For the first week of my 30-day Spanish challenge, I decided to try and learn to speak conversational Spanish in one week from scratch. Before starting this challenge I spoke almost no Spanish, and my goal was to see how much I could learn in just 5 days solely by putting maximal effort into conversational practice. Can you learn to speak Spanish in just one week by abandoning traditional language classes? By disregarding textbooks? Even without memorizing vocabulary? You can judge for yourself the results!
Thanks so much to my friend Nate for helping out with this video! Be sure to check out his channel at:
Here are links to some of the resources I used to learn Spanish this week as mentioned in the video (none of these are sponsored and I’m not making any affiliate money if you sign up for these services):
For online tutoring I used Baselang, which offers unlimited Spanish tutoring with teachers based in Latin America (mostly Colombia and Venezuela). There are occasional hiccups with Internet connectivity but overall I quite enjoyed the quality of the teachers and the Baselang curriculum itself.
The course I used initially to give me a good foundation in Spanish was called “Spanish Uncovered” by the polyglot Olly Richards, which is a way to learn Spanish naturally through stories. I really enjoyed it, and it seems to be an excellent way to get a good foundation in a new language.
For finding Spanish speakers to do language exchange with, I used a great app called Tandem, which lets you find people from around the world to practice languages with (not just Spanish).
For finding random strangers to video chat with in Spanish (like Omegle or Chatroulette), I found a website called Bazoocam, which has a Spanish section. (WARNING: this site is definitely not safe for work or for children. Like Omegle you will almost certainly encounter people exposing themselves — along with plenty of people who just want to chat!)
The game I was playing in where you can talk with people from around the world is called VRChat. It’s a really fun game and great for language practice, but note that you may encounter some NSFW stuff or sexual content here as well.
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Pramod Saroj says
Which website u using for learning different languages…?
Francisco J. Widemann says
Man you could become a doctor in half the time
Damian Wadsworth says
Dude, your Spanish is better than mine in 3 days even tho I’ve been studying for 1 and a bit years💔😂😂this just proves I’m not putting in enough effort 😅
parábolas de Jesús says
you already speak Spanish? ha ha ha
parábolas de Jesús says
Ya habla español? Jajaja
Las cosas como son. says
Lo de este hombre no es normal.
Gabilan gabilan says
Esta demostrado que de la manera que xioma estudia o practica para aprender un idioma es esta misma manera .
Khazadin R says
5:27 photographed myself till i learn spanish (MY AMAZING EXCANGE!!11!1!!!!)
None None says
What programs do you use to learn other languages?
funny videos says
Usted una bomba mío felicitaciones yo vi sus videos usted muy inteligente
Zyn Vad3r says
How
Jack Hadcroft says
Try Brazilian Portuguese next 🙂 Im currently learning, I would ove to see your learning methods for this language.
Nima Karimi-Busheri says
lol
August Mendoza says
I've been studying spanish for almost 3 months now and you're Spanish are more way better.
Juuamjskn says
The accent of the first guy is from Bogota, Colombia
ChuspinSpain says
Just a comment from a Spaniard: extraños is not strangers (false friends lol); in Spanish that word means weird/strange (not stranger). The right word is "desconocidos". Cheers!
Leonardo Cabrera says
tip: lo q mas les cuesta a los europeos y americanos en el español es la RRRRR, nos rompe los oidos como la prionuncian, es tan poco española.. deberia haber un estudio serio sobre eso ;D creo q es lo q mas les cuesta, la r y la s, la usan distinto, entonces la pronuncian distinto (en español usamos la R y la S sólida al hablar, ellos usan la R de blurr, como blanda, y a la S la pronuncian demasiado llena, ESSSTABASSSSSS, como asi, la marcan demasiado).-. es solo critica constructiva 🙂 amo estos videos. Saludoooo!!!! 😀
Julian Gaviria Lugo says
Nate speak a perfect spanish dude!
Isaac Greenspan says
96 hours of Spanish to have a conversation about taking a huge post-Wendy's dump. Mad respect.
Carl Von Finland says
This is bullshit, nobody learns a new language in 96 hours. It takes many years to learn a new language.
Mark Corrigan says
Some people pick up languages real easy, and this guy is clearly one of them. He's beginning to irritate me now!
Melancholic Wallflower says
holy crap Im learning it now. Im teaching myself using a spanish app on my phone and its taking forever. I wish I was quick learner.
Echavarria25 says
Que buen trabajo hermano ,aprendiste muy rápido 😊Felicidades 👌
Ta’ Aisa says
Need more spanish videos
Brian Morval says
Yo soy americano y el otro responde yo soy mexicano, en realidad los dos son americanos, américa es todo el continente no solo los EE.UU. Pero bueno yendo a otro punto es increíble como aprende otro idioma, lo hace ver tan fácil y yo no puedo todavía decir una frase completa en ingles :'v
RubenC says
Currently learning Italian. I’m fluent in English, Spanish and semi fluent in American Sign Language. I plan to use tandem to gain speaking opportunities with others. Thanks for the info.
Adria Comellas says
Los idiomas no se estudian, se hablan
Cecilia says
Si él pudo lograr tanto en tan poco tiempo yo también puedo lograrlo con el japonés 💪
Oscar MW says
Wooow me sorprende el español que habla en solo 4 días!!! Yo estoy aprendiendo inglés espero poder aprender rápido como tú me motivaste
Moon_Wolf K says
This just goes to show how important it is to speak the language- not ONLY reading it aloud but actually improvise and speak directly from your brain. Playing around with it and actually using it in day to day life. Really immerse yourself in the language
I learned Spanish for 4 YEARS in highschool and you speak much better in 3 days than I do now.
So was I just really stupid? I guess, but the reason I’m bad at the language is bc I only studied in class and right before the tests..
I didn’t make any friends from other countries (god no, wouldn’t even have crossed my mind!), I wasn’t creative in my learning and ONLY used the textbook from school. I did the homework we HAD to do and didn’t look up the language on the internet at all..
But it wasn’t a total waste of time, even if a lot of it was sadly..
I’ve picked up the language again now 3 years later and had to start over from scratch more or less. I haven’t been studying regularly and I haven’t improvised with my speaking- which I really should.
Anyway, I feel so stupid now when I see this video, but it also gives me a bit of hope…
My motivation (another thing I lacked before) for learning now is so that I can speak with my Hispanic classmates.. So far I’ve been far to scared to even try, but if I ever want to get fluent I know I have to start somewhere. Even if I totally embarrass myself so thank you!
The language seems so easy and it is in a way but it’s also very frustrating. Especially when you can’t find the logic, but much love and good luck to all you language learners out there!
Alisson Vanessa Albarracin Rojas says
yes estabas hablando con un colombiano de bogota gracias jsjjs
Hemant Kumar says
Fundamentally dishonest comment at 1:50 about it not being "sponsored" when you have an affiliate link to the course in your description and make money when a sale is made through your link. You might be technically correct, but ethically wrong.