Language Learning
Getting back up to speed: An Update
I’ve been AWOL on the blog for awhile now, for no other reason than just forgetting or not mustering up enough energy when I would remember. So, an update: The 3rd trimester of language school began at the beginning of September, and it began on a rough note for me. Basically, I’ve had a rough [...]
Day in the Life (Part 7)
In this segment we meet my last language helper, Emilia, and head home. Tara usually gets home about 2:30 from class, I try to get home about that time to give her a couple hours of study time without the kids bothering her. (in the video i said 2:00, but I meant 2:30). You also [...]
Day in the Life (Part 6)
I hope you have been enjoying the trip. Today we visit the coffee shop I study at and we’ll meet 2 people there that I talk with on a regular basis. Carlos is becoming a friend. We’ve been planning on getting our familes together for dinner, but it just hasn’t happened yet. He’s also a [...]
Day in the Life (Part 5)
In this segment we go to the ‘hole-in-the-wall’ that I eat at. Tony is the name of the guy that runs it. Great food for a great price, you can’t ask for much more than that! When I began my language learning route downtown I wanted to find a place like this where I could [...]
Day in the Life (Part 4)
In this segment we meet a few more of my language helpers. Tomorrow, you go with me to lunch to a delicious ‘hole-in-the-wall’ Costa Rican “Soda”.
Day in the Life (Part 3)
In this segment I go out on a limb. I recorded part of a conversation that I had with Andrés. It’s an example of what one of my conversations looks like on my route. In preparation for each of day of my route I work with a language helper (my neighbor), putting together a text [...]
A Day in the Life (Part 2)
In this segment we get downtown and visit 2 of my language helpers, José y Andrés. For continuity sake I recorded before, after, and during each of my stops. Just so you know, I was holding a small video recorder down at waist level trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. The segment after talking [...]
Today Was a Good Day
Is is so refreshing when one of these pops into the week. It’s probably been one of the best days I’ve had in this country. I talked to five different people today….all in spanish, the length in time ranged from a half hour to 2 hours. Right now I am not exhausted and I haven’t [...]
Humbled
Learning another language is so difficult, but to put it into perspective it isn’t nearly as difficult as teaching 34 hormone raging inner-city kids. But nevertheless, it is difficult. I have good days and I have bad days. Good days include me actually communicating (stumbling and bumbling word order and verb conjugation) but the person [...]
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