My First Spanish Class

In modern society, many people know or know somebody that knows how to speak a second language. I remember back in high school, I was required to learn a second language to graduate. There were choices of Spanish, Chinese, French, and Latin and a few others. Upperclassmen had things to say about all of the languages, some good and some not so good. I remember hearing phrases like "Latin is useless" and "French is really difficult." These phrases varied by the language and teacher. Taking in other people 's opinions and what seemed like the best option at the time, I chose to take Spanish for my second language.
Spanish was supposed to be the easiest language of the ones offered and one of the more enjoyable languages to learn. These were misconceptions though. Some people have that natural ability to learn languages, which makes learning the new language very easy; I 'm not one of those people. My first Spanish class wasn 't fun and the speech learning curve was horrible. Coming from a family that only spoke English and having heard no other dialects other than the occasional ones on television, learning to speak Spanish was very difficult for me. When children are young and learning to talk, they pick up certain language skills that help them later in …show more content…
My speech was becoming very fluent and I didn’t really have any trouble with the grammar and vocabulary anymore. For this class I had one of the best teachers I think I’ve ever had in my school career. He traveled to the countries we had discussed, was completely fluent in the language, and was almost a friend as much as he was our teacher. Because of him, I think I had the best learning experience I could have. Learning the new vocabulary went much better, even if it still seemed pointless. The games were fun and enjoyable and the class didn’t that boring and repetitive feeling. In the end, I felt successful and confident in