Por Si No Te Vuelvo Language Analysis

Throughout this movie, I had to pay astute attention to be able to follow the sequence of events, which is not something I am accustomed to. In the end, though I thought I knew what had happened, until I read the English description on the back of the DVD case, and realized I was completely lost. I tried to not to read the subtitles word for word, and it proved a challenge Going into this, I assumed that it would not be too difficult to follow, if I observed the scenery and people’s expressions. Making these observations did help, however, everything had much less significance to me, as I only had a guess about the story’s meaning. Never before did I understand the importance of the differences between language, speech, talking, and communication, …show more content…
Watching Por Si No te Vuelvo a Ver, demonstrated to me that this is completely untrue. When characters yelled I was only more confused, as it often seemed to come out of nowhere. Also, their yelling seemed out of place. For instance, the characters scream about a spilled drink, yet no one cried out when a lot of musical instruments were purposely smashed by a couple of men. This showed to me that for some one to fully discern a situation, it is better to have a combination of speech, language, talking, and …show more content…
At the end, I had started to lose focus, when a character began to practice English, Suddenly, I was drawn in again and excited that I actually knew something. Words have so much power, especially when people know what you are saying. It makes me curious how schools devise English as a Second Language programs, and if language is truly taught in a productive manner.
Watching a movie in a foreign language was a very eye opening experience. It was something I had never done before, and I am glad that I took the time to do so, and not only because it was for a grade. Such a simple task has allowed me to be more understanding and will hopefully allow me to be an even better speech