Personal Narrative: A Conversation In Spanish
I was on the train and I overheard these two older ladies having a conversation in Spanish. At the next stop, one of the ladies got off and I took the time to familiarize myself. I learned that her name was Roberta. Luckily, she understood and spoke English, so I explained that it was an assignment for school. She agreed and I began by introducing myself and asking for her name and how she was. She replied that she was good and she asked me and I responded the same way. I asked her about her day and where she was from and she asked me where I was from, how was school, and what class I liked the most. The conversation wasn’t long, but it was longer than I thought it would be. The conversation eventually ended when she had to get off at her
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I stumbled a bit during the conversation because I was trying to find the appropriate response for her questions. She sometimes helped me when she saw me struggling. Talking in a foreign tongue with a native speaker was actual really fun. Although I tripped and stumbled over my words sometimes, Roberta was very helpful and I feel like I gained more experience by actually going out and having a real conversation. It was really easy knowing what my response was going to be because even though I didn’t understand every single word in her replies or questions I got the general message. It was difficult trying to piece together a grammatically correct comprehendible sentence that answered the question in a way she could understand. It was hard trying to remember verbs and whether a noun was masculine or feminine. I sometimes had to just ask her how to say something. She was very patient and supportive with me. I feel like with more practice and if I were to go out more and use the Spanish I’m taught in the classroom outside, I would improve. In my opinion, real world situations are better teachers than just repeated something and having it imprinted on your brain. This experience was really fun and I would definitely support doing another assignment exactly like this or something similar that has to do with going out and using the Spanish you’ve learned in our
I stumbled a bit during the conversation because I was trying to find the appropriate response for her questions. She sometimes helped me when she saw me struggling. Talking in a foreign tongue with a native speaker was actual really fun. Although I tripped and stumbled over my words sometimes, Roberta was very helpful and I feel like I gained more experience by actually going out and having a real conversation. It was really easy knowing what my response was going to be because even though I didn’t understand every single word in her replies or questions I got the general message. It was difficult trying to piece together a grammatically correct comprehendible sentence that answered the question in a way she could understand. It was hard trying to remember verbs and whether a noun was masculine or feminine. I sometimes had to just ask her how to say something. She was very patient and supportive with me. I feel like with more practice and if I were to go out more and use the Spanish I’m taught in the classroom outside, I would improve. In my opinion, real world situations are better teachers than just repeated something and having it imprinted on your brain. This experience was really fun and I would definitely support doing another assignment exactly like this or something similar that has to do with going out and using the Spanish you’ve learned in our