@JDBoelter]

Great advice, and exactly how I plan to proceed.

[@JognGant-wf1or]

This was a very excellent video. You really have some great recommendations, for learning any language. I am impressed with your knowledge. I enjoy watching you. Gracias!

[@ariannecapote9186]

Thank you for being so passionate about this. I'm learning because of you.

[@audiobooksbyrownak3084]

You deserve more subscribers

[@spanishafterhours]

Thank you! :) I'm glad you liked it!! 😊😊 Did you check out any other video?

[@aandrei99]

Quizlet is a life saver, especially for someone with very ugly handwriting who sometimes has trouble understanding his own notes lol. Thank you!

[@karinanurherbyanti7831]

Me encanta tu video mucho! Yo he aprendiendo Español desde el nivel principiante durante cinco meses. Graciãs por el subtítulo. Tu eres el una de mis motivaciones.

[@johnnyoats3920]

Almost perfect Karina. Just one mistake, it's "Tu eres una de mis motivaciones", not "el una".

[@pucelanoencelo]

muy buen video, muy recomendable. soy andaluz y la verdad que me viene bastante bien aprender este idioma.

[@holnia]

Today 😮begin studying Spanish. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@robynlevin4243]

Me gustaría hablar en español con muchas hispano hablantes en el futuro :) Gracias por tu súper bien ideas.

[@michaelbark4264]

Great video I'm almost on week 3 in my Spanish and definitely language exchange has helped me so much. At my job I work with Spanish speakers from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hondoras and others I'm not sure of. Repetition of my Spanish material that is relevant to my life but fun Spanish fun. I'm a mixture of native american on my father's side my mother was italian, Scot, Irish, with a little Spaniard I found out. I noticed Spaniard Spanish stands out to me. I love your channel gracious por tu ayuda Muchs gracious

[@martintowse6812]

But do all these techniques work for people that have three ears...I’ll let you know. Love your videos Thankyou for helping me.

[@juancelop]

You give so many good tips 😭😭😭🤍🤍🤍 All love from Singapore 🇸🇬!!!

[@bob4919]

You are a smart cookie. I just discovered your channel. Your system dovetails beautifully and uniquely with the other online Spanish teachers I follow. Thank you for all your help.

[@justanotheruser2611]

Hello I know that you’re not that big of a channel right now but I really appreciate the content! This video was especially very useful in my own language learning journey:) Thank you so much for your contributions to this platform :D wish you the best

[@spanishafterhours]

Thank YOU so much!! I'm so glad you liked it! I must say though that if you are a beginner in any language at first it's going to be more difficult and the compromise needed is even bigger than for people intermediate or advanced, because for example for doing a simple shopping list if you don't know the vocabulary it's going to take you more time, but I believe taht with time and dedication everyhting is possible, so keep up the work and find new ways to get a bit of that motivation or inspiration that we sometimes really need!

[@soniambg9844]

WELL DONE , GREAT JOB! All the time, effort, care, and dedication that you have invested in this “your baby” really shows awesome results. Keep the good work! Can’t wait to see your next video!!!!! :-)

[@Ricebender]

You are so nice! Because of you I found new motivation for learning spanish 🙏🏽

[@spanishafterhours]

YEES!! Nice!!! I'm so glad!! :)) Go for it!! HAH! YOU CAN DO ITT!!

[@Astro_Fizix]

What a gem this channel is 💎

[@spanishafterhours]

Thank you :]

[@carmenalonso3968]

I love your way of showing us you can achieve any goal by believing in yourself! Lots of support! Waiting for the next video! Xoxo

[@Astro_Fizix]

Thanks for this vid, I didn't really grasp the whole watching the same thing multiple times thing but now I realize how useful that could be. I'll try it out.

[@spanishafterhours]

Yeah, I realized I might have talked a bit too fast because I didn't want the video to last too long, I will keep it in mind for next videos :)

[@Astro_Fizix]

Spanish After Hours that was bad wording by me. I meant that before watching this video I had heard about watching the same thing multiple times and that whole technique but never really understood why you would want to watch the same thing so many times instead going for variety but your video helped me understand why and I ended up trying it out today with a french video. It was great to be able to understand a full 5 minute natively spoken french video and quite motivational. Secondly your speaking speed was perfect in the video, dunno about you but I myself am not a fan of people who don't cut to the chase and do really slow paced videos. Sorry for the bad wording again, keep up the hard work please 😁

[@spanishafterhours]

@@Astro_Fizix Ahh!! Okay!! I am so glad then!! Yeah, a lot of people told me it was too slow, but I have to agree with you, cut to the chase! And I'm so glad that you tried it!!! When you start seeing the progress is definitely motivating! For real it makes me so excited to hear about progress and even more so when it's not because you are in front of a book, but because you are diving in the language!

