Sunday, March 28, 2010

Spanglish Two

Spanglish is kicking my ass. The Spanish class I am taking is whipping me. The joy of knowing a language is being able to communicate with people. Someday I might be using Spanish as my method of communication, but I have so much work to do to improve my grammar. I see now why language should be taught through games. It's just too strenuous otherwise. Also, I see more of the developmental continuum. I see people who don't speak English write in English and it doesn't make sense. From doing all of my own translation excersizes, I see why. You think you are making sense, then you realize that you are not, not really, not really truly. It's like your realizing your brain is scrambled eggs in someone else's world. No summarizing comment from me tonight, just a report: going to drink some tea in the tradition of "Elegance of the Hedgehog" and do a little typing for what is due tommorow at my real job. Tomorrow: recording myself translating to help an actress playing a cancer patient in a hospital.

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