Hey I am a Native English only speaker and am attempting to learn Spanish! So I failed Spanish 3x in high school before I gave up but 10 yrs later Im ready to give it another try. My goal is to get to a B2 level within 10yrs. I have been learning about 9 months now roughly 1 hr a day of study and from everything I have read I should at least be at A1 level by now which I am not! The programs I use now are Rosetta stone (gift) , Duolingo , memorise and hello talk. I plan to purchase Assimil when I finish Rosetta stone. I am and always have been a S-L-O-W learner so Im positive my progression will come much much slower than the average person but as long as I see some progress Ill be happy. Im currently testing a 6/10 on the free A1 spanish online test. I am on level3 of rosetta stone. I plan to retest myself every month and hope to make progress. My question is how often should I test myself to see if Im learning? Also does anyone else have any success stories about people over coming and learning a language that they thought would be impossible? It would be very inspirational to me thanks!