[@SumedhaManabaranaKandy]

Useful Chanel, friendly teacher. Subscribed.

[@M3rover]

10:52 hahaha I was like this mak... wait... what are those things? Great video by the way... good advice.

[@rickydugan8223]

Gracias por recomendar hellotalk, voy intentar a usarlo. Saludos de California🙏

[@tomate3391]

Gracias por el vídeo. Cuando empecé a aprender español desde hace cinco años busqué y encontré una pareja de idioma aunque apenas pude entenderlo :D Pero si, eso es una buena recomendación y llevo hablando con esta pareja de idioma hasta hoy. Pero nunca he creído que cambiar el idioma del móvil sea muy útil. Sí, aprendes unas palabras, pero ya está. En vez de eso, hice todo (bueno, digamos mucho) en español que quise hacer en internet. Por ejemplo reservar hoteles o un vuelo o si algo quise saber , una noticia, una información o lo que sea, busqué la información o noticia en español. Incluso uso google o yt de España en español.

[@johnnyoats3920]

Hola Tom, quieres practicar tu español?, I speak both spanish and english, I can help you, and you can help me with me english, What do you think? send me your discord

[@kentinnell]

Really well done! Excellent advice and quite logical. Thank you

[@spanishafterhours]

Thank YOU!! :)

[@langtechspanish]

haha that intro already had me, education and humour, love it!

[@oswaldomarquez3012]

I'm learning English, could you help me? Do you want me to teach you Spanish? I'm from Latinoamérica Ecuador

[@langtechspanish]

Hi Oswaldo! Thanks for the offer! Of course I would love to help you with your English. Check out my KZbin channel for learning English: kzbin.info/door/-uMAbe03SOoqKGq3Df8UHQ I'm from Costa Rica and I loved Ecuador when visited in 2011! Hope to go visit again soon! 😄

[@TomMcWhirter]

Your English is so amazing.

[@cathelinam9064]

Subscribed... I'm going to try your suggestions because I've been so lost. I will have to find someone to talk to as there is no one right now. Thank you for reading children's books. 😊

[@deadbzeus]

If my Spanish is ever half as good as your English is I will be so happy

[@erdemcanbayraktar4193]

I started to watch your videos from the beginning your energy is awesome keep going

[@estebanlalosa900]

You're really good at English, in fact i though you was a British! Unbelievable!

[@jcbaggins]

Give it up for my girl!!!

[@spanishafterhours]

Thanks JC :)))

[@addiesabina1317]

Comprehensible requires more than repetition; you have to make a connection between what is being said and meaning. Usually gestures or visuals are needed.

[@spanishafterhours]

Agreed! That makes comprehension way more powerful!

[@robertpait1916]

¡Creo que tus ideas son geniales! Llevo 42 días en duolingo para español.

[@Ana-ex1oh]

Amei tanto esse canal!

[@spanishafterhours]

Gracias a ti!! :)

[@hunterbae3318]

You are such a good teacher!

[@paulaalonsogarcia4579]

Omg! This is so great! Thank you so much! Now, I really know how to master any language (I should have known before but yeap... I guess I needed this)

[@leonaudacity5313]

Just came across your channel, very useful. I’ve been using apps to learn Spanish, watching Spanish speakers on travel vlogs on KZbin and changing my Netflix settings. Hopefully I start speaking it more when I travel to practice.

[@pedro-ehlamaar8084]

number 3 is to me the most important and also the hardest to do. if i already spoke a decent amount i think it would be alot easier

[@GuyMorita]

Great stuff. Thanks for the recs! Going to use the LinQ short stories and repeat them over and over till I get bored like you recommended!

[@andrewdrummond9183]

Fantastic ideas...really like these!

[@kaze2639]

Just want to say Thank you so much. !! I love your videos, they help so much !

[@edwardmacnab354]

I've actually noticed that ,13:46 . I'm making small mistakes in English as I get better at French. I only listen to French radio now , no English at all. I'm moving to Quebec City in future and will NEED French , not English , so It's maybe not a bad thing ! Sadly , Spanish for me is just a side study because too much of it interferes with my French vocabulary . Your channel is my last link with Spanish . Maybe some day I will pursue It also with as much intensity as I study my French .

[@buentigre]

I love the way you did this video , I appreciate it, bravo!

[@MAC-lw8ig]

IM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUUUU

[@renetorry7654]

I learned so much from this video. Great tips!!! Utilizing them.

[@claudiah5507]

Great,creative tips and fun activities!

