Do you dread studying grammar, or do you embrace it? In this episode, Jim and May discuss whether or not grammar is necessary to learn a language.

Listen as May describes the five stages of language acquisition so that you can identify the stage you are currently in.

Jim explains so many key tools that he used in his Spanish learning journey, including Margarita Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish and his completion of one of Lingoda’s Language Marathons (now Sprint).

Tune in to find out if the grammar is as important as people think, and what that means for you.

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