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Las palabras in Ingles y en Español tienen múltiple significados.

En España, las palabras y los phrases tienen dos significados:

Boligrafo = Boli

Gazpacho= (bad situation)

Matar = Molestar

Movil= Cell Phone. "Un celluar" es muy extraño in Espana

Ni fu in Fa = No me importa

Ojo= Cuidado

Pasta= Dinero

Tio=  Un hombre

Vale= Ok

¡Venga, hombre!= es similar de "Cool story bro"

Es importane que, multiple significados cambiar todos conversacions en differente  paises.

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
  I spoke with a guy named Emilio. I picked him because he was around my age group, and he was from Spain, I felt like speaking to someone who wasn't from South America. 

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

  He had very fluent english, the guy likes videogames, not necessarily first person shooters. A fan of action movies, those much like The Terminator, also fight movies, his favorite is "Fight Club." 

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

  I think this time the conversation went more fluent, the guy had some similar interests with me, so it was easier to reply. I think I constructed my sentences better, and in some points I even decided to take out unnecessary words so that the vibe of the conversation was more casual. 

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

  I improved on my vocabulary even more than before. I also think the conjugation got better. 

• 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)

  It would be on the conjugations and I'm still struggling with some grammatical errors. "No puede espara "The Dark Knight Rises" 
  
  Yes, the man cursed a lot. 

Partners Name: Theadora Farah

City y Country: Philadelphia, USA

I was having a hard time the last two weeks keeping the conversation going so that is my big goal for this week. I think I did that well.

Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

I spoke with Thea a senior at SLA. She is one of my friends who is fluent in Spanish and I felt comfortable talking to.

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

She is reading a new comic series, I learned that talking to someone you know vs someone on livemocha is easier to keep a conversation because you know the basics about them.

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

I realized that my personal goals would be hard to gain through speaking with other people so I created a new goal of just gaining confidence and learning to keep a conversation flowing, which I was able to do.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on?

I did well though I was trying to do the “Do not use word reference challenge” and failed after only a little bit. 

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
  I spoke with a girl named Laurasp from Spain because she's a girl and she's arund my age range. She was really nice and she helped me a lot.  

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

  I learned that she lives in Spain and likes a lot of different types of music. 

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

  This interaction helped me because I learned a lot more about Spanish culture. I also wanted to know about the daily life of a person who lives in another country. 

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

  I improved on my vocabulary and grammar she helped me speak more fluently. 

• 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 struggle with a lot of things that have to do with the tenses. Like i get the past and future tenses mixed up. 

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

  
  I spoke with Géssyca in this conversation. I don't remember why I choose her, or she choose me.
  
  

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

  
  I learned where she lived and what she lived to do.

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

  
  It worked out good, my goal was to talk about music and it went well
  
  

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

  
  Talking about music and past experiences
  
  

• 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)rc

  
  I didn't understand her at first but I quickly got over that.

Pre-Conversation

Since I'm doing a chat instead of video, I think that the people answer quickly and politely.

I'm looking forward to meeting my goal for this chat: chatting without a dictionary.

I'm not really nervous about much, but the on thing is when I come into a stump. I want to be able to call upon all of my knowledge to prevent that.

Post-Conversation

Name: Emilio Gago

Country: Spain

Emilio is a great guy! We talked for a long time about things that we liked, and he really likes comics, and learning english. I learned that he is from Spain, and is also a student. I've learned a lot from him actually. He really helped with grammar errors, and even just better phrasing. I've learned some cool phrases too, one being:

"Eres el amo"- you are boss and another less school-appropriate :O.

I was really proud of my ability to recall all of what I know, and I was even complimented on my spanish abilities! Though, I must admit, it was much easier to think on my feet while I was just TYPING. But I still give myself credit because it was IM.  I'm very aware that I can conjugate pretty quickly when I'm typing/writing, but talking takes a few seconds more. For my next post, I want to have more questions ahead of time (just in case) and I also want to have a way to measure what I learn. Perhaps, I might just count the number of strategies I come up with. Or I may even make that my next blog post question- ask what are good strategies for conversations in Spanish.

More Slang (from Peru I believe)

Slang: Mamada.- significa Mentira

Choreado: Robado

Jodido:: Destrozado, arruinado, tambien significa " Super"

•  What will be your topic of conversation be? 

I wanted to try to have a natural conversation and get to know my conversation partner. 

•  What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

- What do you like to do?

- What do you like to learn about?

- Where are you from?

- What do you want to do when you're older?

- What brought you to sharedtalk?

•  What are you looking forward to about this conversation? 

I think it will be great to get to know someone in a completely different place than me. I want to know exactly how different or similar we are. 

•  What are you nervous about? 

I hope I can keep the conversation moving without using a translator. 

I learned a lot about my partner in this conversation. We had a very good conversation that progressed as one would between two native speakers of any language. I discovered that my partner Rafael(19, Brazil), very much enjoys learning other languages and has a great love for China. He's also part polish and likes learning about astrology. 

What did you learn from them?

Honestly, I didn't gain much from this conversation except morale. Before this I'd had many dud conversations but this was uplifting. I didn't learn much because he chose to write in english, while I wrote in spanish. In the end, it worked out because I could tell if he understood what I was writing by his responses and it was much easier to do in english. 

What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that in trying to be quick and consistent in my responses, I let some spelling and grammar mistakes get through. I was worried about responding quickly, because with other people when I'd take too long trying to make sure everything was correct, they would disconnect. 

What were you surprised about?

I was surprised he knew so many languages. Rafael knew english, spanish, portuguese, and chinese. 

What are you proud of?

I was proud that he seemed to have no trouble understanding what I was writing. He never mentioned any mistakes which made me happy. 

What follow-up questions do you have?

I just would have liked to know specifically where my spelling, grammar, or usage could have improved in our conversation. 

What will you improve on for next time?  How?

I will think about the context of things before I write them so I use the correct tense of words and such. I'll carefully read and take a moment to fully comprehend what I'm reading so I can answer accurately.