u/SpareRazzmatazz1392

So the way I have been learning Spanish, is I have been watching a Spanish podcast on youtube called "How to Spanish" for the past year and on average their podcasts vids are between 20 minute and 25 minute videos. Here's been my routine everyday for the past year. From the first video last year I didn't know 378 words or phrases in a 20 minute podcast but as of today that number is down to just 88 in just a year. My background in Spanish was just 4 years of high school spanish which 95% didn't stick. Here's my process, Im happy to answer or clarify anything

1. I started by only watching a 30 second interval a day. So let's say it's the very first day of a new video, I watch the first 30 seconds. I listen to it one time with no captions. Then I listen to it one time with captions.
2. As I am listening to it 2nd time with captions I open up a google doc and I type the captions in Spanish in one long paragraph.
3. As I am typing the paragraph, I open up a google sheet and the sheet has one column for the word in Spanish, a column for the word in English, and a column for any notes or rules to help me understand better the new word or phrase
4. I use chatgpt so I can ask any very specific question about a rule, conjugation, translation, slang, etc. I've learned that google is too broad in its answers, google translate is unreliable, but you can use chatgpt for the most specific question about a phrase and it will break it down for you.
5. I then retype the paragraph in English. It helps with following along with grammar rules, understanding that Spanish/English doesn't have exact translations but those small connector frases like (de lo que) I can help distinguish as to what it means through retyping the whole thing in English
6. I then have a short speaking convo with chatgpt (I only do this cause I don't have spanish speaking friends) using the new words or phrases I learned
7. Then the next day onwards, I listen from the very beginning of the video so the words I have learned are continually repeated to me each day, I then add a fresh new 30 seconds, and break down the new 30 seconds with the same process. So day 1 I watch 30 seconds, day 2 I watch 1 minute and go through the same process with the new 30 seconds of the day each day. This helps less with memorizing the language and instead helps me focus with pattern recognition and absorbing the language and speech patterns through repetition.
8. At the end of the video you will have a few hundred new words or phrases you don't know, no need to memorize all of them but keep track of the total number. Now you will do the same exact process in the next video in 35 second intervals.
9. If the total number of new words and phrases you learned in the 2nd video is less than your previous lowest total from any video before, you move on to 40 second intervals. If it is was higher you stay at 35 second intervals for video 3 until you beat your record. For example, my very first 30 second interval video was 378 words/phrases, I lowered that number to 198 my second video at 35 seconds, but if it was higher than 378 I remain at 35 second interval and I stay at 35 seconds until I get lower
10. So you increase the intervals by 5 seconds (30, 45, 50, 55, 1 min) through this process and once you hit a minute you eliminate the part where you translate the spanish paragraph into English, slowly taking the training wheels off and you go by 10 second intervals ( 1 min 10 sec, 1 min 20 sec etc) but still keeping track of the number of words in your spreadsheet
11. Once you hit the 2 minute interval. you increase the intervals 2 min 15 seconds, 2 min 30 seconds, etc) and you stop typing each interval into a spanish paragraph, now you are just listening to the podcast but still keeping track of the number of words/phrases in your spreadsheet.
12. At 3 minutes, you increase 30 seconds, at 4 minutes you increase to 45 seconds, at 5 minutes you start adding by 1 minute, then you keep going to you reach a full 20 minute video. I am currently doing 2 minute and 30 second intervals right now so Im not there yet.

The goal is to get to zero, but it's helped me tremendously with my listening and everyday is a daily lesson of something new. The goal is to be honest with yourself, I have written the same word 3 or 4 times down as something new I learned, because context changes meanings and sometimes I just forget. If it's still fuzzy, it's still a new word. Also don't assume you know a word just because it's an easy translation. It also helps learning grammar, vocab, slang, listening, reading, writing, and a little bit of speaking all at once. I think I struggled with Spanish because after learning something like a grammar rule I would never see it again and forget about it. Here you are learning the most complicated rules and vocab along with easy stuff from the very beginning as a holistic process that doesn't ignore anything

For example today I learned the following just in 2 minutes 15 seconds

la retroalimentación = feedback

la investigación = investigation, research

el tutor = tutor

sé abierto = be open! (I didn't know the command form of ser was sé and it confused me)

ocupa a los amigos = keep your friends busy (weird translation that tripped me up)

sin querer = accidentally/by accident

proveer = to provide

adecuado = appropriate (I knew this, but I thought it meant adequate still)

dedicar = to dedicate/to devote

el revés = reverse

neutro = neutral

also make a chart here to track your progress https://www.makechart.co/line-chart-generator/

yesterday's draft was quite interesting. We saw Tacko Fall with the very 1st pick, a very Sacramento decision. Adam Silver is now forced to play for the Rockets, Angel Reese is taking her talents to Phoenix, and Reggie Miller will play for his arch rival New York Knicks. Winners of the draft are for sure the Warriors stealing LeBron James with the 23rd pick and the Celtics snagging Tim Duncan with the 15th pick.

So the OKC Thunder won the draft lottery, who will play alongside OKC's Brian Scalabrine is the big question today

so just comment a player and participate in the upvoting/downvoting to establish a rank, don't comment a player you already see, I will not count repeats

Also don't just vote or comment for the player that you think should be the number one pick, vote/comment on any player you think should be in the 1st round so we get more variety

check yesterday's post and the spreadsheet so you don't comment a player already drafted as they will not be counted

yesterday's post: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1v520t4/lets_do_a_chaotic_nba_draft_of_any_player_in_nba/?sort=top

see google sheet for updated rosters and rounds

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vqsmQ7Z8xzGiYTl3aHMeEcT1EcyBmGC8sACQn2_OPKw/edit?usp=sharing

today's draft order (randomized)

1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. LA Clippers
3. Charlotte Hornets
4. Dallas Mavericks
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Phoenix Suns
7. Sacramento Kings
8. Philadelphia 76ers
9. Detroit Pistons
10. Golden State Warriors
11. Orlando Magic
12. Brooklyn Nets
13. Chicago Bulls
14. Toronto Raptors
15. Miami Heat
16. Atlanta Hawks
17. New York Knicks
18. San Antonio Spurs
19. Memphis Grizzlies
20. Portland Trail Blazers
21. Milwaukee Bucks
22. Houston Rockets
23. Utah Jazz
24. Indiana Pacers
25. Los Angeles Lakers
26. Cleveland Cavaliers
27. Minnesota Timberwolves
28. Washington Wizards
29. New Orleans Pelicans
30. Boston Celtics