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Originally posted by Taste of Honey
That's EXACTLY the same problem I have with Spanish lol  If a teacher talks it's easy to understand, but if I hear a regular conversation I'm  I just want one day to be able to hear Spanish and it be the same kinda feeling when I hear English if that makes sense 
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I believe it happens with English and any other languages as well.
You see, when you are hearing a news report on the TV in your mother tongue, your ears will detect the moment where some information you may find interesting is being said, and you can disconect that conection when you know there is no longer interesting info to hear. That's an skill you naturally learn after a long exposure to a language. However, when you listen a news report in a foreign language, you have to pay attention to every word. This is because your exposure to your mother language has been way longer than a second language, and it takes a lot of exposure time to that second language ( in your case Spanish ) to develop that kind of information selection skill.
Teachers have to speak slowly so that students could understand them, specially on basic level. Then, while passing intermediate and advanced, their fluency should increase because you already have "some" experience with the language. Students may even find boring if the teacher speaks too slowly, haha. Nevertheless, in real exposure, people will talk very fluently, so my advice to people who are learning Spanish is to have more real exposure to Spanish!!!. Movies and talk shows are a very powerful tool to help you.
