I was a Spanish teacher for 15 years and I usually cringe at the terrible Spanish that the Americans attempt to speak on the show. Don’t get me wrong: they are still understandable, but the sig other is listening to some of the worst grammar… (imagine a 4 year old speaking English)
Clayton, however, has this one impressed. He has made few grammatical errors and has really good oral proficiency and clear oral comprehension. He is great at spontaneous conversation.
I need to know what language learning app he used! I want to work on my French and German.
Yes! I notice this more with Ashley. Clayton’s Spanish is better, so it’s less noticeable to me. Don’t get me wrong, Ashley is understandable/conversational most of the time, but she struggles with verb conjugation, number/gender/tense agreement, and vocab to the extent where I have to read the translated subtitles to catch a corrected key part of some sentences. Also, I noticed when Manuel stormed out of the bar she 100% misunderstood what he said because she “translated” it to her friends in English and was absolutely not what he said (what she said he said was worse than what he did say). Gah I wish I could remember exactly what it was but it happened super quickly.