A little story about how Mike became fluent in Spanish.

Join us on a rigorous step-by-step journey to fluency.

I'm Timothy, and this is LearnCraft Spanish.

Today we're going to practice everything we've learned so far,

with emphasis on the advanced

uses of ser that we learned in yesterday's episode.

But first, a little encouragement.

I'd like to read you a testimonial from one of our coaching students, Mike, who worked with

us last year.

Mike is a great example of how working on essential grammar can help you

finally break through to fluency even after a lifetime of attempts at learning Spanish. You can read

the full interview with Mike at LCSpodcast.com slash 20, but I'll just read out the highlights of what he

told us.

Mike says, my great-grandparents on my mom's side are from Mexico.

Growing up, I remember listening to family members speaking Spanish and wished I could understand and speak with them, too. I took Spanish in high school and in college, and they were my

favorite subjects, although

I was nowhere near fluent. I always felt like I had some unfinished business in becoming fluent

in Spanish. Before discovering Learncraft Spanish, my Spanish was not great. Most of my Spanish

consisted of knowing some vocabulary words, and I did learn some conjugations in the

past, but I really had no recollection of them. When I considered coaching, I was hesitant because I

wasn't sure if someone my age, who didn't currently know much Spanish, could become fluent.

I was also self-conscious about speaking in front of the teachers and the group classes. But Timothy

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