Personal Narrative: My Growth In Spanish Writing And Speaking Skills

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As time passes one tends to grow as a person, junior year allowed me to grow particularly in my spanish writing and speaking skills. Being part of a spanish speaking family allowed me to believe I was already great in spanish, however, to my surprise AP Spanish Language taught me I had much more to learn. Through the class, I was able to enhance my spanish speaking skills, that allowed me to be able to talk to my peers in spanish, which was something kinda new to me since most of the time I spoke to them in English. I became quite fluent and confident about speaking spanish outside of home. Not only did I become more fluent in spanish, but I saw a immense increase in my writing in spanish. Through the numerous essays I wrote about spanish not

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