“You guys are starting French class this Saturday!” It wasn’t big surprise that I heard this phrase. My mother has always had a deep love for other languages and cultures. As a result of her interests, my family and I are always involved in her quest for knowledge. We are all interested in watching shows about other countries, cultures, and their history. Learning about cultures never seemed like a “bother”;but, my mom wanted us to explore other languages. She started introducing us to languages through flashcards,workbooks and dictionaries that came with the handiest tool known to man, translations to English. On the list of languages we were exhibited to were, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. You will be surprised to see
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I just don’t think French class benefited me. The whole French culture wasn’t something that I could put myself into. From that whole experience, I drank too sweet juice made from French flowers, tried amazing French cookies and have a notebook full of words that I no longer understand. I’ve tried to learn other languages, but I can’t fully commit myself to practice and memorization. Learning Chinese at Lindblom has worked out better than any other language I’ve tried to learn. My family continues to learn about other cultures,but we mostly leave other languages alone. Now we have books fully accessible for whenever we feel the need to know something in French.Although my experience with a new language didn’t end successfully, I hope that I can try again some day. I may not want to re-learn French, but I think that learning other languages may benefit me in the future. One day, I will be able to speak in another (or multiple) languages and travel to the places I’ve learned about. I may not have committed myself to language when I was younger, but now I know that learning a language is something I definitely want to do. If you’re a person who wants to learn a new language, make sure you can fully dedicate yourself to it. Languages are a part of a culture in which you need time to study and progress as a
I just don’t think French class benefited me. The whole French culture wasn’t something that I could put myself into. From that whole experience, I drank too sweet juice made from French flowers, tried amazing French cookies and have a notebook full of words that I no longer understand. I’ve tried to learn other languages, but I can’t fully commit myself to practice and memorization. Learning Chinese at Lindblom has worked out better than any other language I’ve tried to learn. My family continues to learn about other cultures,but we mostly leave other languages alone. Now we have books fully accessible for whenever we feel the need to know something in French.Although my experience with a new language didn’t end successfully, I hope that I can try again some day. I may not want to re-learn French, but I think that learning other languages may benefit me in the future. One day, I will be able to speak in another (or multiple) languages and travel to the places I’ve learned about. I may not have committed myself to language when I was younger, but now I know that learning a language is something I definitely want to do. If you’re a person who wants to learn a new language, make sure you can fully dedicate yourself to it. Languages are a part of a culture in which you need time to study and progress as a