Grammar + Reading + Listening - talking + writing = ?
Just how much am I harming my progress by doing lots of reading, listening, and grammar study/test/drills in spanish... but rarely ever speaking it actively, nor writing much in it (actively/responsively) ?
I can tie some sentences together, but my reading comprehension and listening comprehension is improving... but if I'm not speaking the language actively/responsively nor writing it actively/responsively, then how much am I harming my progress in terms of reaching a solid intermediate level ?
He estado aprendiendo español desde diciembre del año pasado. Eso hace dos meses, pero mi nivel no es muy bueno... no en el manera que quiero.
Gracias de antemono por la ayuda.
2 Answers
After 2 months you really don't have to worry too much. It's normal that you progress faster within your reading, listening and grammar skills. Especially because the first two don't really require an absolute understanding of what you are hearing/reading. Most of the time you can get along quite well just getting the gist of the subject discussed.
I would just keep on learning the way you do at the moment. I don't think you are harming your progress at all. You will just end up being not so good in speaking and writing in the end, but not in your overall skill. If you look at the language tests (for example the IELTS test, in which you are tested on listening, reading, writing and speaking seperately) you will see that bad speaking/writing skill can't be associated with a bad language skill in general. And to be honest, in my opinion it is way more important to have a big word pool (active and passive vocabulary) than just know how to speak out perfectly a few easy sentences.
Cheers
To be honest it all takes time to get into the swing of forming sentences but loads of the guys on here are great help.
example sentence: ¿Ya (already) conociste past tense tu form a (personal a include when its a person) mi hermano?(my brother)
Did you already meet my brother?
Preterite conjugation of conocer
Preterite (pretérito) yo conocí, tu conociste, usted/él/ella conoció, nosotros/as conocimos, vosotros/as conocisteis, ustedes/ellos/ellas conocieron
there is also a chat room in here where you can talk or type talk with others
It has taken me 7 months to get into the swing of forming sentences,remember it takes us years to learn english properly and with spanish things dont translate directly a lot of the time and the sentences are formed in a different order but the more you read and hear you will begin to getthe hang of it
Beuna suerte!
