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Hey, it’s Rocky…
Today, I want to share the #1 rule to becoming fluent in Spanish.
If you’re like most people serious about learning Spanish, then you know 3 things are true when it comes to improving…
1 — You need to learn the BASICS of grammar and conjugation before moving on to complex ones…
2 — You need to STUDY sentence structure to put phrases and sentences together correctly…
3 — You need to IMMERSE yourself in Spanish…
(That’s how most people approach “learning” Spanish)
And how do they do that?
They enroll in traditional classes at schools and universities…
They sign up for every language learning app out there…
And then they try to speak Spanish with others.
So easy, right?
Yeah… until you spend years doing it…
And still, find yourself avoiding contact with Native Spanish speakers because you fear you will not understand what they say…
And you have problems when you engage in actual conversations, including painful silences while searching for words, confusion, and embarrassment due to misunderstanding.
Because while those tactics I mentioned above may sound like they are the surefire way to “learn” Spanish…
Thanks to human nature, you’ll find that languages aren’t learned…
Languages are ACQUIRED.
And while that might seem like a subtle change in words…
It transforms everything you thought you knew about becoming fluent in Spanish.
So let’s quit “learning” for a second…
And instead, focus on the #1 PRINCIPLE to acquiring Spanish…
(Here’s the part where this email is worth reading)
Because when you do this right?
Speaking and comprehending Spanish becomes easy.
So here goes with rule #1 of acquiring Spanish…
Real acquisition comes only from comprehensible input.
That’s it. But rather than leaving you hanging…
Want me to explain exactly how to use this?
So you can fast track your way to Spanish fluency…
Without guessing?
Great, I knew you would!
But before I do that…
Let me explain what comprehensible input is…
It’s content or information that you can understand “most” of.
What do I mean by most?
I’d say 80-90%.
For example, if you’re watching a Spanish video, you should understand at least 80% of it.
This is important because if you can’t understand the content you are consuming, it will sound like noise, and the language will never be acquired.
Listening to the Spanish radio all day for months won’t do much for you unless you have an idea of what is being said.
Or imagine if you went into a Chinese restaurant every day for a week…
And they spoke nothing but Chinese to you for a few hours a day.
You would probably assume you would learn something, right?
Wrong.
The truth is that if you never understood any of it, you would never acquire it.
And studying a bunch of grammar rules won’t be of much assistance either.
You could receive a week of “input” and still not understand a lick.
That’s why it has to be comprehensible.
But how do you actually measure if you can understand 80% of the content you are consuming? And what can you do to make content MORE comprehensible?
I’m glad you asked…
Because in tomorrow’s email, I’ll give you the answer to both of those questions…
But right now, I have to finish getting some stuff ready for the Become a Spanish Speaker Workshop…
Talk tomorrow,
Rocky
P.S. Enrollment for the Workshop opens up on Thursday and closes on Sunday. (It may close before that, depending on whether or not 100 people sign up before that. Last time we sold out pretty quickly, so I wouldn’t delay if I were you).
Remember this is first-come, first served.
Also, I had quite a few people with questions about the Workshop…
So I’ve put together this page for you to explain everything you need to know.
At the bottom of that page, you will see a little red button with the price of the Workshop on it.
This button will be locked until Thursday at 10 a.m. EST when enrollment opens.
You will need to click this button to sign up on Thursday.
So keep that in mind.
You don’t want to miss this.