THIS Is How I Learned Spanish in 1 Year 🇲🇽🇪🇸 (definitive resources + tips)

Today's video is about every resource for learning Spanish that, in my opinion, are the best! Hope you find this useful!:)
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✨time stamps✨
0:00 - 0:21 intro
0:21 - 1:12 time stamps
1:12 - 2:41 quick tips!
2:41 - 8:16 5 essential apps
8:16 - 8:54 pronunciation
8:54 - 9:39 DELE
9:39 - 10:35 supporting apps
10:35 - 11:52 media!
11:52 - 13:08 faith related
13:08 - 13:27 outro
✨resources✨
▪️playlist for other Spanish resource videos:
• study resources🇲🇽✏️
▪️Language Transfer: www.languagetransfer.org
▪️Pimsleur: imp.i271380.net/a1Prmo
▪️Assimil: amzn.to/3IUnph5
TED talks
▪️"cambia tu mente": • Cambia tu mente, cambi...
▪️Toni Nadal: • El valor del esfuerzo....
▪️Andrés Spyker's sermon ("El lenguaje de Dios"): • Andrés Spyker | El len...
▪️my Spotify Spanish playlist:
open.spotify.com/playlist/0m4...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3Tt...
🌟common questions🌟
where are you from? - Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
ethnicity? - dad's Japanese, mom's American 🇯🇵🇺🇸
why do you speak English? - made a video about that! • How I Learned English ...
ig? - username: emiii_grace / emiii_grace
spotify? - open.spotify.com/user/2135ivk...

[@mewlly]

as someone who learned spanish for years in school and still isn't able to speak fluently i appreciate this a lot, your channel truly motivates me to get better and not give up on it

[@martincrabtree]

You are the first person I've found with faith-related spanish resources! Thank you for showing that 🤗

[@emigrace]

love that! 🤍

[@melvincole1711]

Mismo para yo! Gracias hermana

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

⁠@@emigrace You make me want to learn Japonés ❤ But, I still need to work on Spanish 🤠. When did you learn English cus you’re so good like a native. 😮

[@robinsaxton7875]

I honestly subbed as soon as I heard she was going to share some faith based resources. I was curious to find a video talking about the best resources on KZbin to learn Spanish because I saw a video recently on the best resources to learn American Sign language (the only other language I have ever learned besides English). I have always wanted to practice both more as well as relearn a bit because I haven't practiced in a while. KZbin suggested Emi's Language Transfer video and then out of curiosity I went to her main channel scrolled her videos and saw this one and I am just amazed by the faith based sharing at the end because I am also Christian (and know a few fluent Spanish speakers at my church that I really want to help in the Spanish ministry if I can 😅). Also I am so happy Emi reminded us not to replace the Spanish sermons with the main devotionals because of accidentally making the lesson about learning Spanish instead of learning about God. Sorry for the rant I am just very excited and God has amazing timing

[@adrian78917]

I’m a beginner in Spanish! I found Young Sheldon on Spanish to be fun to watch!

[@wonderfularegodsworks1017]

Hola. Muchas gracias for the tips you provided. I'm planning to take the DELE B2 exam. I am also a Christian, and praise God that you do not only use this platform to help us with your tips for learning Spanish, but also share your faith. Thank you very much.

[@pagesofaysha]

I haven’t seen anyone ever compare the pronunciations of Spanish and Japanese, and I totally agree! I learned Spanish first, and it’s been helping me exponentially with Japanese. I’ve said this to people, but I definitely have gotten some odd looks in response.

[@rebeccaa7471]

It's really helpful (and freeing) to me to know that you didn't take physical notes during this process. I find that coming up with a notetaking system can be so incredibly overwhelming, and to see that you were able to gain fluency without obsessively taking notes is amazing! (I am also scarred from my experience of learning French in school. So. Many. Written. Conjugations).

[@cathetedder4133]

This is great advice! Thank you. You are right about Language Transfer, I had it on my phone and never used it until yesterday. The teacher explains the why and helps the student make connections. I can verify that don't try to combine Bible Study and Spanish Study! However, now I listen to the Spanish Bible on my app and read along just for practice. The narrators are women and have great accents.

