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I decided to take Spanish, because I thought it was going to be super easy. My first language is Spanish, thus I was confident because I have lived in Peru for almost twelve years and I speak Spanish at home. The first week of class was easy for me, but once we started learning about grammar I noticed that I was not good at it. I feel like I am good at speaking in Spanish, because I have to speak Spanish every single day because my mom does not understand English, but I do not have to write in Spanish every single day. I only speak in Spanish at home and I noticed that I have been mixing Spanish with English and when I try to speak just in Spanish is hard, because I do not remember how to say some words. This class has helped me a lot, because

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