Estoy muy frustrado. Necesito hablar con alguien. Estoy aprendiendo español, pero gran parte del lenguaje está en mi cabeza. Tuve un tutor en el año pasado y hablamos dos veces por semana. Sin embargo, no más. No es suficiente para hablar con el aire. Tal vez voy a encontrar un tutor de nuevo.
Excuse my Spanish.
I had to get that out. Spanish is swimming around in every direction in my brain. Input, input and more input. However, I am not doing enough in terms of output. I found that the online classes were great at first, however, there is too much sitting around and waiting to be chosen. I have quickly lost the urge to attend an hour session and get a chance to say something 3 to 5 times during that time.
In the meet ups that I attend (two different groups), the first 40 minutes is spent by the leaders trying to decide what to do. As a college professor, I have to resist the urge to take charge and get things started. I resist because I am a novice at Spanish and because I don't have the dedication they have to maintaining and running a group.
The last tutor I tried to get missed three appointments in a row and I just continued to study on my own after that. I should have looked for someone else, immediately, but I didn't.
Yeah, I am going to find another tutor.
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Gracias, por leer!
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Bakari Akil is a Professor of Communication, blogs for Psychology Today and has authored many books on Communication and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This is his experience learning Spanish.