[@Rebecca008]

Thanks for putting faith based sources on your video! I’m learning Spanish in school, but I’m now going to learn it on my own too. One day I’ll be able to speak it. Lol

[@sholyha0324]

Thank you so much

[@emigrace]

love that🤍

[@somaxusa]

Cannot agree more and personally think Dreaming Spanish is a must. My English learning journey would've been so much easier had I known about those concepts years ago. Trying to learn English traditional way back then I thought "Languages just not my thing". I'm so glad I stumbled on DS early on in my Spanish learning. I was able to reach high intermediate level in about 11 moths. Not easy but by all means doable, just gotta put time and effort into it, day in and day out. Spanish Dict is also great resource to acquire new words. All great tips here.

[@dreamysol]

i’ve been using dreaming spanish since january and i love it so much! my comprehension of spanish has improved so much, i’m almost at level 4. i also really hate super traditional learning, i tried learning spanish that way during 2020 and i got so burned out. i’m so glad i found their channel because they really reignited my love for spanish. i am going to be adding a mix of traditional learning with comprehensible input because i do want to be able to speak and i’m not really able to do that right now. anyway i’m glad dreaming spanish is helpful for you, i know it is for me. i can’t wait to get to a higher level :)

[@ek4550]

I wanted to say thank you for pointing me to Andres and Mas vida. I am a pastor and just started the Spanish journey. I am listening to a sermon or two a week. Also using dreaming Spanish and Pimsleur. Struggling hard on speaking and recall but recognizing things. I first watched this video months ago. Absolutely love Andres. If for nothing else, thank you for that introduction. Blessings

[@cuervitospanish6903]

Those are really good tips 🤩 and on italki I found my first language partner, it helped me a lot with my speaking 🙌🏻 definitely we have to immerse in the language that we're learning

[@paulwalther5237]

I remember when I was in Japan trying to learn Japanese. I was on my 2nd year in Tokyo and my 5th year of studying Japanese total. The big problem was that Japanese people kept switching to English when I talked because I had an accent. This young dude from Spain came waltzing off the airplane with no studying and a Japanese phrase book and he spoke better Japanese than me from the get go 😂😂. I wanted to just give up.

[@boachieasaregladys7199]

I really want to learn Spanish so bad. That’s why I subscribed to your channel.🤞

[@OmarAli-iy4tw]

Came to see Spanish resources, left with Spanish resources and a cable girls spoiler. Thanks 😂

[@montymcphillips]

Why didn’t I think this earlier? Changing my phone setting to español!!! It changed my LIFE!! Gracias 😍emiさん

[@leilazak8405]

EMI!! PLEASE NEVER STOP MAKING CONTENT!!!! OK THANKS BYE

[@marsmallow_17]

As a Christian who's also learning Spanish. This motivates me so much. Just subscribed.

[@Adrian4239]

I hope one day to become fluent in speaking Spanish so I can travel to Chile! 😀🤚

[@AlionaLukina]

Yeeeeeep! Por eso escogí el acento chileno :3

[@chrismaxie2864]

Thx so much especially for the faith resources😊

[@andreatilsley1946]

Girl, yess! Thank you for including the faith related content as well Love it ♥

[@ElaniaG]

Loved this! (& thanks for including faith resources. Those can be hard to find!)

[@jen3566]

Thank you for the faith based resources!! I agree with so many of these tips and hadn’t heard of a few. Perfect video 👌🏼

[@emigrace]

thank youuuu 🙏🏼🤍

[@rogerjfrank]

Hola Emi! Mil gracias por este video! I appreciate the Spotify playlists. They’re great! Also, I like that you included faith based resources. Que Dios te bendiga. 😊

[@LoveLife390]

thank you so much! so helpful ❤️

[@Naomidental_]

I loved this video! Thank you so much for such an in-depth review and also providing Christian resources. Your videos are very inspiring, keep up the amazing work! 😄✨

[@surrealchemist]

This a good summary. I have been lax on my practice and fell off. I never finished the language transfer course, and I need to find a new series to watch next. I never got up the nerve to start italki. I know speaking is a huge gap. I however did notice listening skills have gotten better, because I was watching some documentaries that had english subs and I started hearing the spanish works and understood enough to notice the translation wasn't literal and why they chose what they did.

