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the untold story of chocolate chip cookies
The other night, as I was diligently working on my conversation homework, a Tico came by to hang out with Rich. He’s part of Rich’s FARO route. They had prearranged to meet on Tuesday nights at our house. When Gustavo arrived, I talked with him for a few minutes, but quickly gathered my stuff and [...]
lest there be any misconceptions
Language school is hard. The school part is hard in its own right, but what’s really hard is everything else. The perceived competition; the irreplaceable loss of fellowship with your closest friends; the inexplicable absence of virtually every adequacy or ability you thought you had; the constant and unrelenting stress of living in a new [...]
s.s. argot
I often compare my Spanish language learning to Emerson’s English language learning. Mixing up pronouns, using wrong verb tenses, and trying out new words. Understanding far more than we can communicate. And sometimes nodding our heads, pretending to understand far more than we actually understand. Yep, we’re in the same language acquisition boat. But let’s [...]
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