I took three years of Spanish and got an A every semester. Even when it was still fresh in my mind, I was nowhere near able to hold even a very simple conversation. And now just a few years later it’s all totally gone from my brain.
My mother’s native language is Spanish and she never taught me, which I resent her for. But I still find it incredible how shitty my public school education in Spanish was. We really should be teaching kids a second language from kindergarten up.
Look into comprehensible input, go to the Dreaming Spanish youtube channel and start from the super beginner playlist (or whatever it’s called)
This is the correct answer, dreaming spanish is very worth it.