How To Learn Spanish for Lazy People (And 5 Reasons Lazy People Are Better Learners)

Many people are lazy, and many people want to learn Spanish. Often, it’s a combination of the two; many people want to learn Spanish, but are lazy as hell.

I for one am lazy. I’m lazy… as hell. Procrastinating is my hobby. There’s always a tomorrow, another day to do the things I could do today. It’s not that I don’t want to change, but I’m just too damn lazy to do it. Sounds familiar? Good! Good? Yes, good! All hope isn’t lost; you can learn Spanish, and will become better than the avarage person that isn’t lazy.

I’m in this language learning thing for about 3 – 3.5 years now. I know many, many, MANY language learners and I’m lucky enough to coach some of the coolest of them. But truth must be told: many suck.

Who don’t suck, like never? The lazy people. No, it’s not that I’m defending my own breed, but something that I simply noticed. The lazy people are generally stress-free and just enjoy the moment.

Take my friend Al for example. Some people call him dumb and/or stupid (not Forest Gump-stupid, but still stupid). He might not be the brightest of all of my friends, but he is a good friend and above all lazy. But Al always wanted to learn Italian and is rocking pretty hard at it. Because he’s lazy he soon forgot about the course he bought and instead listens to Italian music only and spends his free time watching Hollywood movies dubbed into Italian. Sure, his wife may slowly becoming crazy of those massive amounts of fake-Latin, but it works for Al. Only because he’s lazy as hell.

Luckily for me I’m quite a lazy person as well and my nature is to not worry too much about certain things. When I was getting bad grades at college because my Spanish sucked I didn’t worry. No, instead I just decided to watch more Spanish shows and listen more Spanish music. Because of that I pass all speaking and listening tests without preparation (and then you have to realize that speaking takes up less than 5% of my Spanish ‘diet’ when I’m in the Netherlands).

I want to conclude this short (but oh so sweet!) post with 5 reasons lazy people are just better language learners. I already have mentioned some of them, but please think about it and consider becoming lazy too (if you’re not already it).

5 Reasons Lazy People Are Better Language Learners

1. They generally don’t worry all too much.
2. They don’t use textbooks.
3. Instead, they use native materials.
4. They have all the time of the world to get massive amounts of input well before ever speaking a word.
5. When they eventually speak it’s again stress-free, aiming to get their point across (which, miracally often goes without making loads of mistakes and/or pauses).

Tagged as: input, language learning, learning spanish, Speaking