More proof my method works
A 4-month Spanish case study
The simplest way to learn a language
Yet another case study! This comes from a Spanish student who began lessons in August of this year. Let’s have a look at his progress and how he did it. If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts and other case studies, none of this will come as a surprise to you. It’s more of the same. Tried and true.
His level
Prior to beginning lessons, this student was an absolute beginner. Now, he has an upper-beginner level.
How he did it
Pretty easy, honestly. He:
Did conversation practice
Did listening practice
Did reading practice
That’s basically it.
The amount of study time
30 minutes a day was the average. That’s it. Super manageable!
My favourite part of the method I am using nowadays to teach languages is that it’s quite easy to stick with the program. Even 15 minutes a day (or 30 minutes as this student did) results in steady progress toward fluency.
Breakdown of his study efforts
In case you like numbers and charts 😊
Speaking in-class: 18.75 hours
Speaking at home: 6.5 hours
Listening: 14.75 hours
Reading: 14 hours
Grammar: 3.5 hours
Writing: 1 hour
The takeaway?
It’s easy to reach fluency.
Spend most of your time listening and reading
Practice speaking a little bit
And that’s it.
All the best on your journey to fluency!
Azren
Calgary Language Nerds owner
https://azrenthelanguagenerd.com
That graph is pretty interesting. I wonder if the picture looks the same for other levels. English is my second language and after graduating I never stopped to think about how much time I am or should be spending on what macro skill, now that I’ve reached C2 level and stopped taking classes. It makes me think whether I should replicate this somehow in my life, as a way to maintain my level or improve.