SPX
July 22, 2011, 12:22 AM
Perhaps this post is past due, considering that I've been terrorizing the forum for a few days already. . .
I'm 29 years old, currently live in the state of Utah, and have been studying bits and pieces of Spanish since I was 15 (when I took Spanish I in high school). My most dramatic encounter with the language was in 2007 when I went to a Spanish school in Guatemala.
Unfortunately, however, my Spanish has never moved beyond extremely basic levels . . . and I haven't paid attention to it since I got back from Guatemala 4 years ago, so it has deteriorated to the point of me remembering very little of what I learned. I mean, I'm having to go back and refresh myself on stuff like how to tell time, how to conjugate present tense verbs, etc.
So why am I suddenly on fire once again to learn Spanish?
Like many things in life, when it comes down it it's about a girl. There was a girl who worked at the Spanish school who I felt some degree of connection with and, after several years of not talking to her, she found me recently on Facebook. To make a long story short, she might be coming to the US for a couple months in December and, if she does, she'll be staying with me the whole time.
Her English is about as good as my Spanish, so I know that something must be done. I know she is taking English classes so I figure I should meet her half way and do my best to learn all the Spanish I can between now and then.
Unfortunately, the only option at my disposal is self-study, so I'm relying on computer software, books, movies, websites, and forums like this one to bring me up to speed. I hope it will be enough. And I would certainly appreciate any and all help from the members here.
Thanks a bunch. . .
I'm 29 years old, currently live in the state of Utah, and have been studying bits and pieces of Spanish since I was 15 (when I took Spanish I in high school). My most dramatic encounter with the language was in 2007 when I went to a Spanish school in Guatemala.
Unfortunately, however, my Spanish has never moved beyond extremely basic levels . . . and I haven't paid attention to it since I got back from Guatemala 4 years ago, so it has deteriorated to the point of me remembering very little of what I learned. I mean, I'm having to go back and refresh myself on stuff like how to tell time, how to conjugate present tense verbs, etc.
So why am I suddenly on fire once again to learn Spanish?
Like many things in life, when it comes down it it's about a girl. There was a girl who worked at the Spanish school who I felt some degree of connection with and, after several years of not talking to her, she found me recently on Facebook. To make a long story short, she might be coming to the US for a couple months in December and, if she does, she'll be staying with me the whole time.
Her English is about as good as my Spanish, so I know that something must be done. I know she is taking English classes so I figure I should meet her half way and do my best to learn all the Spanish I can between now and then.
Unfortunately, the only option at my disposal is self-study, so I'm relying on computer software, books, movies, websites, and forums like this one to bring me up to speed. I hope it will be enough. And I would certainly appreciate any and all help from the members here.
Thanks a bunch. . .