Mejorar Mi Fluencia
Hola a todos, Estoy nuevo aquí. Yo estoy teniendo problemas con mejorando mi español. Parte de mi familia es de Puerto Rico, así yo puedo entender español muy fluente y hablar bien, pero cuando yo tengo que hablar, tengo que parar y pensar en la palabra yo quiero decir. Y a veces, no se la palabra en absoluto. Como aprendan hablar fluente? Mi familia no trata de ayudarme porque todavía puedo entender. Pero yo quiero ir para la Universidad de Puerto Rico en dos años y yo necesito mejorar mi fluencia rápido. Así, como lo hacen? Saludos!
English: Hello everyone, I'm new here. I am having issues improving my Spanish. Part of my family is from Puerto Rico, so I can understand Spanish fluently and speak pretty well, but when it comes to speaking, I sometimes have to stop and think about the word I want to say. And sometimes I forget the word altogether. How did you all become fluent? My family doesn't try to help me because I already understand Spanish. But I would like to go to the University of Puerto Rico in two years and I need to improve my fluency quickly. So, how did you all do it? Best regards!
4 Answers
All you have to do is read out loud in Spanish while recording yourself then listen to yourself. You will be able to pick up your errors in intonation, rhythm accent etc....
Re-read and re-listen till satisfied more or less, keep on practicing that way. Do not erase your tries. From time to time go back and re-read the first try and compare the recording with the first one. Notice how much you have improved.
edit: by the way, it is "fluidez" and not "fluencia"
Good job with your Spanish writing. Here's my experience with learning Spanish. I had no connection to the Spanish language but was very motivated to learn (el amor). I memorized a lot of words, took a class, and was doing the hardest thing, which was overcoming my self consciousness and speaking Spanish with native speakers of Spanish, But still, I would have to first think of what I wanted to say in English, and then mentally convert that to Spanish. Not very conducive to fluid or spontaneous communication. Then a strange thing started happening. Words and thoughts started to originate in Spanish. I would even have dreams in Spanish. More and more the mental converting was no longer necessary. It was as if Spanish was streaming into my subconscious mind.
So just put in the hard work communicating daily and it will get easier. One thing that helps when you draw a blank with a certain word is to find a work around. Rephrase what you want to say, or use an example. There's always more than one way to express a thought.
Hola, amigo,
Busca por todas partes en tu comunidad para ocasiones de hablar español. Si hay programas en la biblioteca o organizaciones para hispanohablantes jóvenes. Quizá existen mercados donde haya personas que hablan solamente en español. Con permiso de tus padres puedes encontrar algo en la red con la organización "meetup.com". Buena suerte en tu esfuerzo.
¿Cuál campus? Mi esposa asistió a La UPR en Ponce.
