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All the pratice pays off!
I had an experience the other day that was so exciting I've been dying to share it. Some of you may know that after studying five different languages and not ever getting very good at any of them, I decided to go back to my first foreign language, Spanish, and try to develop fluency.
Of course, I'm not saying I'm there yet, but check this out: The other day, I was on the college campus in the foreign language department, and I got into a Spanish language conversation with two professors who are native speakers. We spoke for about 45 minutes or so, completely in Spanish, and there were only a couple of times I had to stop to say words in English or ask for help. I can't tell you how good it felt.
Anyway, if you're out there, feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, or even a bit discouraged, I just want to encourage you all to keep at it. Practice every day, or at least several times a week. Get people to study and practice with you. Join a meetups group. It works!
I invite you all to translate this into as many languages as you'd like. It might be helpful to those who don't speak Spanish or English.
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Language pair: English; Spanish
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