059 – La Habilidad Más Importante para Hablar Español | The Most Important Ability for Speaking Spanish
Ok, so you’re having a conversation in your target language. What’s the most necessary component of conversation?
Having an extensive vocabulary? Understanding how grammar works? Perfect pronunciation?
This week they go over a bunch of ways to improve comprehension.
Jim and May agree that comprehension is what’s most important because if you don’t understand what someone is asking you, you can’t even begin to reply!
Your brain is your friend and constantly tries to help you grasp a situation without you processing every little thing going on. With language, it’s entirely possible to more or less understand what’s happening without knowing every word of a conversation.
One of the resources presented in the episode is Pimsleur, an app designed to take you from zero comprehension to conversational using pure audio. Try the first week free by using this link!
Links:
- How to Say I Don’t Understand in Spanish Video
- Ep. 020 – Filler Words in Spanish
- Try Pimsleur to improve your Spanish!
- Level up your Spanish with our Podcast Membership
- Get the full transcript of each episode so you don’t miss a word
- Listen to an extended breakdown section in English going over the most important words and phrases
- Test your comprehension with a multiple choice quiz