After living in Spain for a year and a half, I assumed I would be fluent by now. Not a chance! So why is it so difficult to understand spoken Spanish when I can read and write it fairly well? There’s actually a scientific reason why it’s much harder for learners to grasp spoken Spanish.
In my quest to become a true Spaniard (in heart, if not in government documentation), I have not only been learning the language (grammar, syntax)—I’ve been learning how to speak like a Spaniard. And that means learning Spanish street slang.