[@alexivan1833]

Hello! I found your channel by chance so I like it because I want to teach Spanish in the future and your videos give me ideas, Yo hablo español y me gustan los idiomas, sé italiano, portugués e inglés y estoy estudiando catalán y francés. Bueno, tus consejos están muy bien, una forma que yo hago es ver series o podcast sin subtítulos y después los veo una segunda vez con subtítulos en el idioma que estoy aprendiendo. Buen trabajo!!! Saludos!!!👌

[@mikehiggins8673]

I’ve mentioned my thanks for your videos before but thanks again. Your channel is a wonderful addition to my learning quest. Another source I might suggest for other beginners, like me, are the PEPPA PIG cartoons that are dubbed in Spanish. They are short, have lots of contextual cues and easy dialog plus a limited, somewhat predictable vocabulary set.

[@BrokeToBlessed]

Muchas gracias!

[@cancelcancel6613]

Nice tips. This video is gold.

[@zenebkardoudi1124]

can you please make a playlist that could help us learn spanish, thank youu

[@jimmychafins]

Really good advise! Thanks…I’m at the intermediate plateau everyone talks about…feeling stuck and hard to stay motivated

[@clucl3]

Thank you for your tips! An English nugget for you, it is hanged, not hung. A very common mistake among native English speakers :P

[@goofchunk]

i do not understand why you only have 121 subscribers???? omg????

[@spanishafterhours]

Uaaaaaaa you are the sweetest!!!

[@1chumley1]

352k!

[@samjam2295]

Lo amo tu video. ¡Gracias por esto! 😄

[@coffeeshopfit]

Este video es maravilloso 🙌 gracias por hacerlo.

[@spanishafterhours]

¡Gracias a tí! ¡Me alegro de que te haya sido útil! Si necesitas ayuda con algo o tienes alguna sugerencia de algo que quieras aprender, ¡dímelo!

[@cesaribanez3120]

Hi Katie, I want to know, If do you want to learn Spanish with me? I could pass you my IG and help us learn more about our cultures or other things, I'm from Mexico 😄.

[@edwardmacnab354]

You're a smart little thing ! I like the way you figure things out and then communicate back what you've discovered in a reliably comprehensible manner.

[@dream-landing]

Just discovered your channel and I’ve already subscribed! I’m learning Spanish and I found your tips so useful!! Can’t wait to check your other vids out!

[@spanishafterhours]

Nice!! I'm glad it helps!!

[@Her34537]

Creo q tus consejos son excelentes, y q realmente se pueden aplicar para aprender cualquier idioma. La velocidad de tu inglés es como guau!!! Supersónica jeje...Aunque a mí personalmente no m gusta q la gente hable tan rápido. La próxima vez, mejor el video en 2 partes si es por no alargarlo. Es imposible asimilar todo a esa velocidad.

[@olivierisindimi9911]

How to apply Spanish speaking speed to english🤣 Great video Laura 👍🙂

[@spanishafterhours]

HAHHAHHHAHAHA

[@brianhartger]

This video was so good that I pooped myself.😊

[@nicholasprehn3376]

GRACIAS POR TODO!

[@michelleeduardo2254]

Lol it's crazy that I have 3 friends from the country which Spanish is spoken but til now can't speak the language.😃 Cause we talked in English everytime 😃 Anyway thank you for all your videos I love it and I learned a lot of vocab.. 💗

[@nadineee_12]

You always bright up my day whenever I watch your videos. Thank you for this vid! very informative.

[@akabdullahkamal]

great and wonderful suggestions, I started learning Spanish on own and looking for a partner to share the language.

[@OPGamified]

Your Hair Looks Great!!!

[@comajuice]

Late but a tip i just figured out: For any west europeans, if you wanna get your hands on spanish literature of a niche interest but struggle or its too expensive, use vinted. A lot of spanish sellers are on there, and it ships internationally.

[@cjkell7174]

Thanks for the tips

[@jcbs]

very helpful tips from an awesome and beautiful teacher

[@fernandolozano9898]

La última parte sobre errores es mi favorita 😃

[@maytesolana4662]

Awesome! Thank you, it's a great job!

[@spanishafterhours]

Thanks :))

[@danielafernandez9207]

Thank you so much all of these tips! I hope in the future, I can speak (fluently) Spanish, and have a conversation with you. Btw, I'm new here to your channel, but I love all of the content. 💕💕💕

[@oswaldomarquez3012]

I'm learning english do you want me to teach spanish ? I'm from Ecuador Latinoamérica

[@christinerobertson]

just found your Chanel, i am looking forward to your recommendations for the listening books