[@darkmaster874]

se que vas a entender esto que te escribo, veo tus videos para aprender ingles, tu ingles es muy bueno, aveces me pierdo un poco pero trato de no desesperarme y repetir la parte que no entendí. te mando un saludo

[@spybabi]

Yess! Looking forward to watching this video

[@GameFreak4Ever]

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to upload this material.

[@chriscarodelas4880]

Thank you so much for the tips Emi. I will definitely check your recommendations. And I just want to let you know that I also love Las Chicas del Cable. 😍🥰 I'm on my final season.

[@hannahwu2080]

I'm currently learning Spanish & Japanese (though not doing very well lol) and your videos give me soooo much motivation. I just want to say thank you and I love how well-spoken and charming you are. You are absolutely amazing😍 Love from Taiwan :)

[@emigrace]

Aw this is so sweet, much love! 🥰🤍

[@nikholakhasanova8324]

thank u so much, such useful tips🥲💗

[@kalirayaa]

Hi. Thank you so much! I'll start with these resources :)

[@languagetraveller]

Thanks for the tips and recourses! I must add, I understand that some people wouldn't need a notebook, but over the years I've noticed I memorize things a loooot better, if I write it down. This just proves different people have different ways of learning 😊

[@gabrielsoria8935]

Wow I love the last tip! I was really surprised when you said you didn’t use a notebook your first year. Thanks for this great content! God bless you

[@Elena-Graham]

Thank you for the video! Amazing quality and inputs! Godbless

[@jahetravel]

Thank youu these tips help a lot

[@WordOfGeo]

Thank you. This was really helpful.

[@lynnetopara]

subscribed!!!!!!!! estoy aprendiendo español también y me encanta tu videos mucho!

[@thecounterfeitchosen2238]

Faith based resources! Thank you

[@anna7276]

I miss you Emi!!! Hope you are keeping well and enjoying life!!! X

[@niallsirishflag983]

Thanks for this ❤

[@joselinvalle6219]

I’m so happy I found your video! It was very informative. I used to speak a lot of Spanish with my Abuela when I was little, but I’ve lost so much comprehension. I want to learn again so I can communicate with my extended family in Spain and for work. You provided the stepping stones for resources that I needed, thank you! I also lit up when you compared Japanese to Spanish. I think you’re right. I’ve listened to a lot of Japanese artists and it’s funny how some pronunciations remind me of Spanish.

[@emigrace]

so glad to hear that! ❤️

[@Renault31]

Muchas gracias!

[@dtwink12]

Muchas gracias por todo. Especialmente Andrés. He estado buscando algo como eso y lo agradezco la sugestión. (Lo siento por mi mal español.)

[@MsDonchinche]

Escribiste casi todo bien salvo la última frase. Se dice: "le agradezco la sugerencia".

[@dtwink12]

@@MsDonchinche ¡Gracias! :)

[@Gina-rm5wt]

Muchas gracias para tus recommandationes ,quiero mejorar mi español .

[@jaredcarline]

Thanks for the faith resources!!! Sincerely, A Youth Pastor

[@Martin.T.C]

Thanks for sharing your recommendations. My Spanish learning journey started with meeting my wife (native Spanish speaker). Pimsleur (sp?) was the first app I used, followed by Mango Languages' Latin American Spanish. Mango Languages just fit my learning style really well, so for that reason I'm a big fan. Mango says their more comprehensive language courses - Spanish, French, German, etc - will get you all the way through B1 and into B2 level a bit, if you complete all of the lessons. I use a NTV / NLT bilingual Bible. I'm going to pass along your Christian music recommendations to my wife; she listens to a lot of Spanish worship music. I'm now working (slowly - ha, ha) on Danish. SUBSCRIBED!

[@jeremybarlow2291]

Language transfer starts off very strong by massively expanding your Spanish vocabulary in a few minutes. It's a great app just for that, but the grammar is amazing too.

[@Nighteye88]

高校生の時、一年間スペイン語を習ったけど、何も学んだ気がしませんでした。数年経ってから、7年間日本語を勉強していましたが、不思議なことにスペイン語の理解が助けになっている気がしています。以前に気づかなかったことに気づくことができるようになりました。それでもう一回スペイン語を勉強しようかなー。

[@lukekennett6325]

Gracias por las recomendaciones religiosas. Nunca he sabido dónde encontrar recursos como estos.

