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Many adults try to learn Spanish by watching videos alone — often through comprehensible input platforms like Dreaming Spanish — and still find themselves stuck months or years later.

In this video, I explain why video-only input fails most adult learners, even when the content is “comprehensible,” enjoyable, and well-produced.

This is not an attack on individuals or effort.
It’s an analysis of how adults actually learn, and where popular advice breaks down.

Topics covered:
Why adult brains don’t learn languages the same way children do
Why massive input without structure slows progress
What Stephen Krashen actually recommends (and what gets misapplied)
Why reading, structure, and feedback matter earlier for adults
How false expectations hurt new Spanish learners
What to do instead if your goal is real comprehension and usable Spanish

Dreaming Spanish and similar platforms can be useful tools — but they are not a complete method for most adults.

If you’ve been watching a lot of Spanish content and wondering why your progress feels slow, this video is for you.

Want a structured, no-hype plan?

I’m not a Spanish teacher. I don’t invent methods.
I document what actually worked for me as an adult learner.

One Year to Spanish Fluency (375-hour tracker + resources):
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[Article] How Young Children Learn Languages: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
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Video Chapters & Timestamps
00:00 - Intro: Why Dreaming Spanish is unnecessarily deceptive
00:38 - What Dreaming Spanish actually claims
01:14 - They say it’s backed by decades of Krashen research… but is it?
02:04 - Krashen clarifies: “I never said never teach grammar”
02:59 - Krashen’s real #1 recommendation: Reading (not video)
03:36 - Krashen does mention video… but not the way DS uses it
04:28 - The “acquire Spanish naturally like a baby” myth
05:20 - Babies don’t speak at 1 year… or even 2-3 years
06:23 - 600 hours = 1.5 years before you’re “allowed” to read?
07:23 - Child input vs adult video input: 17,520 hours vs ~5,000 hours
09:40 - You’re not a child — stop learning like one
11:50 - Watching vs Reading: even DS’s own site contradicts their method
12:52 - Grammar isn’t evil — you’re probably just using bad resources
13:19 - Better ways to get repetition + input (books, telenovelas, etc.)
14:02 - The real problem: false expectations hurt new learners
14:58 - Final verdict: Great resource, terrible standalone method
15:35 - Thanks for watching!