[pauldavidmena]

Thanks for your quick reply! I know how busy you are, so I truly appreciate it.

I subscribe to a “Spanish Word a Day” type of mailing list from spanishdict.com and have been picking up vocabulary that way. It quizzes you on about 20 words each day. Other tools include wordreference.com, which I use a lot for ad hoc translation.

Beyond vocabulary, I lag behind on things like conjugating verbs in the various tenses. While I hate things like classroom drills, I can see where that might have benefited me.

Ultimately my Holy Grail is conversation. I was doing weekly Zoom classes with a Mexican man who produces a language and travel channel on YouTube. It’s got zero structure, which has some benefits (we could talk about anything), but I feel like I’ve plateaued. So the contact info with the instructor you know would be appreciated.

I am in the opposite situation from you in that I speak strictly English in my every day life. I have to make time to listen to and participate in Spanish conversation. On the other hand, the growing acceptance of remote working scenarios might provide the opportunity to spend more than a week at a time in Mexico in the near future.