[@USHISTORYBUFF]

I love your suggestions for faith-related resources. I, too, use the NTV and listen regularly to Andrés Spyker. By the way, he has published two excellent books, both useful for comprehensible input due to his colloquial writing style.

[@dcporlando]

I also use the NTV version. I am doing the three year Bible reading plan with YouVersion in NTV. I listen and read along I the NTV so I have good pronunciation.

[@pappuguwala606]

So nice videos miss

[@hydeyoungg17]

Thank you.

[@garywhite2050]

You are a godsend! 😊 Thank you so much. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 I just started Language transfer. You're so right, why aren't ALL courses this common sensical! ?

[@Beforethethrone]

Thank you so much for the Christian resources! Another amazing group that has music in both spanish and english is Sovereign Grace Music. 100% recommend!

[@nataliewagner996]

I love how when I am looking for resources or information on KZbin that isn’t necessarily Christian related, I still find Christian youtubers for those topics/areas of interest that I want to learn about. It’s awesome because I don’t have to filter through wrong mindsets or wrong thinking patterns, but I know that the person who is giving me this information also has that greater understanding/outlook on the world. I get to build my Christian circle even online🥰❤️

[@bluestarfishsea]

These are great tips thank you! I’m on busuu and I really like it. I don’t want to return to text books, they are so un-motivating for me lol. I think language apps are so convenient bc I can learn on the go. I like to walk on treadmill while i learn. The prob with busuu is I’m learning Spain spanish and the accent annoys me and I don’t want to learn vosotros. I prefer latin amer. but busuu price is really good 👌

[@ameliewong8228]

Thank you! I prefer to learn Latin Spanish just because I learned that in high school.

[@TrustNotMyHeart]

Thank you for the Christian resources. I've been looking for these resources.

[@alondracabello8963]

I think a lot in English my husband is Mexican I am mexicana American and sometimes I find it hard to speak it because I think in English a lot . And sometimes when k want to talk I talk with my mom and she says oh esta bien . She is from Michoacán and I never learned it until I became interested in it about 6 years ago. It have bettered but I always trip over my words . but i am willing to learn until becoming perfect ! I understand everything it’s just so hard to speak especially when I have talked English my whole life ! I would only speak English in my house with my sister and never remember speaking with my parents only sometimes . And I kinda have a bit of anger towards them because they never told us to speak Spanish 😢and now that I have my baby I talk to her in Spanish but very bad ! But I speak it everywhere ! what i find difficult is Mexican slang

[@tamera4123]

How much vocab did you know before you felt comfortable listening to those podcasts? Did you just listen or did you do active study where you wrote down vocabulary? Sorry if you've delved into this before! I just don't know when to start with podcasts/shows so that'd it'd actually be effective and not just in one ear and out the other. You're a great resource, BTW! I just started my Spanish journey and you're a huge inspiration.

[@fathelph]

Can you make a video about the resources you're using in French?

[@coraskye4149]

Hey! Have been watching your videos for a while and it seems that you have progressed in your Spanish fast. How many italki classes did you do a week?? Or how often did you do them?

[@aliennvomet]

I’ve always wanted to know this and the tutors she uses

[@MsDonchinche]

wow, you are so pretty... no more words!!!.

[@boachieasaregladys7199]

I am a baby beginner what do you suggest I use🤔

[@marwamagdi2587]

how many italki classes did you take during the first year

[@dennisvandommelen8207]

Heyyy, you probably won't read this (I really hope you do), but I'm planning on learning Spanish. I want to buy the assimil book, but I'm really not sure whether to buy just the book or buy the whole package. What are your thoughts about this?

[@marsmallow_17]

12:57 Oh this is so true to me. a

[@joshbeevers6899]

Hey. Do you know if Language Transfer is based around Latin American or European Spanish? Super helpful video thank you!

[@lolabint3411]

Latin American Spanish but he does include some Spain tips here and there but it's not focused on it.

[@_jonathanjulian]

Do you know of Luca Lampariello?

[@susan3009]

Sovereign Grace music has lots of Christian songs in Spanish ❤

[@thequeenofhearts4227]

You said Christian and I subscribed 😂❤

[@alanguages]

Choosing a particular accent is not as easy, when there is a lack of resources. The two most abundant in resources are Standard Latin American and Castilian Spanish. If someone let's say wanted to learn Chilean Spanish, then it would be pretty difficult to find audio programs for it in a place like Amazon or any huge merchants.

