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Dec 01, 2014 - 12:50 PM
Hi Fabrice, What a great story. You really got along quite well on your trip. Making mistakes in a new language can be quite funny. I have some good ones too from when I first started out in French. My fav was telling the bus driver "Je descend à la gare" (but with my accent it sounded like "à la guerre", so he told me "bon courage".
It sounds like you are coming along quite well with your Spanish. What are the books that you used to prepare? Also, did you use books specific for practicing for the A2 test? Let us know how the exam goes.
-Andy
It sounds like you are coming along quite well with your Spanish. What are the books that you used to prepare? Also, did you use books specific for practicing for the A2 test? Let us know how the exam goes.
-Andy
Dec 01, 2014 - 07:46 PM
@ Andy G - That's how rumors get started. I wonder which war he thought you were talking about.
@ Fabrice - Congratulations! Your story is very inspirational. I'm not sure what the average completion time is, but in my opinion, your time to completion demonstrates a high level of determination and perseverance. Bravo!
@ Fabrice - Congratulations! Your story is very inspirational. I'm not sure what the average completion time is, but in my opinion, your time to completion demonstrates a high level of determination and perseverance. Bravo!
Dec 01, 2014 - 08:46 PM
@Andy, should I call you a veteran? :) The additional material I used was "Coffee Break Spanish", "Show Time Spanish" for another take on general learning, and I bought "The Ultimate Spanish review and practive" as well as the excellent "Practice makes perfect" series for in depth study.
@Eric T. Thanks. I'm not sure what the average completion time is either. I took a few months break after finishing level 2. At the end of Level 5 and when I started the additional material, I worked on Spanish for 1 1/2h to 2 hours a day. My main problem was trying to find someone to practice, I'm not crazy about using tools like Skype or other online "face to face" options, and despite being close to Mexico, I had a hard time finding a Mexican friend who would speak to me in Spanish, so that's why I chose to just go to South America and "dive in".
@Eric T. Thanks. I'm not sure what the average completion time is either. I took a few months break after finishing level 2. At the end of Level 5 and when I started the additional material, I worked on Spanish for 1 1/2h to 2 hours a day. My main problem was trying to find someone to practice, I'm not crazy about using tools like Skype or other online "face to face" options, and despite being close to Mexico, I had a hard time finding a Mexican friend who would speak to me in Spanish, so that's why I chose to just go to South America and "dive in".