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Context: I really enjoy listening to podcasts in my TL (Spanish), but felt that I was reaching the point of diminishing returns and so wanted a new challenge.
So, a few months ago I switched nearly entirely to Netflix.
I started off with Mexican shows, since this is the dialect that I am most comfortable with. After about ~30 hours with Mexican tv, I focused on Colombian shows, Argentinian tv, took a failed detour to Chile, and now am binging Spanish tv.
General observations:
- Mexican telenovelas provide such a fantastic entry point. Shout out to El señor de los cielos.
- Once I got comfortable with two different dialects (Mexican and Colombian), Argentina and Spain became pretty straightforward.
- Chilean, Caribbean and Andalucian are still pretty scary for me haha.
- Series > Movies. More time to adjust to a particular accent.
- My comprehension is still far from perfect; I probably average somewhere between 4 and 5 using this evaluation on the Refold site.
Finally, here is a breakdown by country:
https://preview.redd.it/jkjcyz7cn7861.png?width=268&format=png&auto=webp&s=758c4d0c72ba991da4bdabc5d4b413debdb26846
Next steps:
- Continue listening and watching. I suspect that this I am still early in the journey; there is still significant improvement for every 50 hours.
- Now that I've proven to myself that I can comfortably watch TV in my TL, I'll probably change my input distribution from 90% Netflix and 10% podcasts to 30% Netflix/70% podcasts. I just fundamentally prefer audio-only formats to TV.
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