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I have been trying to learn spanish for the past year and I feel like Im learning until I watch or listen to Spanish radio/TV then I realize just how much I DONT know.  To try and track my progress I take a spanish level A1 test every month to see if Im gaining any progress.  Over the last 6months I have taken the test 6 times.  Worse grade was 4/10 best grade 6/10  which was my latest test so I am improving even if its at a slow rate.  I was just interested in how other judge their progress?

Im on a 10 year plan to become fluent and reach a B2 level.  Like most here I dont live in a spanish speaking country but I do expose myself the the spanish language daily.  I have been studying 1 hr a day for about a year now and still cant pass the A1 spanish test  I wont be discourage though 

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!