There are a couple skills that a person needs when they start a language learning journey, but that are not mentioned in the syllabus. One is that you need to accept making lots of mistakes and the other is that you need to be able to laugh at yourself. It took me a while to realize this. Self-deprecating humor is my forte, but it is difficult accepting the making of errors, partly because I am a bit of a perfectionist, ask anyone who has programmed behind me, partly because I could not laugh at myself about those mistakes, partly because I hate feeling stupid in front of someone else, it is bad enough in front of yourself. It is the last that has flattened my Spanish learning curve, but I am somewhat more accepting of my foibles now.
I read an article on language learning sometime ago, and one of their theories was that it took 10,000 Continue reading “Soy un comediante”