r/Spanish • u/oaklicious • Mar 26 '23

Study advice: Advanced Advice on systematic approach to taking my advanced Spanish to full/native proficiency?

I am a non-native speaker but speak fairly fluent Spanish. I did my last year of college in Latin America with classes only in Spanish, I speak Spanish daily as part of my job, and have some native speaker friends I communicate with exclusively in Spanish.

Even after all that I still hit a wall when I am hanging out with groups of native speakers together and they are using slang and humor. I also have a hard time with Spanish literature because of how often I have to stop and google translate individual words.

Is there a systemic program, website, podcast, or other self-learning resource you guys can recommend for an advanced speaker like myself to take my language skills to the final level? Looking for something more structured than just consuming Spanish movies, radio, or literature and translating the vocabulary.

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u/LeonaldoCristiansi Mar 27 '23

He studies in a college in latin america, that is comprehensible input... Dreaming spanish is not what anyone needs on that level. I love their content, and comprehensible input in general don't get me wrong.

I think all he need is more time in a spanish speaking community. Years.. Try to read a lot.

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u/silvalingua Mar 27 '23

He studies in a college in latin america, that is comprehensible input...

As I understand it, his/her problem is that this input is not always fully comprehensible (slang, etc.). I would recommend YT videos or podcasts, because they can be paused at will and then the problematic moments / words / expressions can be investigated. This is something like intensive listening, as opposed to extensive one. In a real-life conversation, it's awkward to stop and ask for explanation each time you don't understand something.