Personal Narrative: My Spanish Trip To Spain

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I am able to understand most Spanish when spoken to mostly because I was raised in a Spanish speaking household. By the time the trip begins I would have attended all the Spanish classes necessary to go on a trip to Spain where only Spanish is spoken the entirety of the trip . My second year of Spanish will be done by the end of this school year and I will have just finished my third year when this trip begins. Reading Spanish comes relatively easy, the reason being it comes back to me as soon as it's needed. Writing Spanish will come easy as I know most grammar and basic words already and will learn the rest before the trip, Currently I am able to have a casual conversation with someone in Spanish. By the time the trip comes I will know how

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