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| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5226 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 9 of 12 14 May 2011 at 11:47am | IP Logged |
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About Spaniards being friendly, and outgoing, etc. I'd say that same thing about pretty much any foreign student I've met but still it's no help if -as many of you have said- they keep hanging out with their compatriots, and doing little effort to practice their XYZ.
OTOH when I first went to the UK I wasn't very outgoing and I managed to improve my English quite a good deal. First, I avoided other Spaniards like the plague, and second, I took every opportunity to practice and polish my English. Why? Because I were there to learn, and everything else came after that. I think most people are clear about their priorities in such a trip only in theory. When they actually get 'there' they suddenly feel much shier and unprotected and all kinds of silly things -it's not like they parachute in the middle of the jungle or anything, is it?- and they back away from the immersion plan. Some others -like me, or those girls, apparently- keep going. @Cainntear, just now? I'd say it's more of an endemic/chronic thing... :) @Alex86 I didn't even say 'thick', just 'noticeable' :) As you'll probably know, it's way easier to pass for a native speaker of <whatever else> than one of your target language. And more often than not, people think that if you have an accent, it implies that you are probably not really so proficient (regardless of their own accent). BTW, you said English kept flowing. How good was theirs? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4981 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 10 of 12 14 May 2011 at 6:13pm | IP Logged |
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Their English was fine, if a little on the "I HHHave" etc... I just posted this because I
thought it illustrated a few points about the vagaries of language learning =) I guess next time I should strike up a conversation when the Spaniards are not in Bikinis and when I haven´t just swum 1km :p Thanks for all the replies though =) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5226 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 11 of 12 14 May 2011 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
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OK, so you were tired and you went with the flow (English, that is), but what's with the bikinis? :)
(BTW they are not allowed in local swimming pools here unless it is a 'recreational' day - nice) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4981 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 12 of 12 14 May 2011 at 8:29pm | IP Logged |
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You can wear what you like! Obviously you have to wear at least something... But it's not
like in Spain where you must use flip flops to the pool etc. Different cultures, interesting =) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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