I´ve been there. Done that.
That´s what everybody tells me when I talk about my year ahead.
They´re right.. At least to some point. When I arrived in Texas as an exchange students I barely spoke English. I was doing OK, but still pretty bad in my opinion. I was one of the worst students in my English class back in Germany.
Gladly Americans are more "accepting" when it comes to people who don't speak perfect English yet. This made it so much easier for me. But to be honest, when they said its fine how I pronounced the word or how I put phrases (and I knew it was wrong) it annoyed the shit out of me. I wanted to be corrected. I wanted to get better in English (I´m still on the road, that´s for sure).
Because the feeling of being part of a group, but not really understanding what they´re saying sucks. It´s hard to become friends with someone who speaks a language you don´t know. I´m not saying it´s impossible, because obviously it was possible before we had computers and teachers who helped us to learn different languages. But I needed a language to make friends.
And now it´s all over again. I´m not scared (surprisingly) and I haven´t been before I went to America. But sometimes language barrier is just frustrating.
And I think this is why it´s so important that more people learn languages or become exchange students or take Gap Years in a whole different country. It opens your mind about certain issues and importances. I can only speak to myself, but I want to learn more languages. Language is the first step of understanding.
I know it´s going to be tough but I´m trying to make the most of it and speak somewhat understandable Spanish.
To everybody who understands me, please stay with me x
That´s what everybody tells me when I talk about my year ahead.
They´re right.. At least to some point. When I arrived in Texas as an exchange students I barely spoke English. I was doing OK, but still pretty bad in my opinion. I was one of the worst students in my English class back in Germany.
Gladly Americans are more "accepting" when it comes to people who don't speak perfect English yet. This made it so much easier for me. But to be honest, when they said its fine how I pronounced the word or how I put phrases (and I knew it was wrong) it annoyed the shit out of me. I wanted to be corrected. I wanted to get better in English (I´m still on the road, that´s for sure).
Because the feeling of being part of a group, but not really understanding what they´re saying sucks. It´s hard to become friends with someone who speaks a language you don´t know. I´m not saying it´s impossible, because obviously it was possible before we had computers and teachers who helped us to learn different languages. But I needed a language to make friends.
And now it´s all over again. I´m not scared (surprisingly) and I haven´t been before I went to America. But sometimes language barrier is just frustrating.
And I think this is why it´s so important that more people learn languages or become exchange students or take Gap Years in a whole different country. It opens your mind about certain issues and importances. I can only speak to myself, but I want to learn more languages. Language is the first step of understanding.
I know it´s going to be tough but I´m trying to make the most of it and speak somewhat understandable Spanish.
To everybody who understands me, please stay with me x
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