My First Conversation in Spanish
July 27, 2008
This day is definitely a landmark in my Spanish learning process. After seven months of vocab-learning, chat-listening and grammar-drilling I have had an unforgettable experience of having a REAL conversation in Spanish. With a real native speaker!
How was it? Absolutely, mind-bogglingly a-w-e-s-o-m-e! I was a bit hesitant at first whether I should even start a chat in Spanish but I boldly decided to have a go and now I definitely do not regret having jumped at the opportunity. Although I don’t remember the name of my Spanish partner, I can proudly say that I understood and still remember most of the details of the conversation. Sure, it wasn’t about any profound ethical issue. But still, the most important conclusion is that despite learning individually I managed to hold quite an animated conversation on tourism of Spain. This proves once again that the alleged essentialness of having mates in learning a language is just BS.
The whole experience really uplifted my spirit. Your first successful attempts to communicate in a foreign language you learn are one of those moments that make you feel that trying new things in life really does make sense. Could there be a more optimistic conclusion of a post? Probably not.
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