Today starts my Build In Public journey
by Jake VanagsAlthough I've been working on Spanish Audio Drills for more than 8-9 months now (Oct/Nov 2022), I've decided to sharing how it's going.
I'm doing it mostly to create a routine of self-accountability, but also because building alone can be frustrating - when the days are good, when the days are bad... if no one else knows what's going on, it requires even more self-motivation to keep pushing forward.
I hope by posting often about how it's going, I gather both feedback AND momentum.
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PROJECT BACKGROUND:
I'm working on a unique Spanish-learning project that combines my desire to drastically improve my Spanish with something I already enjoy doing - creating new ideas and building small online businesses.
The project revolves around creating what I'm calling "audio drills" or "audio flashcards". Basically, I'm creating 50-70 second audio tracks that focus on one commonly used Spanish phrase at a time. The track uses multiple repetitions of the phrase and then three short example audio clips that use the phrase (which are scraped from YouTube videos) to help imprint the phrase into the listener's brain using audio only (instead of visual flashcards).
For me, I do like normal visual flashcards for vocabulary and definitions. And I like stories and music and TV/movies for broad "comprehensible input".
But I've found I would like to "drill" key phrases into my brain using repetition - without listening to entire podcasts or watching TV shows OR without trying to translate visual flashcards in my head while trying to listen or speak.
The idea is for this project to help boost my (and others') comprehension and recall speed - in addition/as a complement to Spanish classes, courses, and tutoring, etc.
