blog post 5
Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a boy by the name of Alexis Roldan and he was 17 and from Colombia. I spoke with him because he was my age. It was the youngest person I had talked to and was someone who wasn't yet in college/ university. So i wanted to get their take on why they were learning another language.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned that he is doing it because of school. He wasn't very good at english and the entire time i talked to him he was speaking in spanish. When i asked him to speak some english to try and practice he did a little. The only stuff he really knew was the basics such as asking me how old are you and where are you from.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
It enabled me to see why people that are my age are learning a different language.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
Well I was successful in collecting the information that I needed and spoke mainly spanish for the majority of the conversation.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
Getting better at not using things like word reference. It is nice to have but sometimes i need to get better at forming sentences with the words I already know.
I spoke with a boy by the name of Alexis Roldan and he was 17 and from Colombia. I spoke with him because he was my age. It was the youngest person I had talked to and was someone who wasn't yet in college/ university. So i wanted to get their take on why they were learning another language.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned that he is doing it because of school. He wasn't very good at english and the entire time i talked to him he was speaking in spanish. When i asked him to speak some english to try and practice he did a little. The only stuff he really knew was the basics such as asking me how old are you and where are you from.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
It enabled me to see why people that are my age are learning a different language.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
Well I was successful in collecting the information that I needed and spoke mainly spanish for the majority of the conversation.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
Getting better at not using things like word reference. It is nice to have but sometimes i need to get better at forming sentences with the words I already know.
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