End-of-video Reflection
This is the first video for practicing Spanish of the year 2018.
One of my strengths I feel that I have in this beginning part of Spanish is that I was capable of proper pronunciation. This is a general strength I have because I'm multilingual, thus proper pronunciation is a must.
One of the most difficult parts of speaking Spanish, in my eyes, would be remembering which phrase means what. Sometimes, a word may mean something, but when inserted into a phrase it means something else entirely, which can be pretty confusing.
How I'd imagine practicing Spanish outside of educational environment for the sake of practicality and comfort is first finding a partner to practice with. That way, you have someone to sort of check up on your language skills. Next, first write out your conversation so you have a basic outline for what you two are trying to discuss. Read off what each other has said, so you can understand the pronunciation. Afterwards, hold a conversation. It's fine if there's empty space or times when you don't know what is being said, for that is simply review material afterwards. Rinse, and repeat.
I'd like to give credit to my partner, Kieran, who helped keep me in shape when it came to saying the correct Spanish terms. Sometimes what I said didn't make much sense, so he helped me rephrase so that it was logical and not something like "That sounds funny" instead of "That sounds like fun".
One of my strengths I feel that I have in this beginning part of Spanish is that I was capable of proper pronunciation. This is a general strength I have because I'm multilingual, thus proper pronunciation is a must.
One of the most difficult parts of speaking Spanish, in my eyes, would be remembering which phrase means what. Sometimes, a word may mean something, but when inserted into a phrase it means something else entirely, which can be pretty confusing.
How I'd imagine practicing Spanish outside of educational environment for the sake of practicality and comfort is first finding a partner to practice with. That way, you have someone to sort of check up on your language skills. Next, first write out your conversation so you have a basic outline for what you two are trying to discuss. Read off what each other has said, so you can understand the pronunciation. Afterwards, hold a conversation. It's fine if there's empty space or times when you don't know what is being said, for that is simply review material afterwards. Rinse, and repeat.
I'd like to give credit to my partner, Kieran, who helped keep me in shape when it came to saying the correct Spanish terms. Sometimes what I said didn't make much sense, so he helped me rephrase so that it was logical and not something like "That sounds funny" instead of "That sounds like fun".