I Learned to Speak Spanish in 96 Hours Straight

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Published 2020-04-21

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: youtube.com/c/NatesAdventures

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. bit.ly/3oIStFk

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. bit.ly/3pPB0we

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). www.tandem.net/

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. bazoocam.org/es/ (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. www.vrchat.com/

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All Comments (21)

@xiaomanyc 2 years ago

Want to learn Spanish with my “chess-game” approach? Check out my Spanish course ‘’Street-Smart Spanish’’: www.streetsmartlanguages.com/spanish
@SpanishWithNate. 4 years ago

So glad I could help you with your Spanish XiaoMa, ¡bien hecho!
@MrKarlozz 4 years ago

Respect to this guy. He doesn't give a shit about making mistakes, and he just digs right into it from the get go. This is how you learn a language, people, it's so simple.
@devon7350 2 years ago

This is both motivating and discouraging at the same time. To see someone learn that much in just a few days is incredible.
@Vandalle. 3 years ago

Spanish Yoda fucking killed me 😂💀
@WhatIsThis-zq4hk 3 years ago

Xiaoma: "im so nervous omg" Señor Yoda: H o L a M i A m I g O
@capio78 4 years ago

That dude was so nice, internet could be a better place with more like him.
@pudu1997 3 years ago

"Venezuela no tiene electricidad" Relatable 😔🤝
@kellycruzc.5105 2 years ago

Definitivamente, aplicaré tu método para dominar el inglés. Veré,leeré y escucharé todo en inglés. Me has inspirado con tu actitud y determinación . Si tú puedes, estoy segura que yo también podré.
@itskidkelly 4 years ago

I can’t wait for the “clueless white guy SHOCKS waitress with Mexican order in perfect Spanish”
@gmurredo 4 years ago

I've been studying Spanish for 7 years and he's already better than me
@jill9606 2 years ago

I’ve been a high school Spanish teacher for ten years and I soooo wish my students would just start speaking and throw themselves out there without fear of being wrong. If they don’t try, we won’t know what they don’t know and can’t fix it! I totally agree with you that starting by speaking is the best way.
@704.dylann 4 years ago

when you speak Spanish and English and don’t need to read the subtitles
@marcoslobato558 4 years ago

"I'm just gonna be immersing myself in Spanish" 1:59 Portuguese
@guadalupealcanis4337 3 years ago

La chica: puedes estar afuera y no pasa nada? Me dio risa we jajajajajaja latinomerica Dios los bendiga, saludos!
@juanmackenzie2843 3 years ago

I'm fluent in spanish and english and I must say, the progress you made in spanish in such a small amount of tine is incredible! Great job! Makes me have hope in learning Japanese.
@tanita6234 4 years ago

Gringo: Hi, I'm American That Colombian dude: yo también parce
@sofiam9813 3 years ago

Lol, este dude aprendió español en cinco días, yo llevo la mitad de mi vida con clases de inglés y todavía no sé en qué consiste el verbo "to be" 😔👌🏻
@yhonatanrodriguez4883 3 years ago

Hace poco sigo a xioma, que forma de aprender, emocionado de ver cómo se expande todo el universo cultural con los idiomas, es grandioso lo que haces, saludos desde Colombia
@jacquelinegiraldopelaez5929 2 years ago

Me impresionas demasiado!!! Creo que muchos hispano hablantes nos sentimos inspirados por tu video para de una vez por todas aprender ingles.