So close to fluency in Spanish and yet so far...
I spent 4 weeks in language schools and yet I still feel like a child in everyday situations.
Maybe it's a confidence thing but I don't see how I can improve markedly on 3 month tourist stays. Could I cope working in my career even if the office language is English?
So some ideas on my return:
- Buy lots of Spanish language DVDs (Mexican, Argentinian, Spanish etc) - improve listening skills.
- Read/listen to the Don Quixote book I bought.
- Enrol for an ESL teaching course. Perhaps before making the plunge into software in Spain I could work for one of the language schools I studied at and teach English. English teachers in demand and I could learn Spanish subliminally while earning money. Plus, I could conceivably expand my travelling options to other nations - as my brother Charlie experienced in Kiribati. Supposedly the best course to do is CELTA. This is taught at RMIT and La Trobe.
Suggestions?
Read spanish blogs like mine!! Nice to meet you, nice trip and nice blog!!
ReplyDeleteCELTA is also offered at ECU
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