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• Is your research question clear from the beginning?
  Not really, we kind of have to flow through some casualties first then ask the question. 
• Did you post the questions you came up with before having the conversation?  Did you predict how your partner would answer those questions?
  Well, we were talking about what we're doing and we both said that we just ate dinner. Then the question just came up and then it went on and on. 
• Did you research your topic before you had the conversation?
  Not really, because I think it's better to ask the people themselves than research it myself. 
• Did you post the transcript/video/audio of your conversation?
  Yes, I do. 
  
• Did you post a paragraph that answers the reflection questions I ask of you in the project description?
  Yes, I did. 
• Did you make it look pretty?  Are there hyperlinks to interesting sources you found while researching your topic?  Do you include images and/or video of your topic?
  It's not like eye catching pretty but well organized and whatnot. 
• Did you format your blog professionally? 
  I guess I did. 

IM and text talk has become increasingly more popular in this generation. For the most part, people are very lazy, and decide not to type out full words or sentences. Personally, I type out full words and sentences when I talk to people online, but abbreviate everything when I text people. My research questions were, "Is there a difference between IM talk and text talk? What are the popular abbreviations?" I talked to a 20 girl, Fatima, from Spain to get her outlook. 

Isabella T: Is there a difference between instant messaging and text messaging?

Fatima L: not really. it is all kind of the same.

Isabella T: What are the most popular abbreviations?

Fatima L: a10 and a2 are usually used to say "adios" and aki is used to say "aquí"

Fatima L: numbers are usually used in abbreviations. it is also popular to say b7s which is "kisses". which is said instead of adiós/goodbye.

Isabella T: Haha, that's interesting. In english, people usually shorten words, but it seems like in spanish words are abbreviated by the way the words actually sound. Such as "aki" or "bn"

Fatima L: yeah, that is true. other ones are like "exo" (hecho) or "fsta" (fiesta).

Isabella T: Are there any weird abbreviations?

Fatima L: yeah i guess so. por favor is usually "xfa" and hasta luego is "hl".

Most people don't know that texting and instant messaging started or became popular in Europe before anywhere else. I did find it interesting that they use numbers as apposed to just using letters. 

There are many ways to break up with people. There are also many reasons why. Through my research I found out a couple of ways to say it if you want to learn there down below…

Corté con mi novia/novio.

Rompí con mi novia/novio.

Lo dejé con mi novia/novio.

Mi novia/novio y yo lo dejamos.

To Break Up-Separarse

To Break Up-Terminar

To Break Up-Hacerse Pedazos

As you can see there are many ways to let someone down easy. :)

o   Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

The girl’s name was Astrid, and I talked to her because she actually responded!

o   What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

We didn’t get a chance to finish our conversation, but I know that she is about my age, a bit older, and she is learning English on her own, which is really hard!

o   How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

My new goal is to find out about people’s abilities to speak languages that are not their own (having me as the test subject as well) I am pretty happy with this discussion.

o   What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to 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)

o   I am pretty sure that if I could do this again, I would do it the same way.

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

  I spoke with girl name Araceil from Peru. I chose her because she was nice and understanding that I'm not a native speaker.
  
  My goal was asking what activities she does.
  
  

• What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

  What I learned are some interesting things to do like how guys flirt en espanol. She mostly said that they say Tu hermonse. She also said she doesn't want to get into it. So I also ask what she does for fun in Peru. She plays volley ball and watches la television. I lear
  
  

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

  It helped me learn what people in Peru do to have fun. It was great. Now I can talk about volleyball to Peru people. She also helped me with conjugation and spanish slang like q = que.
  

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

  I did well maintaining my conversation goals. I also did well on my mental goal and limiting my word reference/ Spanish Dict. Until she started using slang. Then I was lost. But making questions before really helps with the understanding until you ask the wring question.
  
  

• 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)

  I still need to work on not using WordRefrence as much. I need to conjugate better. Finally I need to learn some spanish slang so I don't get lost again. 

For my blog post, I talked to Estafan, he’s a fluent spanish speaking freshman, we talked a lot about what each of us enjoyed and what we did over the weekends.  The conversation started off a little rocky, It was some what awkward because I didn’t really know how to start the conversation or to really say anything that interesting.  Once we got started things went much smoother though.  I was a little self-conscious when we were talking because I realized how well he could speak spanish and that I wasn’t even close to being as good as him.  He kind of chuckled when I’d say something wrong but he would correct me and tell me what I said wrong, and how to say it right.  We had a few things in common, we both enjoy frisbee, and we both love sports.  We talked a little about soccer since I didn’t really know a lot about soccer he informed me.  The conversation wasn’t for that long but overall it went pretty well.