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Old February 05, 2011, 08:49 AM
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If I did that, I would only be able to practice Spanish on people in real life about once a year. My way is to try respond in Spanish as much as I can. If I don't know how to say it in Spanish, I say it in English. I leave it up to them how much Spanish and English they speak to me. If they say something I don't understand, I ask them to repeat it in English, and then I try to respond in Spanish.

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Sometimes I don't know how my intonation comes off, because it takes a lot of brain power to use different intonation from English on top of everything else.
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If I did that, I would only be able to practice Spanish on people in real life about once a year. My way is to try respond in Spanish as much as I can. If I don't know how to say it in Spanish, I say it in English. I leave it up to them how much Spanish and English they speak to me. If they say something I don't understand, I ask them to repeat it in English, and then I try to respond in Spanish.



Sometimes I don't know how my intonation comes off, because it takes a lot of brain power to use different intonation from English on top of everything else.
Then you tell us that works for you right?
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Old February 05, 2011, 08:54 PM
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Then you tell us that works for you right?
You mean as opposed to only speaking Spanish to Spanish speakers that know less English than I know Spanish? That would be just about all of the ones around here. Of course it works. I'd never learn anything simply speaking to Spanish speakers in English. If they don't understand something I say, I can say that phrase in English, and if I don't understand something they say in Spanish, I can ask them to repeat it in English, and then I will try to respond back to them in Spanish. The only time I don't try at to speak Spanish to Spanish speakers in real life, is when I feel too shy and embarassed to try to speak Spanish.
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You mean as opposed to only speaking Spanish to Spanish speakers that know less English than I know Spanish? That would be just about all of the ones around here. Of course it works. I'd never learn anything simply speaking to Spanish speakers in English. If they don't understand something I say, I can say that phrase in English, and if I don't understand something they say in Spanish, I can ask them to repeat it in English, and then I will try to respond back to them in Spanish. The only time I don't try at to speak Spanish to Spanish speakers in real life, is when I feel too shy and embarassed to try to speak Spanish.

Don't worry for that.

I can understand your situation clearly
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