[@weorge_galker6745]

What anki decks is everyone using for spanish? Or are you guys making your own?

[@craigbowson3744]

I stopped using Anki, only because I decided that flashcards aren't for me, I feel stories are the way to go. But I would recommend making your own flashcards because every single one that I downloaded had a ton of errors in Spanish and in English. Some were simply "r u gonna go to the cinema 2moz" instead of "are you going to go to the cinema tomorrow" and I hate reading text like that, but if you don't mind those "abbreviations" then downloading them is much quicker and your time can be spent on reviewing them instead of creating them

[@emigrace]

personally, I make my own!:)

[@friedchicken892]

@@craigbowson3744So you just learn one and rely on it being on your choice of text?

[@Colyde25]

Love my phone in Spanish, negative part everybody asks me why my phone is in Spanish lol

[@emigrace]

facts 😅

[@ciarra0328]

How many Itaki lessons would you recommend doing a week?

[@emigrace]

as many as you can! I couldn't afford to pay for lessons all the time, so I just did it once a week:)

[@musicofhevan9278]

You are soo cute ❤ Lots of love❤ from India😎

[@cymonegottired8407]

YOURE CHRISTIAN?!! i love you even more now, if thats possible

[@emigrace]

💞

[@CR-bs1tl]

Wow.... prejudiced much?

[@amjoshuaf]

Credo in Sanctam Ecclesiam Catholicam

[@Redeemed.mindset]

W christian

[@KraikorOficial]

Pon sustitulos al español porfavor

[@Ben-xp5pp]

Verdad? Tu hablas español ahora

[@brucea9871]

I'm glad you had the foresight and courtesy to leave Christian resources to the end so those of us not interested in them could skip them. I am not Christian and I am tired of Christians constantly trying to preach to me or leaving Christian related comments to videos that have absolutely nothing to do with religion. I scanned a few comments while listening and when I saw some mentioning your Christian references I groaned, thinking "Great! More preaching in a video that has nothing to do with Christianity!" But out of consideration of non-Christians you left it at the end of the video and didn't really do any preaching (other than to advise people not to let learning Spanish interfere with their religious observances).

[@l.t.c8.1.46]

The way you are pronouncing Assimil is hilarious. Pretty sure it's supposed to sound like assimilate.

[@Deibi078]

Hello talk is basically poliglot tinder lol

[@emigrace]

facts 😅

[@ml3609]

I am so disappointed. One of the things I was most looking forward to was creating a Spanish notebook. lol, I think I am going to have to disregard this tip even though I am a complete beginner and do not know what I am doing because I think I will enjoy having a notebook.

[@allanshpeley4284]

Porque no te gusta DuoLingo?

[@mehrdadsadeghi4635]

Thank you for the video. It was very useful. P.S. you are beautiful as hell 🔥

[@raindogs451]

Ur for Your and stuff like that irritates the shit out of me. "You" is you, not u. That said, I like your videos. They're motivating.

[@emigrace]

hahahaha this made me laugh because tbh me too, just did it because it makes the title shorter but it still lowkey irritates me😂😭

[@Gutterball]

this was not useful, there are no shortages of sources out there. glad you used these, I was looking to learn some spanish though not names of apps.

[@Peter_Fordos]

No offense but ​​I hate the fact that the fancy "how I learned Spanish in 1 year/6 months/3 months" videos tend to start with mentioning the importance of italki and talking based learning methods. No way to have a conversion when you start to learn any language from scratch. I would be so greatful to find one honest video about language learning finally. :I

[@friedchicken892]

Oh yes Christian resources because I do not want to watch anything that will quemch my spirit🎉!😅!

[@manojkumarramdutt9752]

ola...beautiful as usual...listening to your experiences is truly amazing...you make a great presenter.....

[@Melodysuperstar1999]

Thank you so much for the Christian resources, you are the only one on KZbin to mention those 🤍

[@emigrace]

glad you found it useful 🥰

[@goziennaanamelechi3108]

Whats your IG?

[@onion8216]

Thank you for the video! Amazing quality and inputs! Godbless