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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duolingo did not work for me but some people love it.

I used a mix of materials and made sure I developed reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. I started with the pimsleur audio series along with the practice makes perfect workbooks. I emphasized comprehensible input and listened to the dreaming spanish videos on Youtube and added vocabulary on an Anki deck.

About 4 or 5 months in, I added leveled readers and soon after was able to start reading YA novels.  Also, started working with an online tutor on the platform Italki which was invaluable for my speaking skills. I also really think every person learns differently so there is some trial and error in the beginning to determine what resources would best serve you.[/quote]

Yeah, as I got more skilled, I started listening to the Duolingo podcast, which is fantastic, genuinely good listening regardless of the language (I got hooked on the episode where the Duo CEO told his story of leaving Guatemala and coming to the US) and confidence building... I also started reading leveled readers and there have been some good full-spanish podcasts where they don't speak insanely fast. I watch soccer games in spanish, because there's a lot to choose from. I'm not terribly worried about the speaking part, because there arent' a ton of reasons for me to have extended conversations in spanish, but if I reach a point at my life in which there would be, for example, living abroad or working with a full-time Spanish speaker, I can definitely understand and get through enough that it would be its own practice. [/quote]

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