I hope that makes sense. I’m a native English speaker learning Spanish. My comprehension is good when the speakers are speaking slowly, but with typical speed I struggle a lot to catch what they’re saying (even in English I sometimes struggle with understanding when distractions/other audio/accents are involved, think it’s an auditory processing thing, at least with English).
I’ve been reading a novel in Spanish, and for my media I’ve been listening to the duolingo Spanish podcast. They speak pretty slowly so I understand just fine.
However I’ve also been watching TV in Spanish. The show I’m watching has Spanish closed captions so I can read along in Spanish with what the characters are saying. This improves my comprehension 10 fold, but I worry it is inhibiting my ability to learn to have LISTENING comprehension.
What do yall think? Does it help to have the closed captions or hinder the learning process?
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